Mrs. Trish Nichols is the Director of the Holy Name Preschool Program as well as the lead teacher for the Ladybug (3 1/2 - 4-year-olds) Class. She holds a BS in Liberal Studies in Early Childhood Education from the University of Phoenix. Mrs. Trish came to us from KGBSD where she worked for 5 years in the Special Education Department as an itinerate Educational Speech and Language Paraprofessional. Prior to moving to Alaska in 2017, Mrs. Trish lived in California, where she began her work as a Substitute in a 1st - 3rd Grade Deaf and Hard of Hearing Special Education Classroom. 

Mrs. Trish encourages her students to be independent and reminds them to make their best choices, to believe in themselves & ANYTHING is possible and we turn their "I cants into I CAN's!! 

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Our classroom motto is; you CAN do hard things!