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.
Marianne Cope
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.
Jennifer Ramsey
First and Second Grade
Teacher
Jennifer graduated cum laude from Ball State University in 2005 with a Bachelor’s
Degree in Early Childhood Education. As Jennifer was finishing her education she took care
of the Basford children. Jennifer worked as a teacher at First Friends Child Care Center
from 1999 until 2002. Jennifer graduated from Ivy Tech State College in 1998 with an Associate’s
Degree in Child Development. She likes to collect children's books, and her favorite children's
author is Eric Carle; she has almost every book he has written. Jennifer joined RFS
in the fall of 2005.
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.
Sarah Northrop
Bookkeeper
Sarah is the Secretary/ Bookkeeper
for West Richmond Friends Meeting as well as the Bookkeeper for Richmond Friends School.
She has worked for West Richmond Friends since 1989 and Richmond Friends School since 1999. Her
office is at the Meetinghouse next door to the school. Sarah’s son Chad graduated
from Richmond Friends School in the spring of 2004.