MEET OUR TEAM
HEAD OF SCHOOL - MICHAEL GIRODO
Michael is inspired and honored by the opportunity to serve as Head of School for Monument View Montessori Charter School. He is incredibly excited to be serving in his fourth year with such a committed and passionate community of educators, board members, and parents who have put so much heart and soul into creating this amazing school.
Michael is a long-time believer in the Charter School movement. Much like the Montessori movement, whose aim is to nurture the development of the whole child, the Charter School movement aims to bring high-quality educational offerings to diverse groups of children throughout the country in a public school setting.
Before coming to the Grand Valley, Michael resided in Steamboat Springs, where he was the Head of School at Steamboat Montessori. Before that, he was Head of School at Jarrow Montessori in Boulder, Colorado’s first Montessori school. Michael holds a Primary Montessori teaching degree from MECR, as well as a Master’s in Education and a BA in Psychology from Naropa University. Michael has been working in the field of holistic and alternative education for 40 years.
Michael enjoys being part of the Grand Valley community and exploring all the beauty and splendor of the surrounding region with his wife, Joan.
OFFICE MANAGER - KELSEY LINDER
Kelsey was born and raised in Southern California and spent her early years in Montessori and Waldorf inspired schools. She attended the University of Wyoming where she received a BA in Humanities and Fine Arts and played on the women’s soccer team. She moved to Fruita in 2012 and spent a few years working in local restaurants until going back to school and receiving a BS degree in Environmental Science from Colorado Mesa University.
In 2017 she and her partner moved back to Southern California where she spent two years working for a research center at the University of California San Diego. Her twin boys were born in 2019, and they moved back to Colorado in 2020. Kelsey has spent the last three and a half years working for the US
Department of Agriculture, and she is very excited to now join the MVM team, as her boys have been students here since 2022.
In her free time, Kelsey enjoys camping and mountain biking with her family, playing soccer, and woodworking.
Meet The Team
HEAD OF SCHOOL
MICHAEL GIRODO
Michael is inspired and honored by the opportunity to serve as Head of School for Monument View Montessori Charter School. He is incredibly excited to be serving in his fourth year with such a committed and passionate community of educators, board members, and parents who have put so much heart and soul into creating this amazing school.
Michael is a long-time believer in the Charter School movement. Much like the Montessori movement, whose aim is to nurture the development of the whole child, the Charter School movement aims to bring high-quality educational offerings to diverse groups of children throughout the country in a public school setting.
Before coming to the Grand Valley, Michael resided in Steamboat Springs, where he was the Head of School at Steamboat Montessori. Before that, he was Head of School at Jarrow Montessori in Boulder, Colorado’s first Montessori school. Michael holds a Primary Montessori teaching degree from MECR, as well as a Master’s in Education and a BA in Psychology from Naropa University. Michael has been working in the field of holistic and alternative education for 40 years.
Michael enjoys being part of the Grand Valley community and exploring all the beauty and splendor of the surrounding region with his wife, Joan.
OFFICE MANAGER
KELSEY LINDER
Kelsey was born and raised in Southern California and spent her early years in Montessori and Waldorf inspired schools. She attended the University of Wyoming where she received a BA in Humanities and Fine Arts and played on the women’s soccer team. She moved to Fruita in 2012 and spent a few years working in local restaurants until going back to school and receiving a BS degree in Environmental Science from Colorado Mesa University.
In 2017 she and her partner moved back to Southern California where she spent two years working for a research center at the University of California San Diego. Her twin boys were born in 2019, and they moved back to Colorado in 2020. Kelsey has spent the last three and a half years working for the US
Department of Agriculture, and she is very excited to now join the MVM team, as her boys have been students here since 2022.
In her free time, Kelsey enjoys camping and mountain biking with her family, playing soccer, and woodworking.
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