Meet our Teachers

Mrs. McCoy brings a variety of experience to her role as Preschool’s director and teacher. She taught preschoolers while earning teaching certificates in both elementary education and special education, and she also has a certificate in child care. Angela taught middle school and high school students, ran an after-school program, and worked as a behavioral specialist, but preschool has always been her favorite age to work with. She taught part-time at a Christian school before spending 9½ years as the Director of Family Ministry at her church in Salem, Ohio. A big part of her job was working with preschoolers. Angela and her husband have a son, two daughters, and a cat. She loves scrapbooking, doing Pilates, the color purple, and drinking vanilla or caramel lattes.

Abby Soucek has three kids (14, 11, and 6). She has been married for 18 years. Sylvania has been her home for most of life, except while attending Kent State University. She returned home after college to work as a nursing Home Administrator at a local retirement community. She worked there for many years and loved it, but her desire was to be home with her children. She has spent the past 11 years at home and now her youngest is in Kindergarten. Throughout the years, she has enjoyed volunteering in classrooms. It has always been something that has brought her so much joy to be able to work with the kids.

Emily started at the preschool in 2023 as a Teacher’s Assistant. Emily has grown up in Sylvania and is now raising her two children (ages 12 and 9) here too. Before starting at the preschool, Emily enjoyed staying home with her children and volunteering in their classrooms. When Emily is not at preschool she enjoys cooking and watching her children compete in gymnastics. Emily is excited to watch the kids grown and learn while building new friendships!

Abby, or as the students call her Mrs. C has been assisting the teachers at Sylvania First Preschool since 2021 but has been in education since 2009. What she enjoys most about teaching is when her students succeed. She loves to see her students grow and learn through interactive play. When she is not teaching, she enjoys spending time with her husband, Adam, and her two children, Ava and Brian (who is a graduate of Sylvania First), shopping, watching Netflix, baking, and getting in naps when she can!

Alyssa joins the team this year as a teacher assistant. She is excited to get to know the students and their families and watch them grow and learn this year! Alyssa and her husband have been married for 9 years and reside in Sylvania with their kids (7 and 5). She has always loved the Sylvania area, as she has worked in local nursing homes as a recreational therapist before staying home for the last 7 years with her kids. In her free time, she loves to spend time with family and friends, volunteer at her children’s school, and enjoy a good s’more by a fire!