Mary Milkovie

Mary Milkovie currently teaches pre-kindergarten, the Moon class, at the Detroit Waldorf School.

Mrs. Milkovie has been at Detroit Waldorf since 1986, working first as an assistant and then as a teacher in the Kindergarten. Previously she assisted and taught at the Kinderhouse in Southfield, Michigan. Her additional teaching experience includes work as both a substitute teacher and a full-time teacher in grades two and three. Altogether she has 31 years of teaching experience.

She has her bachelor’s degree in Social Studies, and has a professional teaching certificate through the State of Michigan. Other education includes studies at the Waldorf Institute and the Rudolf Steiner Institute.

Her interests and hobbies include gardening, music, travel, crafts, and any outdoor activities including hiking and swimming. She especially enjoys spending family time with her children and grandchildren.

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Beth Krause

Beth Krause currently teaches kindergarten at the Detroit Waldorf School.

Miss Beth (as the children fondly know her) has been a Waldorf teacher of Early Childhood, Class teacher for grades 1-3, Handwork, and the Arts for 28 years. Through her rich experience she brings a love of learning to her students.

Beth has worked summers at the Detroit Zoo, Greenfield Village, and as a professional photographer. Her award winning photographs and art work have been on display in many metro Detroit locations over the last 29 years.

Beth attended Center for Creative Studies, majoring in Fiber Arts. Working her way through college as a handwork teacher in an alternative school based on the Waldorf approach, Beth found her calling as a teacher outweighing that of being professional artist. She studied education at the Detroit Institute of Waldorf Education (now Sunbridge College), Wayne State University, and the nationally acclaimed Waldorf Education Remedial Teacher Program. Beth has taught many courses, workshops, and intensives for adults in the areas of Waldorf education and art.

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Christine Hartwig

Christine Hartwig currently assists in the Moon (nursery) class at the Detroit Waldorf School.

Ms. Hartwig worked as an environmental planner/planning analyst at SEMCOG and for 12 years as a volunteer on the Royal Oak School Board.

She has her B.S. in Environmental Studies from Oakland University.

Her interests include gardening. She is also on the board of directors for EMEAC (East MI Environmental Action Council), the Royal Oak Environmental Advisory Board and a member of the Royal Oak Kiwanis Club.

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Dzvinka Hayda

Ms. Hayda comes to the Parent and Child class with a wealth of knowledge and experience. Dzvinka attended Madonna College and University of Detroit Mercy. She graduated with a BS in Child Development and a diploma in Waldorf Education. She has been actively involved in Waldorf education for nearly three decades; as a teacher, lecturer, board member and parent. She is the founder of a Waldorf teacher training seminar and Waldorf school in Western Ukraine. She recently wrote and illustrated a children's books which was published both in English and Ukrainian.

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Sarah Addae

Sarah Addae is currently the first grade class teacher at DWS.

She first discovered Waldorf education at a public Waldorf based school in Detroit, a DPS school of choice.  When it closed after four years, she came to DWS, first as the woodwork teacher and then as a class teacher. She took her first class through third grade, then stopped for six years of parenting time. She returned as the art teacher and took up class teaching again three years ago.

Sarah has her B.A. in History from Brown University, her teaching certification from the University of Michigan, and completed her Waldorf certification.

Her interests and hobbies include gardening, beekeeping and poetry.

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Beatrice Voigt

Beatrice Voigt is the third-fourth grade teacher at Detroit Waldorf.

Beatrice, a native of Germany, has been the school's German teacher for the past 10 years. Beatrice is also an experienced producer of plays. She coaches students as well as teachers for speech improvement and conducted speech sessions through the grades. Before coming to the U.S., for seven years Beatrice held the position of speech-artist/drama coach at the Rudolf Steiner School Bochum Germany, one of the largest and most experienced schools in the world wide Waldorf movement.

She attended the foundation year in Anthroposophic studies in Engen, Germany and graduated from the five year program of the School of Speech and Drama at the Goetheanum in Switzerland. Beatrice came to the U.S. in 1993 to study the acting method of Michael Chekhov. Further studies in Waldorf Education at Sunbridge College in N.Y. followed, in preparation for teaching German as a second language.

