STAFF
Ali has been a Montessori teacher and parent for over 12 years. She has a background in fine art, a passion for teaching children about the beautiful Pacific Northwest and enjoys singing with children to the tune of her ukulele. Ali is always excited to grow, learn and discover. She carries this enthusiasm into her teaching practice.
Early foundations of learning and play are a crucial part of childhood developmental. Ali enjoys helping children with early math and language skills through fun activities that leave children empowered and ready for more. Ali hopes to inspire wonder in your children as they will for her.
Ali Pepper
Director/Owner
Seedlings C0-Lead Guide
Miss Amanda
Sprouts Lead Guide (Ages 3-Kinder)
Amanda graduated from The Center of Guided Montessori Studies in 2019. She has assisted and taught in Montessori environment for 4 years. Amanda has worked with children for over 20 years from nannying, volunteering to teaching.
She has always had a love of children and a passion to foster a love of learning for them.
Amanda is a native to the PNW and enjoys being outdoors. She likes spending her time in her flower garden, cooking and baking, paddle boarding, hiking and going on adventures. She has a 13 year old son who loves swimming, baseball and animals. They are both excited to join the Kitsap Life Academy community this year!
Shannon received her BA in Social Work in 1998 and spent the next several years working to protect, support, and advocate for vulnerable populations. In 2011 when her oldest child didn’t fit the mold of public school, Shannon started homeschooling and continued to homeschool all 3 of her children until middle school. Since then she has devoted her life to education. She started a homeschool co-op, taught English to Chinese children, and most recently spent the last two years teaching 4th - 6th grade at an outdoor school.
In addition to experience in teaching academics, Shannon has a background in teaching kids bushcraft skills, plant and animal identification, basic wilderness first aid and survival skills. When she is not teaching, she loves being outdoors with hiking, backpacking, and foraging being her favorite activities. Shannon’s educational philosophy centers around helping children to learn to love learning. She is an energetic teacher that loves to incorporate projects and games to help aid in concept development. She loves getting her hands dirty right alongside her students.
Miss Shannon
Saplings Lead Guide (4th-6th)
Miss Alexa
Seedlings Co-Lead Guide (1st-3rd)
Alexa joined KLA after being a Para Educator in the public school systems special education classroom. She has experience as a birth doula and spent time as a stay at home mom to her son who is 5 and her daughter who is 2. She has a BA in Elementary Education through Western Washington University. Alexa loves to teach math and reading. She loves when she is able to incorporate games and real life experiences into learning.
In Alexa’s spare time she loves to hike, camp, learn to homestead, and ballroom/latin dance. She is a part of a womens performance dance group. She hopes to own enough land one day to grow her small homestead with cows and sheep. She currently owns chickens, gardens and bakes with gluten free sourdough starter.
