Kara VanderPol -  Kara is excited to begin her fourth year teaching 4-year-olds at Ada Village Preschool. She holds a degree in Elementary Education from Calvin University and a Master’s in General Sciences from Michigan State. Kara has taught 1st and 4th grade in Maine and Michigan and later worked with an early-literacy nonprofit in Denver. Her greatest joy is being a mom to her two children. She loves family time, walking her dog Barley, exploring, reading, and enjoying a good cup of coffee.