Carol Winter has been a B'nai Tikvah JCC Nursery School teacher since 1985 and has taught in our Religious School since 1990. She is passionate about sharing her love of Judaism with her students of all ages. She was the Teen Travel Director at Lake-Vu Day Camp for eight years. In the summer of 2006, Carol returned to Camp Gan Israel of Central New Jersey to supervise its Girls Travel Camp program. Carol, along with her husband, Mark, was involved in the supervision of Summer Youth programming in several major Catskill Resort hotels for many years. She earned a B.A. in education from Queens College. Carol is married with two children and has one grandson.

Ina Horn joined the teaching staff at the of the Nursery School in 1992 and has been the head Pre-K teacher since 2000. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Management Science from Kean University. She also teaches enrichment classes in literature (Book Cooks) and music and movement (Jump, Wiggle, Twirl & Giggle). She resides in North Brunswick with her husband, Gerald, and two of their four children.

Maria Lesko has worked in the Nursery school since 1988 in various capacities. Using her creativity, Maria has been a head teacher in Art Enrichment, she does Early and Late Stay, and as an assistant teacher in Pre-K and Enrichment. Maria lives in North Brunswick with her husband and has two children.

Rachel Moore has 15 years of private vocal training in the U.S., Canada, and Israel. She has performed two solo opera recitals, and has been involved with many different choral groups--including Boston's Zamir choir--and musical productions her entire life. Rachel served as the preschool music teacher at Yeshivat Netivot Montessori in Edison. She began with Music Together® as a parent; six years ago, she became a registered teacher because of the wonderful impact that Music Together has had on all of her children. Rachel has taught Music Together in Highland Park and East Windsor, NJ.

Heather Gable graduated with a Bachelors of Art degree in 2006 from Richard Stockton College of New Jersey and plans on attending graduate school to receive a Masters in Elementary Education. Heather has been working towards her goals since high school, where in her senior year she took an in-class preschool program. This class was a learning enrichment in many ways. In Massachusetts, for her freshman year of college, she participated in a program called Jumpstart. Jumpstart is a one-on-one partnership of children with college students in a goal of improving the child's lifestyle. The rest of the college years were focused on studies revolving around education and art. She is currently living in East Brunswick

Melissa Burnett has diverse experience working with children ranging in ages 2 through high school.  Melissa has received her Bachelors from Rutgers University and most recently received her Masters in Elementary Education from the University of South Florida in May 2009.  While attaining her Masters, Melissa has taught preschool as well as second grade and kindergarten and has tutored elementary school students varying in age.  Melissa also taught Hebrew High School at B'nai Tikvah for 2 years.  Joining in Sept 2009, Melissa is extremely excited to be teaching the 2 ½ year olds at the JCC Nursery School!

Allison Schechter comes to the nursery program with a diverse background. Most recently, she was Assistant Director of the Young Israel of East Brunswick Summer Day Camp, which had over 70 children in attendance. Allison is originally from Freehold, graduated from the School of Visual Arts with a major in advertising. She has a deep love of children and is excited to be working with children at Bnai Tikvah. Mrs. Schecter is a teacher's assistant working with Mrs. Noah's 3 yr. olds. Allison and her husband have three children ages 7, and twin 5 year olds.