Ms. Anne Rothe was appointed Director of KBPS in May 2017, but she has been part of the school for many years. After having been a parent at KBPS for seven years, Ms. Anne Rothe formally joined the faculty in 2008 as a Pre-K 3 teacher and then served as the school’s lead Kindergarten teacher for six years. Starting in the Fall of 2015, Ms. Anne spent two years teaching at St. Philip’s Episcopal School in Coral Gables before coming back to KBPS.

 

At KBPS, Ms. Anne founded the Outdoor Education program, which is an important feature of the outstanding educational experience offered by the school.  This program encourages curiosity and lays the foundation for Environmental Responsibility.

 

She developed the School Garden and introduced the activity rich ‘Outdoor Classroom’ concept through which the school qualified to participate over the years,  in the country-wide Dream in Green’s ‘Green Schools Challenge’, the internationally known ‘Fairchild Challenge’ and locally in the 'Key Challenge' organized by the Key Biscayne Community Foundation’s Citizen Scientist Project. 

From these challenges, the school and students have won over 25 awards which are a great source of pride to KBPS students, parents and faculty alike. 

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Ms. Anne comes to the field of education through her experience as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Her work with families and children developed her appreciation for the importance of early childhood education. She graduated from Connecticut College with a B.A. in History and then obtained a Masters in Social Work at Bryn Mawr College near Philadelphia. Ms. Anne has also completely the Havard Graduate School of Education Certification in Early Education Leadership along with Ms. Tonya Pacanins, KBPS’ Assistant Director.