About Our School
Weetumuw School serves the Wampanoag community as a Wôpessori (Wampanoag-Montessori) school under the leadership of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, focusing on preparing preschool and early elementary students for community leadership, and academic excellence by instilling traditional Wampanoag values, and learning Wôpanâak culture and language. Our school is a vital asset to the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and community.
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Teachers
All Weetumuw School teachers and administrators are members of the Mashpee Wampanoag community. Culturally connected and Montessori trained, our staff is committed to helping raise our young people to be the next generation of tribal leaders.
Sânushq Cassie (San Carlos Apache) was raised in the Mashpee Wampanoag community. She is a co-lead teacher in the primary classroom. Currently, Sânushq Cassie is working on her Montessori Early Childhood Education Training with the North American Montessori Center (NAMC).
Primary Teacher
Sânushq Sharman (Mashpee Wampanoag) co-leads the primary classroom. She is a certified Child Development Associate and is a graduate of the Montessori Early Childhood Education program from the North American Montessori Center. Sânushq Sharman has also studied Wôpanâôt8âôk with the Wôpanâak Language Reclamation Project for 5 years.
Special Education Teacher, Elementary Teacher
Sânushq Lexy (Mashpee Wampanoag) has a Master's degree in Special Education, is a Massachusetts state certified Early Childhood teacher, and is a graduate of the Early Childhood Education program with North American Montessori Center. Currently she is working on her Lower Elementaery Montessori training. Sânushq Lexy is a teacher in Wushkeenune8ak Weekuw, and also works with children with different abilities in both classrooms.
Head of School
Sânushq Nitana (Mashpee Wampanoag) is the director of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe's language department and also the Head of School. She also is a parent of 5 past and present Weetumuw School students. She is an advanced speaker of Wôpanâak, has a PhD in curriculum and instruction, a Master's Degree from the Indigenous Languages Initiative at MIT, and has completed the Montessori Early Childhood Education Teacher training program with the North American Montessori Center.
Elementary Teacher
Sânushq Stefani (Mashpee Wampanoag) is the lead teacher of the lower elementary classroom. Sânushq Stefani is an intermediate speaker of Wôpanâak, a certified Montessori primary teacher through the Institute for Guided Studies (IGS), and has completed the Lower Elementary Teacher program through the North American Montessori Center. She is also the parent of a former Weetumuw School student.
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Assistant Head of School
Sânushq Tia (Mi'kmaq) was raised in Mashpee. Tia is a certified Montessori Early Childhood Education Teacher through the Institute for Guided Studies (IGS) program and has completed the Upper Elementary Teacher training with the North American Montessori Center program (NAMC). Tia works with training staff in both classrooms in language, culture, and Montessori pedagogy. Sânushq Tia is an advanced speaker of Wôpanâak and the parent of a Weetumuw School graduate.
Phillip Wynne
Wôpanâak Culture Curriculum Developer, Assistant Teacher
Sânôp Phillip (Mashpee Wampanoag) is a skilled artisan and culture keeper. He shares his sacred cultural teachings with our educators and children. With this knowledge, he develops and teaches cultural lessons in both classrooms. He is also the parent of a Weetumuw School student.
Primary Teacher