Emmanuel Appiah | Pre K-3
Emmanuel Appiah joined the Maury community in 2016. He grew up in Woodbridge Virginia, and received both his BA in Mass Communications from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in 2014 and MAT in early childhood education from the Relay Graduate School of Education in 2019. He has been teaching for 8 years in the ... Read More
Bettina Schewe | Aide (PK3)
Bettina Schewe (aka “Ms. Bettina”) has worked as an Educational Aide at John Lewis ES for the past two years. Previously she served as the Library/Technology Aide at Brent ES. Bettina grew up in Germany where she obtained a law degree. In 1996 she moved to Washington, DC. When her daughter started preschool in 2006, ... Read More
Rachel Austin | Special Education
Pre-K & Kindergarten Rachel Austin joined the Maury community as a parent in 2023, and as an educator in 2025, teaching Special Education for PreK and Kindergarten students. She started her career as a teacher in 2010 through Teach for America, teaching PreK and Kindergarten in Prince George’s County for 5 years. She moved to Tubman Elementary ... Read More
Janine Levin | PK3
Janine Levin has taught PK3 at Maury since 2010. Ms. Levin started her teaching career at Brent Elementary where she remained for 10 years. She then spent one year working as a Master Educator for DCPS. In that role, she visited every public elementary school in D.C. and observed and evaluated Pre-K teachers. It was ... Read More
Emily Paterson | PK3/4
Emily Paterson joined the Maury community as a parent in 2010 and began working here in 2012. She loves teaching preschool and fostering a joyful classroom community. She has a Master’s of Art in Teaching from Relay Graduate School of Education. In her spare time she likes foraging, hiking, playing with her dogs, and hanging ... Read More
Jamila Pichon | PK4
Jamila Pichon joined the Maury community in 2008 as a proud Cougar parent. She became a regular substitute teacher in 2016, and eventually a full-time PK teacher in 2018. Ms. Pichon holds a B.A. in Communication Studies from the University of Maryland and an M.A. in Early Childhood Education from Relay Graduate School. Ms. Pichon ... Read More
Kim Wright-Spurlock | PK4
Kim Wright-Spurlock has been teaching at Maury since 1995 and teaching pre-K 4 since 2001. “What I like most like about teaching is watching children when they get it—that ‘aha!’ moment is priceless. Knowing that you have touched a person’s life by helping them become educated in different areas is very inspirational.” Ms. Wright-Spurlock is ... Read More
Valerie Boyd-Justice, AIDE (PK3)
Hello, my name is Mrs. Justice, and I am an Early Childhood Paraeducator at Maury Elementary School in Washington, DC. I have been with Maury since 2019 and bring over 28 years of experience working with children in early childhood education, childcare, and youth development. Throughout my career, I have worked as a youth counselor, ... Read More
Sheila Guinyard, Aide (PK3/4)
My name is Sheila Guinyard. I have been part of the Maury community for over twenty years. I begin with Elementary Grade 2 then PK4 along with other Elementary Grades. The last 9 years I have been graced with continuing the journey with Early Childhood. I am the first of 3 female siblings, an auntie ... Read More
Angela Stover, Aide (PK4)
Angela Stover’s journey into education began in 2001 as a Para in a DCPS Kindergarten class. She transitioned to the Maury Community in April 2008, in a Bilingual pre-k 3/ 4 classroom. Ms. Stover really enjoys working with younger students. Her belief is that everyone deserves a good foundation to start their educational journey. Ms. ... Read More
D’Angela Williams, Aide (PK4)
Hi Super Scholars! My name is Mrs. Williams. I am SO excited to be a part of the ECE team! Most importantly, I am THRILLED to be your teacher aide. It’s going to be a fun year full of lots of learning and new adventures and I can’t wait to see what the year has ... Read More