Our Teachers

Our first teacher is Brigitte Bonfield from Nuremberg, Germany. Brigitte has a big heart for children! She holds a Master’s degree in Art, Illustration and Photography.  During her years as an Art Director, she worked very closely with and for children, developing children’s games and illustrating children’s books; she also organized art projects in her son’s Kindergarten.  Brigitte was an au pair in London for two years where she worked for a family with three children, both providing childcare and teaching the children the German language. She has also served as a teacher at the German Saturday School in Portland, where she worked with both native and non-native speaking children.  For more than 10 years, she has also been a member of the Immotion Dance Group, a modern dance group based on the teaching of Rudolf Steiner’s eurythmy.  With her considerable experience in the arts, Brigitte can offer your child the right instrument to enhance a creative mind.

Our other teacher, Brigitte Duncan, is a native Bavarian with a wide range of work experience and tremendous enthusiasm.  Brigitte has volunteered in the Portland Public Schools, and volunteered and substituted in the Deutsche Sprachschule (Saturday School) of Portland, where they use an immersion method of instruction.  Brigitte has co-op experience from working in her own child’s preschool.  In addition, she earned a nursing degree from Krankenhaus Rosenheim before moving to the U.S.  The first-aid and medical knowledge she gained while working as a nurse is a great asset in the classroom.  Brigitte takes great pleasure in nurturing each child and his or her social, emotional, academic, artistic, and physical development.