Faculty: Primary


photo of Lori Douglas Lori Douglas, Primary Teacher
Lori is a life-long native of Michigan. She joined Brookview School in 2000 working as a toddler program assistant. She later became a primary teacher. Her hobbies include nature walks and gardening.

Education
American Montessori Society (AMS) Primary Teacher Certification, Indiana University of South Bend

Phone: 269.925.3544 Ext. 115
e-mail: loriad77@yahoo.com


photo of Sue Dunbar Sue Dubar, Primary Teacher

Sue is a native of Southwestern Michigan. She has been part of the Brookview School community for nearly twenty years. She enjoys cooking and reading.

Education
American Montessori Society (AMS) Primary Teacher Certification, Midwest Montessori Teacher Center, Evanston, Il.
Western Michigan University
Lake Michigan College

Phone: 269.925.3544 Ext. 113
e-mail: info@brookviewschool.org


photo of Karrie Estes Karrie Estes, Primary Teacher

Karrie was born and raised in Michigan. She has been a Montessori teacher in Georgia, Indiana, and Michigan. She joined Brookview School in February, 2005. Her hobbies include reading, cooking, and following the interests of her husband and daughter taking Karrie into tuff truck & mud bogging, soccer, softball, piano, Awanas, scouts, and drag racing.

Education
American Montessori Society (AMS) Primary Teacher Certification, Indiana University of South Bend
B.A. Elementary Education, Anderson University

Phone: 269.925.3544 Ext. 114
e-mail: karrie@brookviewschool.org


photo of Kimberly Getz Kimberly Getz, Primary Teacher

Kim is a lifelong native of this area. She first discovered Brookview School twenty years ago when she began working as a classroom assistant. Both of her children attend Brookview, and this feels like home to all of them.

Education
American Montessori Society (AMS) Primary Teacher Certification, Indiana University of South Bend
Lake Michigan College, Selected Courses

Phone: 269.925.3544 Ext. 113
e-mail: pp1@brookviewschool.org


Caroline O'Day Carolyn O'Day, Primary Assistant
Carolyn is from the New York area. She has been a Montessorian since 1980, teaching mainly in Evanston, Illinois. This is her first year at Brookview School. Carolyn loves the Union Pier beach, walking, birding, cats, reading, and the Cubs. She just became a grandmother for the first time.


Education
American Montessori Society (AMS) Primary Teacher Certification, Midwest Montessori Teacher Center, Evanston, Il.
B.A. Fiction Writing, Columbia College, Chicago

Phone: 269.925.3544 Ext. 113
e-mail: info@brookviewschool.org


photo of Karen Trama Karen Trama, Primary Assistant

Karen has worked in Brookview School's primary classrooms for five years. She has also been a first grade Catechist teacher for ten years.

Education
Attended University of North Dakota

Phone: 269.925.3544 Ext. 113
e-mail: info@brookviewschool.org