About Our School
野花学校坐落在适合步行的街道上光线充足的地方。它们增加了社区中儿童和家庭的存在，因为更狭窄的地理焦点支持步行上学和放学，并与当地游乐场、花园和其他公共空间合 作，否则这些空间将在大型机构中使用。我们将“利益相关者”的定义扩展到我们直接服务的家庭之外，我们努力使我们周围的社区对儿童更强大、更健康。
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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. Sânushq Cassie is a graduate of the Montessori Early Childhood Education Training program with the North American Montessori Center (NAMC). She is currently working on her EEC certification.
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 many years.
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 and Lower Elementary Education programs with North American Montessori Center. Sânushq Lexy primarily assists in Wushkeenune8ak Weekuw, and also works with children with different abilities in both classrooms.
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. Sânushq Nitana also is a Visiting Professor at Brown University in the Native American and Indigenous Studies Department.
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.
Teachers' Assistant
Sânushq Jenaya (Mashpee Wampanoag) is the Assistant in the Mukayuhsak Weekuw classroom. She is currently working on her associates degree in early childhood education. Sânushq Jenaya is a traditional dancer and the 2023-2024 Mashpee Wampanoag powwow princess.
Assistant Head of School
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.
Primary Teacher