Marie Guzzardo joined Five Oaks Academy in 2021. She currently serves as a Primary Directress in the Primary 1 Classroom. She previously taught in the Lower Elementary Program. Marie earned a Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies (3 years of Elementary Education and 1 year of Hospitality) with a Minor in Dance Education and is in the process of obtaining her Lower Elementary certification through the Center for Guided Montessori Studies (CGMS). Marie went to a Montessori school where her current teaching partner in Primary I, Ms. Dawn, was her primary teacher. ” My journey has come full circle from being a Montessori student to now being a Montessori teacher with my own primary teacher.” She is affiliated with the South Carolina Montessori Alliance (SCMA) and the American Montessori Society (AMS).