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About Us: Our Teachers
Magic Years has been in operation since 1973. Two certified teachers lead the classroom activities supported by two parent helpers. The staff to student ratio is 6:1 as maximum enrollment is 24 students. Our teachers are well educated in early childhood education and licensed by the Massachusetts State Department of Early Education and Care (EEC). The teachers attend specialized early childhood and special needs training each year.
 
Miss Rachel - Magic Years' Director & Starfish Teacher Rachel Shwartz:

Rachel Shwartz is Magic Years’ Director and Starfish teacher. Rachel is a graduate of UMASS Amherst, majoring in Education with a concentration in early childhood education and minoring in Public Health. She has taught in many preschool settings, including Traditional, Open and Montessori classrooms.

Since joining Magic Years in 1995, Miss Rachel has been instrumental in establishing the school as a well respected and much loved nursery school serving Manchester and the surrounding areas. Her specialized training, integrating music into the curriculum to teach literacy and mathematics, creative pretend play, techniques for creating an integrated classroom, and teaching in an inclusive classroom (including all forms of learning differences), has been instrumental in the creation of our curriculum.

Rachel is an integral member of the Manchester community. She enjoys a special relationship with the Manchester Essex Regional School, which makes the transition to kindergarten much easier for many families, especially those with special circumstances.

Rachel serves on many Boards and committees, including the Manchester Community Center Board and the Jewish Federation of the North Shore Women's Division. She is also a former member of the Memorial School Council.

Rachel is also a volunteer at Wellspring as a reading mentor, the Open Door Food Pantry in Gloucester serving meals, the North Suburban Jewish Community Center as a music teacher and she is a Daisy troop co-leader.
 
Miss Wendy - Magic Years' Dolphin TeacherWendy Collins:

In 2008, we welcomed Wendy Collins as the Dolphin teacher. She comes to us with a B.A in Early Childhood Education/Psychology from Colby Sawyer College and a Masters in School Administration/Curriculum Development from Wheelock College. Wendy taught preschool at Lasell College starting in 1990 and over the course of the next ten years held positions as Curriculum Development Coordinator, Director of Student Teacher Placement and College Professor.

Wendy is also involved in the Manchester community, as a Brownie troop leader and a fundraiser for the Manchester Mother’s Club. Most of her extracurricular activities revolve around her two young daughters.


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