Now Enrolling for September 2024
Meet our staff
Denise Sharp (Director/Instructor)
Denise is starting her 33rd year with MCH. Denise is a Moorestown High School Alumni, earned her bachelors degree for Elementary Education and Nursery School Teacher from Rider University, and has a Montessori Early Childhood certification from North American Montessori center. Denise taught Kindergarten for 5 years in Princeton NJ. She joined the staff after the birth of her daughter. She has been with us ever since raising her two daughters, one son, and a step son here in Moorestown. Denise finds the most exciting moments are when a student, through tenacity and practice, masters a skill. The joy in that moment is what learning is all about. Denise hopes for every student to find the love of learning that will carry them through their whole life.
Janet Santella (Lead Instructor)
Janet is returning for her 10th year at MCH. She has a wonderful daughter who was recently married, and now Janet is enjoying her new title, mother-in-law. She has earned a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from La Salle College, a Montessori Early Childhood certification from the Princeton Center for Teacher Education, and a Masters Degree in Education from William Howard Taft University. She previously worked 14 years as a teacher at a Montessori school in Marlton. Janet’s most fulfilling educational moments happen when children reveal their capacities for learning through classroom exploration. She is privileged to guide children toward their potential.