Mill Creek | Bright Beginnings Preschool

"I love the autonomy that we are allowed in the classroom. The curriculum we are provided allows each individual teacher to be creative and truly make a worthwhile experience for the children." -Ms. Taylor

Ms. Maggie

Ms. Maggie

Program Director

Early Childhood Background:

Maggie was born and raised in Charlottesville. She attended St. Annes Belfield from Preschool through high school graduation. She attended Lynchburg College where she received a Bachelors of Arts in Communication Studies. After graduating college she moved to Northern Virginia and worked at a marketing firm for a few years before returning to Charlottesville to take Early Childhood classes at Piedmont Virginia Community College. While taking classes, she began working as a three year old teacher at Bright Beginnings at Forest Lakes. After a year of teaching, she became the Director at Forest Lakes. She directed for a 3 years before leaving to Open and Direct the Rivanna Station Child Development Center right up the road from Forest Lakes. She worked as the Director for four years during which she led them through the National Association for the Education of Young Children accreditation process. She returned to Bright Beginnings as part of the administrative team in early 2018 and now serves as the Mill Creek Director.

What We Love About Maggie:
  • Her enthusiasm for children when they walk into school every morning
  • Her love of Bodo's- she never gets tired of it!
  • Her eagerness to complete projects quickly
Fun Facts:
  • She loves cooking and trying new recipes
  • Maggie loves spending time with her friends and during the summer spending lots of time by the pool
  • Maggie's favorite restaurant in Charlottesville is a local favorite, Bodo's!

Ms. Nancy

Ms. Nancy

Assistant Director

Nancy graduated from Louisa County High School and attended Piedmont Virginia Community College, CATEC of Charlottesville as well as National Business College. Nancy is a natural nurturer and worked as an elderly caregiver at the Colonnades Retirement Home for many years before pursuing a career in early childhood education. Nancy has over 10 years experience teaching preschool, specializing in infants, toddlers and twos.

Bright Beginnings Background

Ms. Nancy has been with our Bright Beginnings family since 2011. She has taught infants, toddlers and twos and served as Assistant Director and Opening Supervisor at Mill Creek. She is always requested by parents for her calm and nurturing demeanor. Ms. Nancy is the go to person at Bright Beginnings in the early mornings! She wears a lot of hats at Bright Beginnings including supervising inventory and supplies, cooking and baking and moving from one location to another as needed to fill in for directors.

What we love about Ms. Nancy:
  • She’s an early bird arriving at school at 6:45am each day!
  • Her calm and gentle, sweet, soft nature.
  • Her loving guidance with parents as their children embark on school for the first time.
  • Her multitasking abilities.
  • She loves organizing and cleaning and is the first person we call when setting up a new classroom
  • Her loyalty and willingness to help
Fun Facts:
  • Ms. Nancy came from a large family with 3 brothers and 5 sisters.
  • Ms. Nancy loves to watch television, enjoys walking, reading and crossword puzzles.
  • Ms. Nancy enjoys football and basketball and her favorite teams are the Washington Redskins and LA Lakers.
  • Ms. Nancy's niece, Ms. Heather also works at Bright Beginnings!