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Donna Compagna
 Donna
Compagna, founded the Derry Montessori School in 1982. Her
first two students were her daughter Monicca and son Nathan.
As they grew so did the school and its roster of students.
Donna Compagna is a seasoned teacher of 40 years. She received her Bachelors Degree in Human Services in 1982 a Montessori 3-6 Teacher Certification in 1984 and a 6-9 Montessori Teacher Certification in 2002. Donna has two beautiful grown children who are married. Between them she has three grand-daughters and one grandson whom she loves spending time with.
Hobbies include stained glass art, calligraphy, yoga, homeopathy for healing and nutrition.
She loves being in the classroom with the kids and is passionate about empowering her students. Her work at Derry Montessori is all about developing wholesome rites of passage for young people and instilling the highest standards holistic education, health and healing.
Ms Dorina Nimegean
 Dorina received her certification from Northeast Montessori Institute, (Early Childhood Credential), Rockport, Maine. She has a BS in Science with a major in Geology, form the Univ. of Bucharest, Romania. Dorina has continued her training in conferences and seminars pertaining to Early Childhood Education, Child Psychology, Creativity in Math and Science for young children and in Children’s Literature. We look forward to a very exciting year ahead with her.
Dorina taught children age 3-6 at Children’s House Montessori, Arlington, VA. She also taught science at St. Mark Children’s House, VA , toddlers at Early Years Preschool, VA, a play group leader for children age 2-6, in Germany and a volunteer at Waldorf School, Bucharest, Romania. She has also been teaching in the public schools this past year in the elementary grades. The scope of her teaching spans many different formats and age groups. She is very well suited to a 3-6 guide at Derry Montessori School.
Ms Judy Pancoast
 Our Music Specialist, Ms. Judy Pancoast, holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music from the University of Maine and a Masters Degree in Education from the University of New Hampshire. She has been a working performing musician since the age of 16, and has been working writing and performing music exclusively for children since 1996.
Judy’s outrageously fun performances have created a ruckus from Boston to Los Angeles and Minneapolis to New Orleans at festivals, performing arts centers and wherever children and families gather. She’s even performed twice in concert at the request of President Clinton. The organizers of the New York City fundraiser for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation and Robert DeNiro’s Tribeca Family Street Fair know the effect she has on audiences and have asked Judy to return year after year to create a ruckus in their neighborhood.
Kenyan children experienced the joy of working with Judy when she traveled twice to Nairobi for week-long songwriting workshops with the children at Nyumbani Orphanage. The songs are available on a fundraising CD for the orphanage.
Judy’s innovative song writing won her the coveted Children’s Music Web “Best Song for Young Children” award three times… for her songs “Swimming in Jello,” “ The Potty Dance” and “One Big Eyeball.” Boston Children’s Music.com says her fifth CD, Weird Things are Everywhere, “skillfully weaves story and song together...for a unique reading adventure across the United States.”
The title song of family Christmas CD, "The House on Christmas Street," is a holiday hit which can be heard each Christmas season on radio stations across the country. She has also been featured on NPR's "Day to Day" and "Marketplace."
Judy is featured on the Arts in Education Roster of the New Hampshire State Council for the Arts and the New England Foundation for the Arts. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband, Philip and daughter Louisa (16), while eldest daughter Emma is a student at NYU. She is active in supporting many organizations dedicated to helping children including the Optimist Club International and the Children’s Music Network.
Ms Jen
Jen is passionate about dying natural fibers with natural dyes, making creative tapestries and batik designs. Jen also enjoys gardening, playing guitar and practicing yoga which she has been doing for the past 5 years. Jen has a two year old daughter. She is presently enrolled to finish her Associates Degree in Psychology and Education through Northern Essex College. Jen is also completing her degree with NAMC Montessori Education Center. She hopes to have her 3-6 Montessori teacher credential by the end of summer 09. Jen is our Summer program coordinator.
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