Forest Lakes
"The thing that is so amazing about Bright Beginnings is the amazing staff! Each and every teacher really, truly care about each and every student. When I first started working here I was amazed to see that every teacher not only knew each student’s name but also their background, facts about them, their favorite foods and the name of their “lubby.” The love we feel for our students is evident and infections. I truly feel that the parents and the kids see this in our day to day lessons and it oozes to our kids." -Ms. Sydney
Ms. Krista
Ms. Krista
Forest Lakes Program Director
Meet Ms.Krista, our warm and professional Program Director at Forest Lakes. Krista has been with Bright Beginnings since moving from Connecticut with her family four years ago. Her husband works at NGIC and she and her family live in Greene County. Krista has a Master's Degree in Education and is currently pursuing a second Master's Degree in Human Resources! Wow, she embodies one of our important Core Values, Learn! Krista has taught in all of our classrooms, served as co-director and has many years of experience in early childhood education. She brings a positive, calm and can-do attitude to our administration team and our Forest Lakes school.
She and her husband have two elementary school-age children, Ethan and Chloe, and will welcome a new addition soon! Krista naturally brings a family-oriented emphasis to our program and loves to build relationships with the families she serves. With her strength in HR, Krista is a nurturing and caring mentor to her team of enthusiastic teachers.
What We Love About Krista
- Her calming nature
- Her willingness to learn
- The expertise that she brings to Bright Beginnings- she has a master's in education!
Ms. Sarah
Ms. Sarah
Co-Director
Sarah is originally from Glassboro, New Jersey. She graduated in 2018 with her Bachelors Degree in Liberal Arts and Educational Studies with an emphasis in Pre-K-6th grade education. Sarah is currently working on her masters degree in Education as well as doing in depth research on teaching methods for children under the age of 4. For the past two years Sarah has worked in the preschool field and has a passion for working with young minds. Sarah’s favorite parts about working at Bright Beginnings are both finding ways for children to express their creativity and seeing children have that ‘light bulb’ moment when they learn something new!
Ms. Teena
Ms. Teena
Lead Teacher, Opening Supervisor
Ms. Teena has worked in early childhood education for over 22 years and been with Bright Beginnings Forest Lakes since 1995. Teena graduated from Junior College and married her husband of 51 years, Raymond, and has three grown children and 7 grandchildren. In her free time, Teena is active in her church and volunteers with the preschool children’s Sunday school program. Teena is a core member of the Bright Beginnings Forest Lakes team as an opening supervisor, assistant director and mentor for new teachers.
Bright Beginnings Background:
What we love about Teena:
- Her loyalty to her Bright Beginnings family.
- Her relationships with the children are life long- former students and their parents come back to visit Teena all the time!
- Her willingness to help others.
- Her kindness and sweet nature.
- She’s funny! And tells great stories!
- Ms. Teena loves anything to do with water: swimming, water slides and water skiing.
- She loves to travel and uses her time off to hit the road-most recently she has visited Paris, Bermuda, San Diego, Cyrus, Greece, Italy, Bethlehem and Jerusalem, Israel, Las Vegas, and Hawaii. What a great combination!
- She has a cat, Ashley
- Teena is a huge animal lover!