Staff & Students

Amy grew up in Charlotte, NC. She received a B.A. in English from Wofford College in 1993, an M.A. in English from Winthrop University in 1994, and an M.A.T. from Queens University in 1997. After teaching at the elementary and preschool levels in Charlotte for 18 years, Amy relocated to Lexington with her family in 2014 and joined the Shenandoah Preschool staff in 2015, first as an Afternoon Enrichment teacher, then as a Threes teacher. Amy left Shenandoah Preschool in 2019 to work at Washington and Lee University in an administrative support role with the Office of Community-Based Learning and the Roger Mudd Center for Ethics, and in 2021, joined Yellow Brick Road ELC, initially as Assistant Director and later in an administrative and classroom support role. Amy is excited to be back at Shenandoah Preschool as director.

Margoth has been at Shenandoah Preschool since 2006. With previous experience at Yellow Brick Road Preschool prior to Shenandoah, Margoth also received certification in Early Childhood Development from Mountain Gate Community College. Margoth loves how her students, loaded with curiosity and energy, get so excited about the simplest things. It is her pleasure to encourage that natural love of learning through hands-on activities and fun experiments.

Bethany has been teaching Movement and Music since 2019, and has worked as a substitute since 2010. She is also a former Shenandoah Preschool parent, with all three of her children attending the school. She hails from Ohio and began working for the Rockbridge County Preschools as a Speech Pathologist when she first moved to Lexington with her husband in 2000. She has a master's degree in Speech-Language Pathology and utilizes articulation and language skills while teaching the children in her Movement and Music class. Bethany loves teaching this class and feels like a celebrity every time she walks into the school for her class days. The children are ecstatic to run around the room and play with her!

Mona began her career as an Animator for the Walt Disney Company working on feature films and later joined Walt Disney Imagineering designing theme park rides, specializing in experiences for young children. She also has a line of children's books titled Panda Panda especially for preschoolers. They are her biggest inspiration! Mona has worked at Shenandoah Preschool since 2006, as a Twos teacher and Afternoon Enrichment teacher. Currently she serves as Classroom Support, helping all classrooms.

Corbin graduated from Centenary College for Women in 1980 with a Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood/Elementary Education with a Preschool Endorsement. In 2015, she earned her Infant and Toddler certification from the American Montessori Academy. Corbin taught PreK at Shenandoah Preschool in 1992/93 before accepting a job at Southern Virginia University as the Lead Teacher/Assistant Director of the Preschool on campus. Over the years, Corbin has worked at several local preschools and as a paraprofessional for the Special Ed Department at Waddell Elementary School. Corbin returned to SPS in 2018 and “lightly retired” in 2022 but found that retirement just wasn’t for her! She is very excited to be back with the little ones as a twos teacher.

Debbie has worked in early childhood education in some capacity since 1992, including in-home daycare, early childhood centers, and teaching preschool and English as a second language. Since 2020, Debbie has channeled her love of children to her work at Shenandoah Preschool. She loves watching her students learn and grow and gain independence.

A former Shenandoah Preschool parent, Melanie has a degree in human services counseling and served as a counselor for children in the school system prior to joining the Shenandoah Preschool team in 2025. She loves celebrating her students’ successes, both big and small, and enjoys helping them believe in themselves and watching them thrive while learning new and exciting things in the preschool environment.