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A generous heart, kind speech and a life of service
and compassion are the things which renew humanity.
Cara Day-McKellar
Founder and Head of
School
Cara Day-McKellar began teaching school at the age of four, with her
dolls and willing friends. By age ten, she had unlocked the mystery for several struggling readers!
Parents in the neighborhood recognized her gift and compassion and began paying for her work. Starting college at 16,
Cara knew she would have her own school one day, but needed to add the science to her gift. She completed her credentials
and master's degree at SDSU, and then taught in the La Mesa Spring Valley and Jamul-Dulzura School districts. In
1997, Cara developed a program for families that was adopted by the San Diego Council on Literacy, the
third largest literacy organization in the world. For the past 11 years, Cara has provided individual instruction, teacher
training, and parent education through her own private practice. She is the referred reading specialist for doctors at
San Diego Children's Hospital. She speaks nationally to teacher and parents on best practices in teaching and
parenting, based on her award-winning class titled Happy Kids. Cara's childhood dream of making a school
was officially born in 2008 as she heeded the call of the many parents who asked her each year to "do
the whole thing." The practices, curriculum, and philosophy of Day-McKellar Preparatory School are based on Cara's
vast experiences in the field of education, her work with thousands of families, and from motherhood of her own four
children. Every detail reflects a piece of wisdom about what children and their families need to regain their
once naturally profoundly curious state, so they can live with enthusiasm and delight. Day-McKellar Preparatory School
is an inspiring educational community. At Day-McKellar Prep, families build the academic foundation and inner-awareness needed
to realize a peaceful life spent realizing their dreams. Cultivating appreciation for all of life's wonders, teachers,
children and parents learn to live according to their own personal legends.
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Christina Ciganda, M.A.
Assistant Head of School
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Tari Trexler, M.A.
Chair of Technology
Sarah Weaver, M. A. Teacher, Upper School
Hillary Bertran-Harris, M.A.
Chair of Performing Arts
Shandell Brunson, M.A. Teacher,
Upper School
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Emily Wharton, Teacher Upper School
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Debbie Ervin
Chair of Language Arts
Holly Hull, M.A.
Teacher, Primary School
Kelly Favale Teacher, Primary School
Shandell Brunson, M.A. Teacher, Upper School
Jessica O'Rourke, M.A. Teacher,
Upper School
Lori Ferguson
Teacher, Primary School
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Debra
Nolting, Chief Administrative Officer
"Those of us who have achieved financial freedom, social freedom, the freedom to travel where
we wish, the freedom to achieve the fruits of our labors and learning with others, and the freedom of good health have done
so through self-mastery. The greatest human freedom is the power of free will. But we are free only to the extent that we
have liberated our will from servitude to our tendencies."
--Dan Millman
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