Mrs. Janet Klingaman

Mrs. Janet Klingaman

Lower School Science Specialist

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Janet Klingaman is the Lower School Science Specialist at St. John’s Parish Day School and has been a member of the faculty since 1991.  She began the Science Program in the Preschool in 1993 and accepted the position in the Lower School when it opened in the fall of 2002.  Janet served on the Board of Trustees as the faculty representative from 2000 through 2003 and has re-joined the Board this year in this same role.  She participated as a faculty representative on the search committee for the first Head of School in 2001 and on the search committee for the Interim Head of School in the fall of 2008.

Janet is a member of the National Science Teachers Association.  She received a BA from Muhlenberg College and an MS from Drexel University.  She and her husband Will have lived in Columbia since 1980 and have two grown children, both of whom are alumni of SJPDS.  An elder in the Presbyterian Church (USA), Janet and family have been members at the First Presbyterian Church of Howard County since 1982, and she has been active in the education program and served on the Session.  She has just concluded a 4-year term as Clerk of Session, the highest lay office in a congregation.

Janet has found teaching at SJPDS to be a source of inspiration professionally and spiritually. Having the opportunity to be a part of the education young children in this school which acknowledges the need and value of nurturing the mind, body, and spirit of all children and their families is challenging professionally and humbling spiritually.