Marie-Paule Mahoney - Lower School and High School French

Certificat D'etudes Litteraires, University of Haute-Bretagne, France; M.A.,University of Wisconsin, Madison.

In addition to teaching advanced French to students in the eleventh and twelfth grades, Marie-Paule offers an independent study course to twelfth graders who have demonstrated a high proficiency in the language. A member of the Green Meadow faculty since 1992, Marie-Paule serves on the Festival Committee.

Marie-Paule (Rocher) is the author of The French Connection (University Press of America, 1988) and co-author of En Francais (The McGraw-Hill Companies, 2003).

Ivette Lenard - Lower School Spanish

M.A. Brazilian and French Literature, NYU; K-12 NYS Certificate for French/Spanish, Marymount College.

Ivette has been a Green Meadow language teacher since 1994.  She serves on Green Meadow's Movement Committee, the Collegium, and the Care Group.

For the past 15 years, Ivette has been practicing Vipassana meditation and is involved with the Thich Nat Hahn practice. She also practices Chi Gong and Yoga.

Jennifer Brooks Quinn - High School Spanish

B.A. Behavioral Sciences, Marylhurst University; Waldorf Teacher Training, Emerson College, England; Biography Training; Psychosynthesis Training.

Jennifer serves on the Green Meadow Listening Committee and is the foreign exchange coordinator for Spanish language exchanges.

In addition to teaching Green Meadow Spanish classes, she is very involved in parent education lectures and workshops and biographical counseling, and is a consultant for homeschool education in the United States and Mexico.

Raoul Cansino - Lower School German

M.A. German, UCLA; M.F.A. Film, UCLA; Certificate in TESL, UCLA; studied German and Spanish, Georg-August Universität, Göttingen, Germany.

Raoul serves on the Collegium, Community Service, Recycling and Bulletin Committees, and is on the Threefold Educational Foundation Board. He teaches German in grades 1-7.

As Coordinator of the Community Service Committee, Raoul works with students and parents to collect and distribute clothing and food to street homeless in New York City. He is the founder and president of Helping Hands, Inc., a not-for-profit agency that shelters and feeds the homeless in Rockland County. He spearheaded our Midnight Run chapter and has tirelessly recruited and organized runs into New York City for many years.

Raoul is the translator of The Light Course, a series of Rudolf Steiner's lectures on physics (Anthroposophic Press).

Barbara Lester - High School German

B.S. Education, Rutgers University; M.A., German Studies, NYU.

Barbara teaches German in grades 9-11. She is a native of East Germany and enjoys reading and traveling.