The teachers at The Campbell School are certified in the field of Early Childhood Education by the state of Massachusetts. They are dedicated in their task to offer the highest quality program to your children. They all participate in continuing education programs and in service trainings to ensure that your child receives the highest quality care and education.
The high quality care we offer begins with our professional staff and the trusting, responsive relationship that exists between them and the children they care for. Our professional staff models, guides, listens, and responds, helping children feel good about who they are and helping them learn to relate to people and objects in their world. Our interaction with children promotes independence, builds self esteem, and allows for more complex use of their skills and further learning. Our goal is to give the children in our care the most valuable gift possible – a positive sense of themselves and their abilities, a desire to relate positively to others, and a strong interest in learning.
Ann Pike Campbell, Executive Director
Ann began her Early Childhood career more than twenty years ago as a parent advisor to The East Milton Day Nursery School where her four children attended. When her youngest child went on to kindergarten Ann joined the staff as an assistant. Over the years Ann became a teacher, lead teacher, and finally, director. When The East Milton Day Nursery School closed in 2002, the parents asked Ann to open a school of her own. Thus, The Campbell School was born. Besides her own family, The Campbell School has been the most important and rewarding part of Ann’s life. She is very grateful to the parents and teachers that make the school possible and proud to say the school has been named Best School in Milton by The Milton Times three years in a row.
Marie Zizza, Assistant Director and Four-Year-Old Teacher
Part of the original team, Marie is a graduate of Boston State College. She has been a preschool teacher since 1990. Marie enjoys knitting, crocheting, quilting, and cake decorating. Talents she shares with her class. Math, science, literature, and art expression are a part of her daily curriculum plan. The children in Marie’s class are encouraged to work together, building, creating and helping each other as friendships begin.
Tricia Sweeney, Kindergarten Teacher
Tricia has been teaching the kindergarten class at The Campbell School since it was founded in 2002. After graduating from Trinity College, Tricia started her teaching career at the elementary level in Boston, then taught seventh grade at St. Agatha School in Milton before joining the East Milton Day Nursery School. Tricia loves teaching kindergarteners because they are always so open and enthusiastic. She loves seeing their excitement when they come into a classroom that has been transformed into a space center or a dinosaur museum but especially when they realize, “hey, I can read this!” Tricia was the recipient of the first annual Milton Early Childhood Alliance’s Professional Recognition Award. She and co-teacher, Mairead Keady were voted Best Teachers in Milton by The Milton Times in 2010.
Mairead Keady, Kindergarten Teacher
Mairead was born in England, educated in Ireland, and has been living in the United States for twenty-five years. Mairead has been teaching pre-school and kindergarten for the past eighteen years first with The East Milton Day Nursery and then with The Campbell School since it started. She has also taught art classes with the Milton Art Museum program for the past sixteen years. Mairead loves interacting with her students and enjoys fostering each child’s individuality. She believes that children learn best when they feel safe in their environment, enjoy what they are learning and are encouraged to be the best they can. She also believes open communication with parents is a key factor in a child’s education and development.
Margaret Flaherty, Pre-K Teacher
Margaret joined The Campbell School in 2004. Her favorite classroom activities are singing, reading books, playing games and activities that help the children use their critical-thinking skills. Margaret earned a B.S. in Business Management from UMass, Boston and is currently completing her Master’s Degree in Early Childhood Education from Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy.
Maureen Truax, Pre-K Teacher
Maureen has been teaching at The Campbell School since 2003. She uses her theater experience to bring drama to circle time and loves adding music and dance to her class. She as a BA in Theater Arts from Bridgewater State College and was a Girl Scout leader for nine years, where her love of crafting came in handy. She shares her passion for cooking with her class every week, believing that getting children to try new foods is easier if they help prepare them. Maureen believes every child has a gift and, given a chance to express themselves, their special talents will shine through.
KRISTEN McARDLE, FOUR-YEAR-OLD TEACHER
This is Kristen’s first year at The Campbell School. She is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts in Amherst with a concentration in Communication Disorders. Shortly after graduation Kristen decided to teach. She earned her teacher’s certificate in pre-K to grade 3. Kristen taught kindergarten for six years and pre-K for three years at South Boston Catholic Academy. Kristen, a mom of three boys, enjoys teaching and feels that if children are given patience, kindness, love and guidance, they can do anything!
Barbara Mione, Three-Year-Old Teacher
Barbara has been teaching three-year-olds for seventeen years and loves the enthusiasm they show for learning about the world around them. She strives to encourage the children to grow in their self-help and social skills, which she feels is the foundation of education for this age group. Barbara loves reading, hiking, the beach, and observing nature.
Kathy Aldrich, Teacher Assistant
Kathy started at The Campbell School in 2009 working with the four-year-old class. She feels lucky to be able to work with such young and enthusiastic learners every day and is currently taking classes in Early Childhood Education at Quincy College. In her spare time Kathy enjoys spending time with her family, helping coach her youngest daughter’s softball team, teaching Faith Formation classes and reading.
Corrine Lyons, Teacher Assistant
Corrine joined The Campbell School in 2010. Both of her children attended The East Milton Day Nursery School with many of the teachers that are now at The Campbell School. They had such a positive experience that Corrine wanted to be part of The Campbell School team. She likes the warm and friendly environment at the school. Corrine earned an A.S. degree from Northeastern University. She enjoys the beach and spending time with her husband, children, and her golden retriever, Teddy.
Theresa Shaffer Wilkinson, Teacher Assistant and Movement Teacher
Theresa joined The Campbell School in 2009 as a teacher in the four-year-old room and a Movement teacher for the entire school. She loves the encouraging atmosphere at The Campbell School and enjoys being part of helping children grow stronger in every way. Theresa has decades of experience teaching Irish dance to children of all ages, which gives her a creative perspective to teaching Movement classes. Theresa also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture loves to travel, spend time with her children and is co-director of an Irish dance school, Dunleavy Shaffer in Norwell.