Our Director
Cathe Erhardt is the Director of Elim Christian Preschool. She
is responsible for establishing goals, plans, schedules, and day-to-day
management while working closely with the school staff to create a
good relationship between students, families and school. Looking for
ways to improve our preschool keeps her creatively busy. One example
is our recent association with United Way and the Devereux Institute
which greatly helps our assessments of each child and our school in
general. All staff attended Devereux training for 10 hours during the
08-09 school year to be better equipped to interact with your child.
Additionally, a user-friendly physical education curriculum, designed
especially for us by Dave Adamson (a preschool dad with a degree in
sports medicine), was recently included. Cathe, the mother of two adult
children, has lived in the Lake Stevens area with her husband, Tim,
for over 32 years. Cathe holds an Associate of Arts Degree in General
Studies and teaches piano most afternoons. She has 19 years of preschool
experience, nine years managing the Elim school and ten years teaching
in Marysville at Little Angels Preschool.
Our Teachers
Charlene Bloomingdale begins her eleventh year with our school by continuing
to teach one of our 3-year-olds classes and a 4-year-olds AM class.
Her enthusiastic interaction with our preschoolers, whether reading
a book or leading a game, makes class time more fun. She enjoys using
her imagination to inspire creativity in children. Charlene loves
to garden, work with children and plan teas for ladies! When Charlene
isn’t spending time with Brad, her husband of 29 years, you can find her stamping or doing other
creative projects. Charlene also enjoys time with her 25-year-old
daughter Rachael and her 20-year-old son Jared.
Teresa Heap teaches downstairs our 4-year-olds 3-day AM, 3-day
PM, and 3-year-olds 2-day AM classes. Teresa taught here the first
year the preschool opened in the fall of 2000, and we are thankful
she returned 7 years ago and will continue to teach again for her eighth consecutive year. She finds preschoolers full of love and energy, eager
to learn and absolutely adorable! Teresa works patiently and well with
her charges. In college, Teresa majored in psychology. She and her
family (husband Greg and sons Kirt, age 21, and Kody, age 17) enjoy
skiing, white water rafting, hiking, fishing and camping. Teresa herself
likes attending Bible studies, sewing, and cross-stitching.
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Deborah Pulley continues teaching for a third year our 4-day AM 4-year-olds class as well as a 2-day PM 3-year-olds class. Deborah’s experience includes working with
Debbie Carter and Margaret Smith in both the 4 and 3-year old classes
at Elim Christian Preschool for 3 years. Her educational experience includes early childhood college-level classes. Deborah loves working with
preschoolers. She delights in seeing “the light go on” when
a child achieves understanding in an area. Her open and friendly ways
draw children to her. Debbie substituted as an Educational Assistant
in Lake Stevens and loves interacting with her 2 children, aged 13
and 17. She enjoys camping with her family and watching her husband
Tom coach a majors baseball team. |
Elim Christian Preschool also places an assistant in every class to ensure a teacher/student ratio of no more than 1:8.
Please go to Registration for exact class days, times and teachers.