Marie Hall
Founder & Director
Our School
Teaching with heart, living in community
Our educators bring warmth, creativity, experience, and genuine care to their work with children. They do more than lead lessons — they observe, encourage, create, problem-solve, and help children grow in confidence, responsibility, and connection.
“It's not our job to make life easy for one another — it's our task to leave space for each other to grow.”
Marie Hall
Our Common Thread Guilds — Theater, Digital Arts, Stewardship, Music, Skilled Trades, and Cooking — weave hands-on craft, service, and performance through the school year.
Faculty 2026–2027
Leadership
Holding the vision of Mindful Journey Academy and supporting every teacher and child.
Faculty 2026–2027
Class teachers
Guiding each grade with warmth, rhythm, and care — often staying with a class across several years.
Haleigh
Kindergarten Teacher
Kelly Quiel
Kindergarten Assistant • Student Support • Reading Resource
Jennine Cabrera
Grades 1–2 and Grade 8 Teacher • Theater in the Common Thread Guild
Jody Reed
Grades 3–4 Teacher • Administrative Assistant • Grants & Development
Joshua Wysong
Grade 5 and Grades 6–7 Teacher • Common Thread Guild • Campus Safety
Faculty 2026–2027
Specialty teachers & program leaders
Enriching learning through mathematics, music, art, handwork, gardening, and the living world around us.
Talia
Middle School Mathematics • Grades 5–8
Alexis “Lexi” Gannon
Handwork • Gardening • Stewardship Guild
Tia
Stewardship Guild • Outdoor and Classroom Support
TJ
Music Teacher and Assistant to Kindergarten
David Maggenti
Grounds • Maintenance • Farm Instruction • Skilled Trades
Portraits
About these photographs
We publish a portrait only where the school has an approved photograph. Where a teacher's portrait is not yet available, their card shows their initials until we add one — we would rather show a plain mark than a photograph that is not really them.
Want to meet a teacher?
The best introduction is a visit. On a tour you will meet the people who would be teaching your child, and you can ask them anything. Call (843) 267-0315 or book a tour.
Visit us
Meet the teachers in person.
Bring your questions about your child, and talk with the educators who would actually be working with them.