Faculty and Staff

Christine Kovago
DIRECTOR AND CURRICULUM DEVELOPER
Christine Kovago is the Director of Pincushion Hill Montessori School, now celebrating her 40th year of devotion to the school. She began her career at Pincushion in 1978 after completing a BA in Early Childhood Education with a triple minor in Elementary Education (grades 1-6), Art History, and Special Education from Worcester State College. She did extensive studies of fine art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Worcester Art Museum. She also received her LPN certification from the St. Vincent’s Hospital School of Nursing in Worcester. She worked at St. Vincent Hospital in the Trauma Ward and at Worcester City Hospital in the Geriatric Unit. Christine received her Montessori training at Boston College in 1979. She was in the first graduating class of the New England Montessori Teacher Education Center here in Massachusetts, and she taught for 14 years at Pincushion both in the Children’s House (ages 3-6) and Elementary (ages 6-9) classrooms before becoming the Director of the school. She has served as the Director for 16 years. Her hobbies include life-long learning, reading, gardening, snorkeling, walking, practicing yoga and meditation, and world traveling. She looks forward to many more successful, happy and prosperous years here at Pincushion!

Gus Kovago
BUSINESS MANAGER

Lisa Wyman
BUSINESS DIRECTOR

Alison Brooks
ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR
Our Teachers

Geetha Rajapakse
CHILDREN'S HOUSE TEACHER
Geetha is a qualified Montessori teacher from Sri Lanka and EEC certified. She has had experience teaching infants through Kindergarten age for over 15 years. She also has experience in teaching children with learning differences. She enjoys cooking, classical music, and traveling. Geetha’s mission is to build children’s strengths while instilling a love for learning.

Terrie Craig
CHILDREN'S HOUSE TEACHER

Lavanya Vabai
CHILDREN'S HOUSE TEACHER

Sunita Mahalaha
CHILDREN'S HOUSE TEACHER

Carrie McEachin
Elementary Teacher

Sarah Jones
Assistant Teacher

Becky Negrone
Yoga and Mindfulness Teacher

Matthew Caporale
MUSIC TEACHER

Erica Adelson
SPANISH TEACHER
