Basics
Language(s) supported are languages that the provider or staff members are able to communicate in with parents/guardians. This is not indicative of instruction language(s) and/or language-based curriculum at the program.
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Our Teachers
Ms. Rivera Director Hello, it’s a pleasure to meet you. My students call me Maestra Rivera. I am the owner and director of Manzanita Preschool. I have been teaching for over 25 years. 10 years in Mexico and 15 years in the United States. I studied Accounting Assistant, and then to become a teacher. I knew I wanted to be a teacher since I was a little girl; When I was 15 years old, I collaborated in my Church as a Teacher in the Bible school for children in Mexico and in a few months more than 200 children came to the Bible school. I loved it and that’s when I discovered my Passion for teaching. When my family and I moved to the United States, I worked in children’s ministry for 7 years at church with my husband. Then I worked with the Spanish Immersion Program in Michigan and brought it to South Bend, Indiana, I worked at a private school. I discovered that there was a need, that not all parents could afford quality, full-time education, in Early Education, Preschool and Kindergarten. That’s when we decided to open Manzanita Preschool, a full-time Spanish Immersion Program. I am a wife, mother, grandmother and my husband and I are associate pastors at our church, CLC South Bend. When people ask me why I love working with kids, I light up, they are the best! They are pure energy, joy and love. I love teaching and seeing their development and growth. The best thing about being a teacher is knowing that you plant a seed of knowledge in each of your students and prepare them for school. My promise to you is that your child will learn Spanish, develop in a loving, professional and educational Immersion environment.
Philosophy
Manzanita Academy’s vision is to immerse early childhood kids in an Immersion environment, making it possible for them to Learn, Play and Grow in a loving and accepting environment, acquire a solid educational foundation, and thus continue their bilingual education.
Location
Excellent area Sawson school
About our program
At Manzanita in South Bend, it is a Bilingual program and we have GOOD staff certified in Early Childhood and Elementary education, professional and Bilingual, We create a nourishing foundation for early and elementary school learning. Where with its staff, through our values of love, responsibility and Professionalism, children learn and are Bilingual.