Ms. Janet has been an occupational therapist for 30 years. She has worked in a variety of settings including inpatient rehabilitation, return to work programs, home care, and sheltered workshop programs. Her treatment skills include, strength/endurance training, fine/gross motor training, balance training, cognitive re-training, visual perceptual training, and sensory integration training. Janet believes all students are capable of learning if we can identify the child’s way of understanding their world and uses play is an integral part of her treatment approach. This is Janet’s 5th year at the Boggs School.

Mr. Dakarai is a social work student at Wayne State University who stays involved in his community in many ways. As a young person, Dakarai started his interested in organizing with Detroit Summer and continues that work through this day. In addition, he holds a board position with the Boggs Center to Nurture Community Leadership. Dakarai has a passion for working with young people and has been working with the Boggs School for four years as a community teacher. He is excited to begin his first year as a classroom aide! 

Ms. Jiia is in her second year as a Program Aide at the Boggs School. She is the mother of two young children, is an artist, and has lived in fifteen different homes in her life! Two of her favorite things are the color green and Anime.

This is Ms. Colleen’s third year working as a Literacy Aide at Boggs. Before having children, she was a teacher in New York and Detroit. She enjoys working with children while helping them boost their literacy skills. Ms. Colleen has twins in Kindergarten and a child in Grade 2 at Boggs. She likes working in her small vegetable garden, finding healthy recipes her kids will like, and spending time as a family.

Mr. Kevin is so happy to be joining the Boggs School this year as a Classroom Aide. He feels lucky to be a part of this school, and he can’t wait to grow, learn, and share in a joyous, amazing school year with our community! “To the world, you may be one person.  To one person, you may be the world.” - Dr. Seuss

Klotylda Hartshorn Phillippi retired from her position as a Senior Lecturer at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. She received her undergraduate degree from Alma College and her master’s and PhD degrees from Michigan State University, where she also taught. Her research and teaching interests include early reading and writing and professional learning communities where University teaching interns, mentor teachers and University instructors learn together. Her teaching philosophy centers on creating caring environments where social justice and equity are essential. She taught a variety of literacy courses at the undergraduate and graduate level, mentored doctoral students in her classes and taught in the Elementary Master of Arts with Certification (ELMAC) program at U-M since it began in 1998. Amanda Rosman was one of her early star graduate students. Prior to and during her University teaching, Klo taught all elementary grades as a classroom teacher and learning specialist. She says that her 50 plus years in education have led her to the Boggs School, which epitomizes all that she believes a wonderful school can be. Since her retirement in 2014, Klo has volunteered at the Boggs School library. She established a web-based catalog system for the library and holds library time for all the classes. She loves to read, exercise in Silver Sneakers classes at the Y, spend time with her family, and participate in mission projects at her church. She is active in Democratic clubs and enjoys time in Frankfort on Lake Michigan, where she has learned to be a Michigan native plant gardener.

Bio coming soon!