Nancy King - Lead Teacher
Ms. Nancy grew up in Santa Barbara and attended local schools including Roosevelt, Santa Barbara Junior High and Santa Barbara High. As a child, she loved the outdoors: playing Frisbee on the Mission lawn, body surfing in the ocean, exploring creeks, and playing in the dirt building roadways and tunnels. At college at the University of Colorado, she studied Commercial Recreation, which is the business side of the sports & leisure industry.
After college, Ms. Nancy dabbled in the corporate world in San Francisco, Boston and at Patagonia. She returned to Santa Barbara, had three children, and then decided to study Early Childhood Education at Santa Barbara City College. Ms. Nancy began her career in education as a reading mentor, special education aide and substitute teacher in elementary school. She worked for two different preschools for five years each, the last being the Orfalea Family Center at Cottage Hospital.
As a Santa Barbara local, Ms. Nancy has driven past our school and been aware of it and its excellent reputation for years. She was particularly attracted to “the harmonious feeling when you walk in” and the “warm sense of nurturing relationships at the school.”
Ms. Nancy grew up in Santa Barbara and attended local schools including Roosevelt, Santa Barbara Junior High and Santa Barbara High. As a child, she loved the outdoors: playing Frisbee on the Mission lawn, body surfing in the ocean, exploring creeks, and playing in the dirt building roadways and tunnels. At college at the University of Colorado, she studied Commercial Recreation, which is the business side of the sports & leisure industry.
After college, Ms. Nancy dabbled in the corporate world in San Francisco, Boston and at Patagonia. She returned to Santa Barbara, had three children, and then decided to study Early Childhood Education at Santa Barbara City College. Ms. Nancy began her career in education as a reading mentor, special education aide and substitute teacher in elementary school. She worked for two different preschools for five years each, the last being the Orfalea Family Center at Cottage Hospital.
As a Santa Barbara local, Ms. Nancy has driven past our school and been aware of it and its excellent reputation for years. She was particularly attracted to “the harmonious feeling when you walk in” and the “warm sense of nurturing relationships at the school.”