About us

Admin

Andrea Wright

Director

Coming Soon

Assistant Director

Buffy Ess

Infant and Toddler Program Coordinator

Preschool Teachers

Tracy VanDeBoom

Donna Beebe

Janet Bomar

Sue Bergquist

Grey Dahlberg

Julia Birdsell

Preschool & Younger STEM

Clara Johnson

Older STEM

Shanna Taylor

Muscle Room

Toddler Team

Amy Balgenorth

Older Toddler

Tara Dewars

Lead Teacher

Buffy Ess

Lead Teacher

Drew LaBlanc

Asst. Teacher

Charlie Diefenbach-Healy

Asst. Teacher

Amy Balgenorth

Asst. Teacher

Maren Lindberg

Asst. Teacher

Char Pimentel

Younger Toddler

Infant Team

Elle Anderson

Lead Teacher

Kara Piatt

Asst. Teacher

Mel Rockymore

Teacher Aide

Support Staff

Claudia Howard

Serennie Lam

Lexi Neuman

Chelsea Bessner

Claudia Howard

Jim Rabidue

Kitchen

Chelsea Bessner

Kitchen

Mary Oser

Our History

Lake Harriet UM Preschool is an early childhood education center. It was founded in 1953 as an outreach of the Lake Harriet United Methodist Church. It is the function of the Preschool to supplement the home and to provide an atmosphere where children are loved, understood, and accepted as they are. It provides a place where active learning is on-going and where children can develop an awareness of the world they live in. All children are accepted regardless of their race, creed, or religious affiliation.