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About Our School

Les écoles de fleurs sauvages sont installées dans des espaces lumineux dans des rues piétonnes. Ils augmentent la présence des enfants et des familles dans la communauté, car une concentration géographique plus étroite favorise la marche vers et depuis l'école, et en s'associant avec des terrains de jeux, des jardins et d'autres espaces civiques locaux qui seraient autrement sur place dans de plus grandes institutions. Nous élargissons notre définition des « parties prenantes » au-delà des familles que nous servons directement, et nous travaillons pour rendre nos communautés environnantes plus fortes et plus saines pour les enfants.

Weetumuw School Students

Kuhk8tamwuhtyâeenune8ak
Teachers

All Weetumuw School teachers and administrators are members of the Mashpee Wampanoag community. Culturally connected and Montessori trained, our staff is committed to helping raise our young people to be the next generation of tribal leaders.

Sânushq Cassie (San Carlos Apache) was raised in the Mashpee Wampanoag community.  She is a co-lead teacher in the primary classroom. Currently, Sânushq Cassie is working on her Montessori Early Childhood Education Training with the North American Montessori Center (NAMC).

Sharman Brown

She/Her

sharman.brown@mwtribe-nsn.gov

Primary Teacher

Sânushq Sharman (Mashpee Wampanoag) co-leads the primary classroom. She is a certified Child Development Associate and is a graduate of the Montessori Early Childhood Education program from the North American Montessori Center. Sânushq Sharman has also studied Wôpanâôt8âôk with the Wôpanâak Language Reclamation Project for 5 years.

Sharman Brown
Alexyss Galvin

Alexyss Galvin

She/Her

alexyss.galvin@mwtribe-nsn.gov

Special Education Teacher, Elementary Teacher

Sânushq Lexy (Mashpee Wampanoag) has a Master's degree in Special Education, is a Massachusetts state certified Early Childhood teacher, and is a graduate of the Early Childhood Education program with North American Montessori Center. Currently she is working on her Lower Elementaery Montessori training. Sânushq Lexy is a teacher in Wushkeenune8ak Weekuw, and also works with children with different abilities in both classrooms.

Dr. Nitana Hicks Greendeer

Wunusutoqusuw

She/Her/Nâkum

nitana.greendeer@mwtribe-nsn.gov

Head of School

Sânushq Nitana (Mashpee Wampanoag) is the director of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe's language department and also the Head of School. She also is a parent of 5 past and present Weetumuw School students. She is an advanced speaker of Wôpanâak, has a PhD in curriculum and instruction, a Master's Degree from the Indigenous Languages Initiative at MIT, and has completed the Montessori Early Childhood Education Teacher training program with the North American Montessori Center.

Dr. Nitana Hicks Greendeer
Stefani Lopez

Stefani Lopez

Uchukupee Mahkus

She/Her

stefani.lopez@mwtribe-nsn.gov

Elementary Teacher

Sânushq Stefani (Mashpee Wampanoag) is the lead teacher of the lower elementary classroom. Sânushq Stefani is an intermediate speaker of Wôpanâak, a certified Montessori primary teacher through the Institute for Guided Studies (IGS), and has completed the Lower Elementary Teacher program through the North American Montessori Center. She is also the parent of a former Weetumuw School student. 

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Tia Pocknett

Mônâee Neesuhshâushq

She/Her/Nâkum/Nekm

tia.pocknett@mwtribe-nsn.gov

Lead Teacher

Sânushq Tia (Mi'kmaq) was raised in Mashpee.  Tia is a certified Montessori Early Childhood Education Teacher through the Institute for Guided Studies (IGS) program and has completed the Upper Elementary Teacher training with the North American Montessori Center program (NAMC). Tia works with training staff in both classrooms in language, culture, and Montessori pedagogy. Sânushq Tia is an advanced speaker of Wôpanâak and the parent of a Weetumuw School graduate.

Tia Pocknett
Phillip Wynne

 Assistant Teacher

Sânôp Phillip (Mashpee Wampanoag) is a skilled artisan and culture keeper. He shares his sacred cultural teachings with our educators and children.   With this knowledge, he develops and teaches cultural lessons in both classrooms.  He is also the parent of a Weetumuw School student.

Cassandra Averett

Cassandra Averett​

She/her

cassie.averett@mwtribe-nsn.gov 

Primary Teacher

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