Class Aides

Trisha Vale

Kindergarten Class Aide

Trish’s passion for serving others and love of youth has brought her to Mountain Sunrise Academy, where she plans to explore a career in education.

Laney Anderson

1st Grade Class Aide

Laney wholeheartedly cares about the development of children, having previously worked in childcare and ABA therapy.

Karee Read

1st Grade Class Aide

Karee's family lived in Loveland, Colorado where Karee worked in the Thompson school district for many years as a special education paraprofessional.

Chloe Fryar

1st Grade Class Aide

Chloe has prior experience teaching preschool aged children and is currently pursuing her BA in Elementary Education.

Alex Ballard

2nd Grade Class Aide

Alex is especially drawn to the principles of the Waldorf philosophy and looks forward to nurturing creativity and curiosity in young learners.

Rachel Snyder

Rachel Snyder

2nd Grade Class Aide

Ashley Cazier

3rd Grade Class Aide

Ashley is passionate about helping people receive the resources and support they need to reach their goals and she uses various recreation therapy and psychology theories to empower those she works with. 

Madeline Poulsen

3rd Grade Class Aide
3rd Grade Class Aide

Madeline loves playing with her two huskies, building Legos, and hanging out with her family.

Bethanie Edwards

7th / 8th Class Aide

Bethanie truly believes that in order for our children to succeed we need our teachers to be successful and in order for our teachers to be successful we need our school to meet its full potential.

Zoe Brown

Handwork Aide

Zoe is excited to start working in handwork and help teach the kids the amazing things our hands can do!

Jennifer Reni

Handwork Aide

Jennifer is excited to bring her expertise to support the Waldorf method, fostering a holistic and nurturing learning environment.

Rachel Rowley

Handwork Aide

Rachel's biggest dream is to see all the people in the world thriving in their own self-managed ecosystem food forest artistic spaces of love that will thrive for generations.

Miranda Kilpatrick

Gardening Aide

Miranda is so excited to work as the gardening aide, learn all things Waldorf, and help cultivate a beautiful self-sustaining garden and farm for the kids to love and enjoy.