CJDS Teaching Staff
Kathy Otte
Kindergarten
7th year at CJDS
B.A. University of Maryland
M.Ed. Early Childhood with special needs certification, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Jadyn Woodson
First Grade
11th year at CJDS
B.S. Special Education, Appalachian State University
Jessica Felter
Second Grade
3rd year at CJDS
B.S. Elementary Education, Florida State University
M.S. Reading Education, Florida State University
Monica Ribreau
Third Grade
3rd year at CJDS
B.A. Elementary Education, St. Thomas Aquinas
M.Ed. Literacy Education, Mercy College
Rebecca Dranove
Fourth Grade
5th year at CJDS
B.A. Elementary Education, Minor in Spanish, Appalachian State University
Stephen Debresen
Fifth Grade
9th year at CJDS
B.A. Elementary Education and Geography , UNC Wilmington
M.Ed. Gardner Webb University
Donna de Groot
Judaica
13th year at CJDS
B.A. UNC-Chapel Hill
R.N. Asaf Harofe School of Nursing, Israel
B.S. Nursing, UNC-Charlotte
M.S.N. Community Health Nursing, USC Columbia
Channie Weiss
Judaica
25th year at CJDS
Beth Rivkah Teacher’s Seminary
Tal Am Teacher’s Institute
Andrea Gamlin
Technology/PBL
11th year at CJDS
B.A. History, University of Pennsylvania
M.S. Labor and Industrial Relations, Michigan State University
Donna Lerner
Art/PBL
12th year at CJDS
B.A., Biochemistry with an Art History Minor, Smith College
M.S.P.H. Environmental Science UNC Chapel Hill
Jessica Schultz
Math Enrichment
4th year at CJDS
B.A. History
M.Ed. Early Childhood and Early Childhood Special Education, University of Minnesota
Christi Szrejter
PE Instructor
3rd year at CJDS
B.S. Elementary Education, Florida State University
