Chelsi brings over 18 years of experience as an early childhood professional, including the last 8 years in director and assistant director roles, all within Christian-based childcare and preschool settings.  

Chelsi lives in Piqua with her husband, Josh, and their two children, Emilee and Owen. The Schulz family are enthusiastic Bengals and Ohio State fans, often found cheering on their children in various extracurricular activities. In her free time, Chelsi enjoys fishing, camping, and playing board games with her family. She attends Valley Church in Piqua and continually seeks new ways to connect with God, drawing inspiration from taking walks and listening to podcasts.

Chelsi’s passion for nurturing young minds and her dedication to early childhood education are a tremendous asset to First Kids Christian Preschool.

April believes the early childhood years are crucial to a child's social, emotional, and spiritual development, and she is blessed to be a part of their journey. She feels the importance of supporting families with positive encouragement, because she says parenting as we know brings great joy and a crazy of its own.

April resides in Arcanum with her wonderful husband of 34 years. They have 3 beautiful children and 2 grandchildren who are their pride and joy. Currently they're awaiting the special arrival of their first granddaughter! In addition to her family, she enjoys gardening, floral design, and biblical archeology. In the last several years, April has been blessed to work with a dedicated group of believers who are rooted in teaching God’s love to children at EUM Church in Greenville. She has seen a new generation of children come to know Jesus, God and the Bible while being involved with Lifewise Academy.

April's passion for sharing the Love of Jesus with children is a gift to our students and their families. She feels so privileged to plant spiritual seeds alongside educational seeds in their garden.

Sara loves teaching preschool, seeing how the young mind develops and grows and seeing the children excited and curious. It is exciting to her and fills her heart when they start to understand new things.

She is a Troy resident and spent most of her time growing up between Colorado and here. She and her husband have three children, two daughters and a son. All three of her children are on the spectrum, but she believes God knew she could handle it and that's why he gave her her three unique souls. She also has three dogs and a pet leopard gecko. Sara's hobbies are fishing, walking, and art. She mostly attends TLC in Troy, but will go to St. Boniface in Piqua. She grew up Catholic and attended both St.Boniface and St. Pats. She has enjoyed helping in the soup kitchen and being part of serving events at the churches. Her favorite is doing face painting for the children's event.

Sara loves to pass along her knowledge of her faith to her children who have also come to love God. God has always shown up for her and her family in the most unexpected ways. She says, God is good all the time! We are grateful to Sara for sharing her appreciation for God's goodness with our students.  

Haley loves teaching preschool, watching the children learn and grow. She is excited to be part of teaching your children and watching them blossom, making new friends and getting closer to God.

Haley lives here in Troy and has a younger sister, as well as a dog Tucker and cat Gracie. She has been a member of Troy First UMC for 20 years where she serves as a VBS volunteer. Her hobbies include dancing and swimming. She has taken dance for 17 years and when she's not here, you can find her teaching ballet to Pre-K kids. She also loves boating on Norris Lake.

Haley's dedication to serving preschool children and their families is a blessing to both our church and preschool.

Janet has a love and passion for working with and serving children. Her array of preschool and elementary experience includes 17 years as a kindergarten teacher. She also mentored college students as a campus supervisor and taught as an adjunct professor. Whenever able Janet has worked with children at church and school as a volunteer. She also enjoys teaching children how to read and presently tutors students in reading at her home.

She is married to Dale, who recently retired from Wright Patterson Air Force Base. They reside in Casstown, Ohio, and attend and serve as leaders at Troy Christian Church. They have two adult children. Scott works as an engineer at Wright Patterson Air Force Base. Alyssa and her husband Zach graduated from Central Christian College of the Bible. They are now living in Cologne, Germany as missionaries.

We appreciate Janet's passion for teaching children to love the Lord. She wants students to see the Bible as the greatest book.  When she taught kindergarten, her class always learned the "Fruit of the Spirit" in Galatians 5:22-23 as principles to live by. She has also written a Bible Study book for women titled “Lord, Please Send Me a Friend” and enjoys teaching Bible studies and mentoring women.