Meet the Team

Plant the Seed of Learning provides resources for families with children ages birth to 4.
Our goal is to educate families about brain development and the importance of education beginning at birth.

  • Crystal Loose
    Crystal Loose Assistant Professor of Early and Middle Grades - West Chester University
  • Meredith Bailey
    Meredith Bailey Family and Community Outreach Specialist
  • Rachel Bruno
    Rachel Bruno Assistant Principal - ELCO
  • Sharon Schaefer
    Sharon Schaefer Principal - Manheim Township School District
  • Rikki Artus
    Rikki Artus Kindergarten Teacher, Brownstown Elementary
  • Kathie Singer
    Kathie Singer Wellspan Ephrata Community Hospital
  • Johanna Rodgers
    Johanna Rodgers Labor and Delivery Nurse, Women and Babies Hospital
  • Dr. Ryan P. Berardi
    Dr. Ryan P. Berardi Principal, Kissel Hill Elementary, Warwick School District
  • Jacy Clugston Hess, Ph.D.
    Jacy Clugston Hess, Ph.D. Assistant Superintendent of Elementary Education - Ephrata Area School District
  • Mrs. Julie Upson
    Mrs. Julie Upson Kindergarten Teacher Brownstown Elementary Conestoga Valley School District

PROUD PARTNER WITH THE LANCASTER UNITED WAY

PARTNERS:
Wellspan Ephrata Hospital | Lancaster General Women and Babies | Cocalico School District | Ephrata Area School District
Conestoga Valley School District | Manheim Township School District | School District of Lancaster | Lampeter-Strasburg School District
Manheim Central School District | Pequea Valley School District  |  Eastern Lancaster County School District | Warwick School District
Solanco School District | Columbia School District | Hempfield School District | Donegal School District | Elizabethtown Area School District | Early Childhood Innovative Connections |
Community Action Partnership

GIVE YOUR CHILD A HEAD START WITH PLANT THE SEED OF LEARNING