| Meet our Teachers |
| Diane Atkins Founder, Director and Teacher A graduate of Butler University with a BS Degree in Education. She grew up with dance as a way of life. She was a member of the Coquettes (dance squad) with the Carmel High School Marching Band. She performed at the football and basketball halftime shows and was in the High School production of "Oklahoma". She has been involved with babysitting and daycare all through high school and college. She has a diverse background in education and the performing arts, which she incorporates into the preschool program. She believes that performing helps with the self-confidence all children need to try new things and strive to become successful at everything. She loves seeing the little ones "come out of their shells" and are independent with their learning. Diane is married with two teenagers. |
| Maryann Williams: Maryann holds a degree in elementary education from Purdue University. She taught for the Penn-Harris Madison School corporation as a classroom teacher and in community education for five years before moving to Carmel in 1995. While her four sons were small, she provided daycare for neighborhood friends, tutored, volunteered on the PTO, was president of her neighborhood babysitting coop and eventually opened a preschool in her home in 2003. Looking to move her passion for educating young children out of the home, led her here. |
| Linda Johnson: Linda has a BS degree from Northeastern University in Boston. She grew up in Boston and lived in Houston and Dallas for seventeen years prior to moving to Carmel. She has two children in high school. Once her children were in school, she turned to teaching and spent several years teaching children with special needs. She also spent many years volunteering with Girl and Boy Scouts. |
| Tammy Kern: Tammy received her Bachelors Degree from Purdue University. She worked for the Humane Society of Indianapolis as the Education Coordinator and was able to travel to schools all over Indianapolis and surrounding areas to teach children of all ages about pet responsibility and safety. After being a stay at home mom for several years to her two daughters, she decided to go back and do what she loved - teaching children. She has worked with the 2's, 3's and currently the 4's class and thoroughly enjoys seeing the progress each student makes throughout the year. |
| Brittany McDole: Brittany is a graduate of Westfield High School. When she wasn't babysitting she was cheering. After graduation she took a full time nanny position along with teaching cheerleading and gymnastics classes at the Performing Arts Center of Carmel. She has been an assistant teacher at Starting Line since 2004. She is married and has a daughter. |
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