Marcie Roberts
School Coordinator
Marcie
began her duties as School Coordinator for Richmond Friends School in 2004. She received
her Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education at the University of North Carolina-Chapel
Hill. Her varied experiences since then include management positions within the hospitality
industry as well as a small Internet start-up company. She is a trained facilitator of
both high and low ropes courses and has led outdoor education courses for such institutions
as Greensboro Day School in North Carolina, the University of Virginia’s Outdoor
Recreation Program, and Southwest Field Studies at Earlham College. In her most recent
position, Marcie was the Coordinator for the Bonner Scholar Program at Earlham College,
a need-based service learning scholarship, where she worked with 60 students and many
local nonprofit agencies. Marcie’s family includes her husband Jay, who works in
both the Wilderness and Education programs at Earlham, and her daughters Ellie and Arden.
John Sheets
Third to Sixth Grade Teacher
John graduated from Earlham College in 1992
with a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology. Deciding his future would be best spent in
education, he graduated from Indiana University East in 1997 with a BS Degree and Certification
in elementary education. That same year he received the Student Teacher of the Year award
while completing his student teaching at the multi-aged, portfolio-based Discovery School,
a choice school in the Richmond Public School System. He has been teaching at Richmond
Friends School since the fall of 1997.
Laura Josephson
First to Second Grade Teacher
Laura graduated from Bates College in 1988 with a Bachelors Degree in Psychology, and from California State University Long Beach in 1994 with a Masters Degree in Education: Curriculum Development and Instruction. She holds an Indiana teaching credential for grades preschool through eighth, and special certification as a Language Development Specialist.
Marianne Cope
Pre-K to Kindergarten Teacher
Marianne graduated from Earlham College with a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology. Her
20 years of teaching in New England include teaching kindergarten and first grade in
a Quaker School; working as a teacher/naturalist at a wildlife refuge; directing a parent
cooperative nursery school; and teaching kindergarten in an independent elementary school.
She received her teaching certificate from the State of Rhode Island. Upon her return
to Indiana, Marianne worked for the Cope Environmental Center managing the facility and
grounds. She joined the Richmond Friends School in the fall of 2001.
Kay Maurer
Extended Care Provider and Lunch Support
Kay has been with Richmond Friends
School since 1987. She provides morning care, lunch care, and after-school care. Kay worked in the dental
field and did bookkeeping before joining Richmond Friends School. She and her husband
Jeff live next door to the school and have three children. They are both active in the
Big Brothers/Big Sisters program.
Emily Wilson
Pre-K to Kindergarten Teacher Assistant
Emily Wilson, a Richmond native, received her B.A. in Speech and Hearing Sciences with a concentration in American Sign Language from Indiana University Bloomington. Prior to working in the Pre-K-K classroom, Emily has been involved with Kay’s Camp since 2006, as well as extended care at RFS. She has participated in a 1-year volunteer program in a first grade classroom, where she taught beginning readers. She has a strong love for music, and performed in choir ensembles from the ages 13-23. She has a great adoration for all animals, loves traveling and enjoys photography and crafts. Emily is very enthusiastic about her work with children, and hopes to return to school in the near future to receive teaching certification.
Michele Stewart
Pre-K to Kindergarten Teacher Assistant
Michele is a graduate of Indiana University with a bachelor’s degree in Occupational Therapy. Her past work experience includes: working as an OT on an inpatient adolescent psychiatric unit at Community Hospital of Indianapolis for 7 years and working as a pharmaceutical sales representative for GlaxoSmithKline for 18 years. Entering an early retirement, she did substitute teaching for the Richmond Community Schools for a year before joining with RFS. She is very pleased to be a part of the RFS staff, working with Marianne Cope as a teaching assistant. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with family and friends, staying active, and is a strong animal lover. Also, she is a certified water fitness instructor and will be teaching a class at Earlham this fall.
Chris Fretz
Office Manager
Chris graduated from Eastern Mennonite University in 2005 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Economic Development. After working for the National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund in 2006, Chris spent the next two and a half years volunteering with his wife, Lindsey Frye, in Santa Cruz, Bolivia with Mennonite Central Committee. They worked on several community development initiatives, including a health and nutrition program for mothers and their children. Chris is currently enrolled in the Masters of Divinity program at Bethany Theological Seminary. He joined the Richmond Friends School the fall of 2009.
Lindsey Frye
Spanish Teacher
Lindsey was born and raised in Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania. She has a B.A. in Spanish and Sociology from Eastern Mennonite University. Most recently she was living in Santa Cruz, Bolivia where she worked in Community Development with Mennonite Central Committee. She is a first year Masters of Divinity student at Bethany Seminary. She is looking forward to developing a way for the folks at Richmond Friends School to love Spanish as much as she does!
Keith Cozart
Music Teacher
Keith Cozart received his B.A. in Music (percussion), with a minor in Business from the University of Northern Colorado. At Earlham he teaches applied percussion and directsthe Hand Drum Ensemble and Rhythm Project. Also faculty at Indiana University East,Keith carries a full roster of private percussion students from the surrounding communitywhile maintaining an active live performance schedule. Among his other musicalinterests are drum circle facilitation and instrument building. With Earlham’s support, hehas traveled abroad to Salvador, Brazil and Guinea, Africa to study the roots of AfroBrazilian and West African music. He is a member of the Percussive Art Society and an adjudicator for the Indiana State School Music Association.
Bookkeeper
Cochran and Associates are providing the bookkeeping services for Richmond Friends School for the 2009-2010 academic year.