Love N' Laughter Staff

 

What we are...

The staff of Love N' Laughter has evolved over the years, but one thing remains constant; we are a group of dedicated care providers who love, guide and teach your children. Low teacher turnover makes us unique. We make affordable, high-quality education our priority.

 

Who we are...

Ms. Kim - Kim Darland is the center Owner/Director. She is entering her eleventh year at Love N' Laughter. Prior to Love N' Laughter, Ms. Kim taught for the Parkway School District. She has a genuine love for the early childhood years.

 

Ms. Mikelle – Ms. Mikelle is in her fourth year at Love N’ Laughter.  She has been added as a third teacher in our pre-k room.  She loves getting to know all of the children and parents while keeping everyone informed.  She maintains our website, creates our monthly newsletter, handles our Scholastic orders, updates picture files for the kids along with many other tasks.

 

Ms. Missey - Ms. Missey is the newest addition to the LNL staff.  She teaches our two-year-old class.  Missey’s patience and warm heart have won over every student in her classroom.

Ms. Paula - Ms. Paula has been a dedicated member of the Love N' Laughter staff for over 30 years! After many years of teaching our young two-year-old class, she currently adores teaching the mixed three-year-old class.

Ms. Debbie - Ms. Debbie, who taught at Love N' Laughter from 1998-2001, returned October 2007 to teach the three-year-old class. Her love and enthusiasm for preschool is obvious to all especially the children who always flock around her.

Ms. Theresa - Ms. Theresa joined the Love N' Laughter staff back in March of 2004. She currently teaches our four-year-old program. Ms. Theresa's love for learning is apparent in her classroom.  Her love of math and science is quite obvious during center time.

Ms. Dawn – Ms. Dawn is in her eleventh year at Love N’ Laughter.  She has previously taught our young two-year old and three-year-old classes and is now teaching our pre-kindergarten program with Ms. Leanne.  She maintains a wonderful balance between structure and creativity in her classroom.

Ms. Leanne - Ms. Leanne started in our young two-year old room to give the younger children extra one-on-one time.  She is now team teaching our pre-k classroom with Ms. Dawn.  The kids just love her creativity and willingness to get down and play with them especially if it means getting messy!

Ms. Kaycie - Ms. Kaycie joined Love N' Laughter as a teacher's assistant in May 2009. Kaycie performs a multitude of tasks including making lunch, substituting and working with the children in the afternoon hours.  She works beautifully with the staff and is always surrounded by children.

Ms. Dana - Ms. Dana continues to be part of Love N' Laughter's afternoon staff.  She comes to us knowing all about the school since her younger sister was a student here.

Ms. Carly We added Ms. Carly to our afternoon staff in August 2011.  She is a former graduate of Love N’ Laughter; what fun it is to have her join our teaching team!

Ms. Marie - Ms. Marie has been with Love N' Laughter for 14 years. We had previously talked her out of her semi-retirement in which she was a substitute with us and she teamed up to teach our pre-k program with Ms. Leanne.  She has gone back into her semi-retirement but is again on our substitute list.