Curriculum Coordinators

Michelle Bella graduated from Loyola Marymount University with a B.A. in Psychology and extended her college experience to receive a teaching credential. She began working in Manhattan Beach in 2001 and currently teaches Kindergarten at Meadows Elementary School while pursuing a Masters Degree in Technology in Education at California State University at Dominguez Hills.

Traci Granberg has a B.S. from the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire. In her 11 years of teaching, she has taught grades K - 2, been given Reading Recovery training and certification, and received extensive training in early literacy. Currently she teaches Kindergarten at Meadows Elementary School and is pursuing a Masters Degree in Special Education. She also received National Board Certification in 2002.

Carol Simon has a B.A. in Psychology and a J.D. in law from the University of Pacific. She has been a practicing family law attorney for 22 years, and for the last three years has worked as a teacher's assistant in a Kindergarten classroom at Meadows Elementary School. She has an Emergency Teaching Credential, and has played an instrumental part in teaching kindergartners to read. She is knowledgeable in all facets of the kindergarten and 1st grade reading curriculum.