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~ Faculty ~ |
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 Kitty
Keyser is a Certified Waldorf Teacher and has taught
at Hearthstone since 1996.
“I teach because I love children. It is my way of
serving society, to make this world a better place, because these children
WILL do so! The reason I teach at Hearthstone is because it's a loving
environment for the children, and it's a school that I feel is serving
the children in the best way possible. Children have the right to an
education that nourishes them in such a way to be whole, healthy, wise
and loving human beings...an education that academically prepares them
... and that assists them in being good stewards of our planet.”
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|  Linda
Orfila is our Pre-first/First Grade teacher. Linda
is teaching Main Lesson, flute, games, Spanish, handwork and
nature studies.
She has completed three Waldorf Trainings this past summer
and she has taught at Hearthstone since 2001.
“Teaching at Hearthstone School allows for
the pure joy of learning to shine through. I feel this joy deeply
at the same moment I see in my students' faces when they have
grasped a given academic concept through art, music, nature, humor
and love. This is perfection on earth.” |
 Justine
Rosenbaum is teaching Third/Fourth Grade and Middle School
English. She has a BFA in Ceramics from Indiana University where
she
participated
in the Overseas Program in
Dijon, France. She has a Teacher's License for grades 1 through 8
and
taught in the Rappahannock County Public School System for three
years. Ms. Rosenbaum has been teaching at Hearthstone School since
2003.
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|  Aron
Weisgerber is Sixth/Seventh Grade teacher. He also teaches woodworking, gardening
and phys. ed. and Nursery/Kindergarten.
Aron is a Rappahannock County native
born just outside the town of Sperryville, VA. He
is a graduate of Hearthstone school and a life long student
of Waldorf education.
He is a graduate of Prescott
College in Arizona. Aron studied Outdoor Education,
Wilderness First Aid, Search and Rescue, Environmental Science,
Sculpture, Photography, Business Management, Ecological Design,
Rope Course Facilitation, Experiential Education, Ecological
Restoration,
ECT.
While Attending Prescott College in Arizona, Aron worked
for two years as a woodworking teacher at Mountain Oak elementary, a
Charter Waldorf school. Aron Graduated from Prescott College with a
major in Adventure Education with in emphasis in wilderness leadership
and program management, and a double minor, one in environmental studies
and the second in the Arts.
Since 1999 Aron started and has operated a summer camp
for children and young adults in Sperryville Virginia. The summer camp
offers outdoor experiences ranging from plant identification, to ropes
course activities, to backpacking, to swimming, to games, to crafts
and survival skills.
Aron is First Aid, CPR and Wilderness First Responder
trained, and presently is volunteering for the Sperryville Rescue Squad,
where he is receiving EMT training.
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 Terrence Malloy is
teaching High School and SAT Prep., Drama, Phy. Ed. and Gardening. Terrence
Malloy graduated with honors from the University of Notre Dame
with a BA in Anthropology. He spent three years working in Los
Angeles tutoring and mentoring students from 4th-12th grades for
an Educational Therapist while studying film, writing, and acting
and cultivating interests in holistic and preventative health,
education, and wisdom traditions from around the world. He
is currently in his first year of Waldorf teacher training
at Sunbridge Institute.
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|  Davette
Leonard Davette Leonard is an artist, calligrapher and
art educator living, painting and teaching in Rappahannock County.
At Hearthstone School Ms. Leonard focuses mainly on middle school
and high school in Art, Art History and Calligraphy with an emphasis
on the enriching experience of art in everyday life and learning.
The artwork of Ms. Leonard is in the style of European
Renaissance still life and portrait painting and may be seen at
the Caulfield Gallery, Washington, VA and the McGuffey Art Center,
Charlottesville, VA.
Other teaching experiences include Artist in Residence
at Rappahannock County Elementary School, Headwater’s Summer
Art Workshops, Charlottesville Homeschool Enrichment Community
classes, Rappahannock County Adult Education classes and private
lessons in art and calligraphy for all ages.
Ms. Leonard has a BLS in Studio Arts at the University
of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA., and studied at the School
of Visual Arts, NY, NY, and the Corcoran School of Art, Washington,
DC. And as a member of the Washington Calligraphers Guild she
was a recipient of the Herman Zapf Scholarship making it possible
for her to study with Sheila Waters.
For further info: www.davetteleonard.com
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 Charis
Brown Malloy is
teaching High School Psychology, Photography and Choir. She
is also
Hearthstone's substitute teacher.
Charis graduated with her Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from the University
of Florida in 2003, with her Master's Degree in Health Science
and Education from the University of Florida in 2006, and with
another Master's Degree in Transpersonal Psychology Studies
from the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology in 2008. She was a member
of the California Institute of Technology Community Choir in
Pasadena, California from 2007 to 2009. Charis is also an author and a Reiki
Practitioner. She enjoys teaching in the unique environment
that Hearthstone fosters "because it is easy to see how the
immersion in a natural landscape combined with a focus on bringing
out
the strengths of each child through individualized learning
and respectful,
loving interactions allows children to blossom into the kind
of Human that this world needs." |
| Jill Fetterman graduated from Philadelphia
College of Art with a BFA in Ceramics. I have been teaching clay
to the Hearthstone students for four years. We do handbuilding,
using various techniques, making functional and sculptural pieces.
Working with clay is a good way for a child to feel empowered through
using their hands to bring ideas and feelings into form. I enjoy
being there to assist them on their adventures, while working with
a medium I have come to know well. |
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