Meet Rhianna!

Rhianna Schlief

Director

Rhianna has been teaching in both the public and private education worlds as a licensed elementary and middle school teacher for eleven years. After completing her student teaching abroad at the British School of the Netherlands, she achieved her Bachelor's and Master's in Education from James Madison University. She began her teaching career in Alleghany County, Virginia in 2012. In 2016, she and her husband moved abroad to teach at American Pacific International School in Thailand for two years, followed by four years at the American School of Warsaw, Poland.

Having experienced from childhood the joy and opportunities of the outdoors, she has come to value and appreciate how important spending time outdoors is to our physical and mental well being.  Introducing many diverse nature experiences early in childhood inspires a lifelong familiarity and comfortability with engaging the outdoors. The natural learning setting offers students an even playing field where every child can discover their own strengths and feel successful while learning. 

Rhianna and her husband Ben moved to Rockbridge County in 2022 with their three little girls. If she's not teaching or spending time with her family, she is working at James River Realty as a Real Estate Agent, and being involved in various community organizations in Rockbridge County.

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