Pre-K Staff

Pre- Kindergarten Staff

Michelle Batchelder – Pre-K Teacher 

Michelle graduated from Eastern Nazarene College with a Bachelors Degree in Early Childhood Education. Following graduation, Michelle taught Pre-Kindergarten in Kansas for three years.  She then served as Director of Campus Kinder Haus, a college-owned preschool, for three years before movingback to her home state of Maryland.  After spending 2 1/2 years at home with her two energetic boys, she joined the SEYCo community in 2012.  She is always eager to work with her class of Pre-Kindergartners at SEYCo!

Michelle enjoys spending time with her husband and two boys. She loves to spend time outdoors, read and serve at her church.

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Kim Gemmill – Pre-K Aide

Kim is a graduate of Kennard Dale High School. After high school, Kim worked for seven years as an Administrative Assistant for McCrory’s.  Kim began her service at SEYCo as Vice President of the Board of Directors while her children attended the school.  Kim then worked as a nanny for 12 years.  She returned to SEYCo in 1993 and has worked with both the Three Year Old and Pre-Kindergarten programs.

Kim enjoys spending time with her husband, two adult children and her granddaughter. She also loves visiting the beach, golfing, biking and reading.

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Haley Newlin – Pre-K Teacher

Haley has been an educator at SEYCo since 2019. She has a Bachelors degree in Early Childhood Education from Towson University. Haley has worked in preschool classroom settings since 2016. She has experience educating various age groups, but preschool has always been a favorite for her. 

Haley has two young children-both of whom have attended and loved SEYCo. In her free time she enjoys reading, and exploring new bookstores with her children. Haley also enjoys hiking and spending time outdoors.

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Suzie Hinton – Pre-K Aide

Suzie holds a Bachelors Degree in Elementary Education from West Chester University and a minor in Psychology. She taught fourth grade for two years in the New Jersey Public Schools. She then took a hiatus to raise a family before joining the teaching staff at SEYCo Nursery  School. Suzie worked in the Pre-Kindergarten program for two and a half years.  She then began working in the Three Year Old program as a Classroom Assistant and continued teaching in this class for 19 years! Since 2011, she returned to the Pre-K program as an aide in our 4 day a week class. She enjoys children of all ages, but loves the innocence, excitement, curiosity and candor characteristic of young preschoolers.

Suzie and her family have lived in Stewartstown since 1975.  She has three grown children and was blessed with the birth of her first grandchild, Xavier, in 2013.  Suzie enjoys reading, listening to music, taking long daily walks for exercise,  shopping, gardening and traveling to Oregon, Indiana and New York City to visit her children.