Miss Penny
Extraordinary Elms Before School Lead Teacher

Penny A.  joined the Treehouse team in August 2024.  

Penny is married to Bernie and has 3 children - Evan, Tanya and Nicole.   She is blessed with 6 grandbabies, who are the joy of her life.

Penny enjoys camping, being outside in her gardens and coming up with fun experiments to do with her grandchildren.  Penny's favorite late winter past time is making maple syrup from trees in her back yard.

Penny has been working with children for almost 28 years, From infants to 5th grade.

 and is currently certified from the Department of Early Education and Care as

• School Age Group Leader

• Teacher Preschool

• Teacher Infant/Toddler

Penny is CPR/First Aid certified, expires January 2027.

Miss Kim O.

Teacher (Full Time)
Marvelous Maples Co-Teacher
& Extraordinary Elms After School Lead Teacher

Kim O'Neill  joined the Treehouse Team in September 2024. She is a Co-Teacher in the Marvelous Maples Preschool classroom and the Extraoirdnary Elms After School Lead Teacher for our school age students.  During the Summer of 2025, Miss Kim was the Lead Teacher for our Bonsais classroom (school age 7-14).

 In addition Kim offers our Treehouse children an Extracurricular Activity: Timber Time!  Timber Time is a fitness / movement program for our toddlers and pre schoolers offered once a week. 

Kim, husband Jon and 16 yr old son Owen live on a small nearby lake where they enjoy kayaking, fishing and the lake life!

Miss Kim, previously Coach Kim at the Springfield JCC, taught Pre school PE and ran all the after school pre school and youth athletics programs from soccer and basketball to tiny tumblers! During the summer, Kim enjoyed the outdoor summer camp where you would find her in the woods challenging the kids on the ropes course to teaching archery.

For the 2022-2023 school year, she worked with preschoolers. It was there that she learned her love for working with this age group spanned from coaching on the sports field to teaching in the classroom!

Kim grew up in Longmeadow and attended the University of Vermont, graduating with a Bachelor's degree. Kim also played lacrosse and swam while at UVM.  Some of Kim's other experiences include Marketing at AAA 10 years, nannying for 5 years, coaching  Girls Varsity Lacrosse at LHS for 2 years, and Lifeguarding off and on since she was 16.

Kim is currently certified by the Department of Early Education and Care (EEC) with:

• Teacher Preschool

• School Age Site Coordinator

Kim is CPR/First Aid/AED Certified, expires April 2026.