Staff
From left to right,
Linda Reimond,
Megan King,
Ann Johnson,
Megan Hay,
Leslie McCaffrey,
Heather Smith Jones,
Andria Devlin
Miriam Cain,
and Allison Haworth,
Lawrence Arts Center receives $16,000 grant to get preschoolers moving
"Play is the way a child learns what no one can teach him." —L.K. Frank
Linda Reimond - Preschool Director
Linda Reimond is the original director of the preschool program at the Arts Center, teaches in the MWF afternoon arts-based preschool class and the Coloring Outside the Lines classes. She taught kindergarten in Wichita and Tulsa before her daughter entered preschool. When that happened, Linda started preschool too, and she has never left.
She has degrees in Elementary Education from Wichita State University and Early Childhood Education from Emporia State University. She was an instructor for the training grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and has been an adjunct instructor in the Early Childhood Education at Washburn University. Linda is Past President of the Douglas County Association for the Young Child, a recipient of the Excellence in Education Award from the City of Lawrence, winner of the inaugural Larry Arts Award 2011, and a recipient of the 2011 Governor's Award for Arts-in-Education.
Miriam Cain
Miriam Cain began working at the Lawrence Arts Center Preschool as a parent volunteer when her children were in the preschool. Miriam has a degree in Music Education from KU, with an emphasis in both vocal and instrumental music for grades K-12. She completed additional coursework in Early Childhood Education with emphasis on the exceptional child. Miriam teaches every morning and TTh afternoons.
Andria Devlin
Andria has worked in Human Resources in both non-profit and corporate sectors. After both her children attended the Lawrence Arts Center Preschool, she discovered teaching was where her heart was. The 2010-11 school year was her first official year of teaching and she loved every minute of it. She has an Associate of Arts degree and
is working on a Bachelor’s degree in elementary education. Andria teaches MWF mornings and TTh afternoons.
Allison Haworth
Allison Haworth began working at the Lawrence Arts Center Preschool as a parent volunteer when her children were in the preschool. Allison has a degree in Elementary Education from KU and taught first grade in the Lawrence Public Schools for 11 years. Allison teaches every morning.
Megan Hay
Megan Hay has a degree in Early Childhood Education and graduate hours in Early Childhood Special Education from the University of Kansas. She has experience teaching in Lawrence and Kansas City, Missouri. Three of her four children attended preschool at the Lawrence Arts Center. Megan teaches all day on TTh.
Ann Johnson
Ann Johnson started teaching Integrated Arts for Preschoolers at the Arts Center in the fall of 1991. Ann received her degree in Early Childhood Education from Kansas State University. She taught in early childhood centers in Overland Park and Pittsburg, Kansas after she finished college and was the director of a Mother's Day Out program in Overland Park before moving to Lawrence. Ann teaches MWF afternoon.
Megan King
Megan King is a Lawrence native who grew up taking classes at the Lawrence Arts Center. She finished her art education with a BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago where she studied fashion design and fiber arts. Her three children have all attended preschool at the Lawrence Arts Center. Megan teaches MWF morning.
Leslie McCaffrey
Leslie McCaffrey has degrees in Elementary Education and Public Health from Kansas University. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of several organizations which focus on children's issues. Leslie's children attended the preschool. Leslie has been the art teacher in the Pre-K Project in Douglas County since it began in 2007.
Leslie teaches TTh afternoon.
Heather Smith Jones
Heather has a BFA in drawing and painting from East Carolina University in Greenville, NC and a MFA in painting from Kansas University. Heather has taught both children's and adult art classes at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg, TN; at Kansas University; and as a private instructor in drawing and painting. Her work has been exhibited extensively and is represented in several galleries. Heather teaches TTh morning.
