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Mailing Address
401 East Louther Street, Suite 217
Carlisle, PA 17013

Email Address
CTSAC@comcast.net

Registration Office
717-243-8315

Finance Office
717-245-9135

Director's Office
717-245-9794

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Bellaire | Crestview | Hamilton | Letort | Mooreland | Mt. Holly | N. Dickinson
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Bellaire
Keystone STARS 4 Star rating

905 Waggoners Gap Rd.
Carlisle, PA 17013
240 - 6800 ext. 12882

Marissa McDonald
Lead Teacher
AM & PM Program
Marissa has earned a Graphics Arts Associates degree from the Pittsburgh Art Institute online. Some of you may remember her from last year, for those of you who may not, Marissa has been employed with ChildTime for four years.
Julie Britton
Assistant Teacher
AM & PM Program
Karen Newell
Assistant Teacher
PM Program
Karen is a mother of 5 grown children and a grandmother of 2. Karen holds a BA in psychology from the Taylor University of Indiana. Karen works part-time for BETRA (In-home care for the elderly). Karen has been with ChildTime for 6 years. Karen enjoys volunteering as a CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate). Karen also enjoys walking and shopping with friends and spending time with her family.
Rachel Durnin
Assistant Teacher
PM Program


Crestview
Keystone STARS 4 Star rating

240 Longs Gap Road
Carlisle, PA 17013
240 - 6892

Kerry Saussaman
Lead Teacher
AM & PM Program
Aimee Bleacher
Assistant Teacher
AM & PM Program
Aimee Bleacher is a graduate of Shippensburg University with a degree in Psychology and a minor in Philosophy. Her internship was at a children's partial hospitalization mental health facility. After graduating she began working for ChildTime SAC and decided to pursue a career in teaching. She loves animals, having everything from rats to scorpions, and has an equally strong love of reading, which she does whenver she can catch a spare minute.
Eileen Houpt
Assistant Teacher
AM Program
Barbara Bookwalter
Assistant Teacher
PM Program
Barbara Bookwalter is a native of Philadelphia, PA and has lived in the Carlisle area since 1973. She is a former elementary school teacher and is current board president for Families Through Adoption, an adoption support group. Barbara and her husband, Ron are proud parents of three grown children. They also own and operate Bookwalter Photographics, a portrait and wedding photography studio in Carlisle.


Hamilton
Keystone STARS 4 Star rating

735 Clay Street
Carlisle, PA 17013
240 - 6793

Heather Egan
Lead Teacher
AM & PM Program
Heather graduated Shippensburg University with a major in History and a minor in Anthropology. She was recently accepted at Wilson College to earn a degree in Elementary Education. She is a hockey fanatic. Her favorite teams are the Hershey Bears and Pittsburgh Penguins.
Tamara Larsen
Assistant Teacher
AM & PM Program
Tamara was born in Czechoslovakia in 1973. In 1992, she was admitted in the Charles University School of Law, Prague. During and after her studies, she worked for several travel agencies, including an assignment in Turkey. Later, she became a manager of the International Department in a Greek travel agency. In 1997, she began working for the International Department of Czech Red Cross; a year later, she became the head of the department. In 2002, she resigned her position to marry US Colonel James Craig Larsen and relocated to teh US. Since her arrival, Tamara became an active volunteer for the American Red Cross focused primarily on the First Aid training and the Armed Forces Emergency Services. She also attended the Elizabethtown Community College in Elizabethtown, KY and the Fayetteville State University in Fayetteville, NC. In 2007, she graduated from Fayetteville State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish. Tamara is fluent in English, Spanish, German, Russian, Czech, and Slovak. Her interests include yoga, reading, piano, horseback riding, and dog training.
Rebecca Dowhower
Assistant Teacher
AM Program
Christopher Varner
Assistant Teacher
PM Program
Mackie Elwell
Assistant Teacher
PM Program
Mackie was born in Morristown, NJ on March 13. Her primary residence is in Chatham, NJ with her mom, dad, little sister and cat, Scout. She graduated from Chatham High School. She is a second year student at Dickinson College and lives with five other people. She is majoring in Psychology and minoring in French. She lives to surf at Long Beach Island with her two cousins. She also likes to snowboard with her roommate at Ski Roundtop. She likes to watch The Office and Heroes. Her favorite movies are Finding Nemo and Madagascar.


