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Schedule A TourShanelle Clark is a graduate of Wake Forest University and began her career with the acclaimed Teach for America program. She was a certified Atlanta Public School Teacher for four years and subsequently joined the Primrose family where she excelled as a Kindergarten Teacher in two different schools. She was then promoted to Education Coach and most recently served as Director. She has over a decade of experience in the Primrose system.
Shanelle is passionate about teaching and has deep experience with Early Childhood Education and the Primrose Balanced Learning Curriculum. She has operations oversight responsibility for certain areas, including our Regulatory and Accreditation Compliance function. Shanelle looks forward to working alongside our teachers to support the implementation of our curriculum and working with families to support the development of our students.
Hometown: Oakwood, GA
Teaching experience: 2 years
Education background: Bachelor’s degree
Favorite food: Sushi
Favorite weekend activity: Painting, going to the movies
Favorite children’s book: Go, Dog. Go!
Favorite Primrose character: Benjamin the Bear (Generosity)
Hometown: Fort Myers, FL
Teaching experience: 3 years
Education background: Bachelor’s degree; CDA Credential
Favorite food: International
Favorite weekend activity: Knitting, Crochet
Favorite children’s book: Green Eggs and Ham
Favorite Primrose character: Libby the Lamb (Fairness)
Hometown: Sicklerville, NJ
Teaching experience: 7 years
Education background: Bachelor’s degree
Favorite food: Cajun Pasta
Favorite weekend activity: Reading
Favorite children’s book: Goodnight Moon
Favorite Primrose character: Og the Bookworm (Caring)Hometown: Atlanta, GA
Teaching experience: 15 years
Education background: Bachelor’s degree
Favorite food: Potatoes
Favorite weekend activity: Watching Lifetime Movies
Favorite children’s book: Llama Llama Red Pajama
Favorite Primrose character: Og the Bookworm (Caring)
Welcome to the Primrose School of Atlanta Westside!
Meet Jennifer Bunting-Graden, George Elba, and Chris and Natalie Williams – the proud franchise owners of the Primrose School of Atlanta Westside. As parents of preschool children, Primrose’s belief that who children become is as important as what they know resonates with us. This philosophy is at the core of Primrose’s exclusive Balanced Learning approach, which balances purposeful play with nurturing guidance from teachers to encourage curiosity, creativity, confidence, and compassion.
We spent a lot of time evaluating childcare offerings when we were seeking care for our children, and it was clear that Primrose stands head and shoulders above all available options. Primrose delivers more than a curriculum. In addition to incorporating science, math, music, language, and art concepts throughout the day, Primrose focuses on character development and life skills – without forgetting the fun! Our time-tested, research-informed classroom offerings and equipment are complemented by our extraordinarily fun, age-appropriate playgrounds. Primrose is a life-changing early learning experience for children and their families!
Unfortunately for us, we were unable to get into the Primrose school in our area because it had an incredibly long waitlist. Now that we are opening our own school, we are, of course, first in line to enroll our children!
Our dynamic team has the perfect combination of skills to ensure we deliver the Primrose promise EVERY DAY. Jennifer holds a law degree from Harvard Law School and a business degree from the University of Toronto; George has a computer engineering degree from Texas A & M University; Natalie has a law degree from Columbia Law School and a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Journalism from Emory University; and Chris has a business degree from Emory University and is a Certified Public Accountant. Together, we have years of work experience solving mission critical problems for some of the largest companies in the world.
We are excited to meet you and your family, and we know you will agree with us that a Primrose education is unmatched!