Our Campus

Our Team

Janet Wheeler

Owner/Director

Janet Wheeler has been an AMI certified teacher since 1991. She started this school to meet the needs of the areas children, offering an authentic Montessori program for children ages 2-Kindergarten.

Jocelyn Yurina

Lead Teacher

Jocelyn joined Community Montessori in the summer of 2007. She is an IMC certified teacher . She has worked in Montessori schools for the better part of two decades.

Helen Herrera

Co-Teacher

Helen is a Phoenix native and mother of two. She began working at Community Montessori School in 2010. Helen has a Bachelors in Education and 10 years total Montessori experience. Her creativity and art background is seen in the inventive and beautiful arts and crafts projects in the classroom.

Jaime Gittner

Outdoor Assistant

Jamie started working at Community Montessori in the spring of 2017, but she is not new to the community. Jamie is the mother to two beautiful children who are former students here. She has experience working in a preschool environment and is excited to learn even more about Montessori.

Richard Wheeler

Co-Owner, All Around Maintenance Helper Extraordinaire

Mr. Richard does a little bit of everything, from keeping the morning bike riding safe, to fixing materials.