Melani Alexander Fuchs
Lower Elementary
Melani Alexander Fuchs holds a BS in Physical Education from Cortland State. Melani created and implemented the first Physical Education program at the EAC Montessori School. She then took her Montessori Primary training in 1985 at NAMPTA in Boston, and completed her 6-9 training at CMTE/New Rochelle in 2000. Melani has been teaching at our school for twenty-seven years. Recently, Melani has completed initial training in Brain Gym and implements this work for out staff and for the entire student body. In addition, Melani is revisiting her love of movement and concepts from Physical Education and teaches Movement Education to the primary classes. She is currently co-authoring a movement book for Montessori teachers and is presenting her work at National Montessori Conferences. Melani enjoys playing the guitar and singing with the children. Her background in music and theatre support her commitment to the choreography and co-directing of the end of the year school musical. Melani spent many years as a professional equestrian and still teaches dressage. Her two children graduated from EAC Montessori and are now pursuing majors in musical theatre at SUNY Cortland. She lives out in the country with her husband, Tom, a professor of Physical Education at SUNY Cortland. She openly shares her home with college students, a cockatiel, two border collies, two cats, and a miniature pony and miniature donkey!
The Elizabeth Ann Clune Montessori School of Ithaca
120 East King Road, Ithaca, New York 14850
Phone: (607) 277-7335, Fax: (607) 277-0251, Email:
