Mrs. Hart is in her 12th year of teaching kindergarten at St. Peter’s and was one of 17 educators honored in 2017 by the Hamilton Community Foundation as an Educator of Excellence. She taught for several years as a long-term kindergarten substitute in the Hamilton City school district and also has experience teaching at the pre-K level. A graduate of Miami University, she has taken graduate studies in and received training as an intervention specialist, which permits her to be a more effective educator both for students with mild-to-moderate disabilities and for those who achieve beyond grade-level expectations.
Mrs. Hart has served as a fellow of the Dayton STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Center, developing and writing curriculum for publication. She continually looks for new and creative ways to engage students in learning, while maintaining a fun atmosphere for some of the school’s youngest students. In her classroom, she utilizes a variety of hands-on experiences through centers, activities, technology, singing, and dancing. She and her husband are St. Peter in Chains parishioners and are blessed with four children, three of whom are currently enrolled at St. Peter’s.