Letort
Keystone STARS 4 Star rating

110 East South Street
Carlisle, PA  17013
240 - 6788

Kevin Beam
Lead Teacher
AM & PM Program
Mr. Beam contributes his experience and energy to the program at LeTort. He also is a Substitute teacher in the South Middleton School District, and a CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) volunteer. He has a Masters Degree in Elementary Education, is certified to teach Middle School Math and has more than 12 years experience working with children. He watches entirely too much sports on television and enjoys spending time with his four dogs.
Elizabeth Weldon
Assistant Teacher
AM & PM Program
Elizabeth hails from Duxbury, Massachusetts and is currently training to be a professional dancer at the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet School. She's a graduate of Stonehill College where she studied English and Business Administration. Elizabeth has been with ChildTime for over a year and could not think of a better way to start her day than with ChildTime's a.m. program.
Shawn Troutman
Assistant Teacher
PM Program


Moorleand
Keystone STARS 4 Star rating
329 Wilson Street
Carlisle, PA 17013
240 - 6783

Tonya Redcay
Lead Teacher
PM Program
Mrs. Redcay is a native of Ohio where she received a BA from God's Bible College in Cincinnati. She taught in Ohio for 5 years, then moved to the Cayman Islands and taught 1st grade for 15 years. She has 4 step-children and 2 step-grandchildren of whom she is very proud. Her hobbies include reading, baking, Southern gospel Music, and dining out with her husband.
Evelyn Bear
Assistant Teacher
AM & PM Program
Ms. Bear is a graduate of Messiah College and has worked with children in many different capacities her entire life. She has 3 sons, and 6 grandchildren. In her spare time she loves reading, music, photography, gardening, baking, and life in general.
Susan Stake
Assistant Teacher
AM Program
Sue is new to ChildTime this year. She is a Carlisle native. After graduating from Carlisle High School, she received her BS in Education from Millersville University and her MS in Education from Shippensburg University. She is also a Reading Specialist. She taught for 21 years at South Middleton School District in 1st, 3rd, and 4th grades, and then both taught and was Elementary Director at Carlisle Christian Academy for 9 years. At CCA I was a Pre-K teacher and later a 4th grade teacher. Her hobbies include reading, gardening, quilting, and spending as much time as possible with her two young grandsons, Justin and Joshua, who live in Hershey.
Anna Joyce
Assistant Teacher
PM Program
Anna is asophomore at Dickinson College. She is an English major and is also enrolled in the teaching certification program with a minor in Education. She became interested in the field of educatino through teaching children's martial arts classes, and has been a martial artist for about 10 years. At Dickinson, she is a member of the Swing Dancing club and Dickinson Christian Fellowship. She enjoys reading, traveling, and spending time with her friends. Her future goals are to become an English teacher and have a family, possibly after joining the Peace Corps and living abroad.
Madeleine Colohan
Assistant Teacher
PM Program
Madeleine is from Rye, New York. She is a senior at Dickinson College and plans on attending Graduate School next year for early education to become a teacher.


Mt. Holly
Keystone STARS 4 Star rating

110 Mooreland Avenue
Mt. Holly Springs, PA 17065-1102
486 - 3942

Carol Orner
Lead Teacher
AM & PM Program
Lindsay Houpt
Assistant Teacher
AM Program
Sommany Kakhankham
Assistant Teacher
PM Program

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North Dickinson
Keystone STARS 4 Star rating

151 N. Dickinson School Rd.
Carlisle, Pa 17013
243 - 5308

Sean Bloom
Acting Lead Teacher
AM & PM Program
Nichole Warren
Assistant Teacher
AM Program
Nichole is an Elementary Education major with a minor in Spanish. She is in her second year at Shippensburg University. During her spare time she tutors and likes to shop or see friends and family. After she graduates, she hopes to move south and have her own classroom.



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