Entrepreneur adds culture to classroom lesson plans
By Loni Ingraham
Towson Times
Imagine a classroom where young children greet each other in Spanish. They compose music after listening to Mozart and express artistic creativity after studying the Masters. They show courtesy and respect for each other -- and for their teacher.
Angel Menefee can imagine it. She's working to transform that vision into a reality.
The door to her office -- once the kitchen of her Wiltondale home -- keeps her lives separate. When Menefee is on one side of the door, she's the wife of Ashton Menefee and the mother of their three children ages 13, 10 and 7.
September 2, 2009
A language curriculum for the very young
BY LIZ FARMER
Daily Record
What started out as a way to save time for Angel Menefee has grown into a full-fledged business for the Towson mother of three and former middle school Spanish teacher.
After being asked by a private preschool to teach Spanish part time, Menefee had a better idea: Write a curriculum and sell it to the school.
August 24, 2009
Baltimore Education Examiner: Teach children etiquette with Trampoline - Reported by Katelyn Thomas
Trampoline Learning Programs for Young Minds is popular with schools that want children to learn about different languages and cultures or would like to teach them about team work. However, the programs don't stop there. Etiquette is rapidly growing in popularity, as more and more schools realize that manners are an essential part of learning. Founder and president Angel Menefee and Amber O'Brien, owner of the Goddard School on Mercantile Blvd.in Baltimore, took some time to talk about Trampoline's etiquette program:
August 14, 2009
Baltimore Education Examiner: Trampoline Learning Programs for Young Minds - Reported by Katelyn Thomas
For parents who want their young children to learn languages, develop basic music skills, or develop etiquette skills that will last a lifetime, the idea of sending children to a child care program all day and then having them attend extra classes after a full day of care can seem overwhelming. The founder of the Trampoline Learning Programs for Young Minds created a solution for these parents - preschool curriculum programs that teach these skills.
Angelica Menefee, the president and founder of Trampoline, took the time to answer a few questions about how this program helps children learn.