She is an active member of the Anthroposophical Society and of the Waldorf Movement.

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Dianna Guldi

Dianna Guldi is the fifth-sixth grade class teacher.

She has been a class teacher at the Detroit Waldorf School since 2005. She has taught grades 1-4. Dianna has been working with children since she was 15 years old when she began working at her mother's home daycare. During her years at Oakland University she had teaching experiences in many different classes and public schools including a year as a student teacher in a 3rd-4th grade combined classroom. Her experience with those beloved children drove her to become a teacher. In the midst of Waldorf training, Dianna also worked at the Rudolf Steiner School of Ann Arbor for several years as an aftercare assistant and summer program teacher.

She attended Oakland University to receive her Bachelors in Education. It wasn't until Dianna's last semester that she read an article about Waldorf education, which she found intriguing. She immediately went to visit a school and knew she had found her home in education. Dianna has completed her Waldorf Certification.

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Diane Reed

Diane Reed is the seventh-eighth grade class teacher.

Her work experience includes seven years as a class teacher at Detroit Waldorf School for the class of 2011. She also worked for three years as a Kindergarten assistant at the Rudolf Steiner School in Ann Arbor and for one year as an assistant at a Waldorf home-based preschool. Previous to her Waldorf experience she worked at the Ecology Center of Ann Arbor as the newsletter editor and in recycling education. She also coordinated educating school children about waste reduction and recycling.

Diane has her B.A. in Communication from the University of Michigan and her Waldorf teacher certification (Early Childhood and Elementary).

Her interests include gardening and hiking.

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Lilia Rivera

Lilia Rivera is currently the Spanish teacher at the Detroit Waldorf School.

She has been at Detroit Waldorf since 2007. She worked for seven years at the ESL program for the Rochester Community School and currently she is also working for the Hispanic Outreach in Pontiac where she is the coordinator of the Hispanic School and the Adult Education Program.

Señora Rivera, native of Mexico, studied at the National Polytechnic Institute in Mexico City. Before coming to the U.S., she was a part of the faculty of the National University of Mexico for more than 11 years.

Her interests and hobbies include spending time with her husband and two children, sewing, baking, dancing and reading.

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Susann Eddy

She has been teaching eurythmy to children and adults in the greater Detroit area since 1986 (at Detroit Waldorf School, Ann Arbor, etc.) and she provides eurythmy therapy at DWS and at the anthroposophical medical clinic in Ann Arbor. Previously she worked as an eighth grade teacher at Karl Schubert Schule in Vienna, as a group leader/house "mother" of autistic children in Gempen, Switzerland, a Kindergarten assistant in Toronto, Ontario (Canada) and has had various experiences in psychiatric hospitals near Toronto, Ontario. She also worked in a home preschool.

Susann has a Eurythmy diploma, Eurythmy therapy training diploma, Waldorf teacher training and a B.A. with a certificate for mental retardation counseling (special needs).

Her interests and hobbies include traveling, languages, world cultures, reading, music (classical concerts), plays, knitting, hiking, nature, studying world views/philosophies and alternative medicine (homeopathy, herbs).

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Carroll Lalinsky

Carroll Lalinsky is currently the handwork teacher.

She has taught handwork at Detroit Waldorf School for 18 years, with one year teaching in the kindergarten.

She has two years of study at Wayne State University.

Her interests and hobbies include knitting, crocheting, jewelry making, basket making, sewing, cooking and canning.

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Mark Honey

Mark honey teaches PE and serves as the athletic director and coach of the boy’s and girl’s sports teams, as well as the director of the after school circus arts program.

He has taught at the Detroit Waldorf School for over 25 years, worked at Friends School for 10 years and also taught aikido for 20 years.

His education includes a Bachelor's degree from the University of Detroit, Teacher Certification from Wayne State, Waldorf Teacher Certification from Spatial Studies Institute and teacher certification from the Aikido Association of North America.

Mark practices yoga daily, is a third degree aikido, and his hobbies include golf, fitness, all sports, movies and theatre.

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Candyce Sweda

Candyce Sweda is the Resource Program Director, and a Resource Teacher at the Detroit Waldorf School.

She has over 18 years of education experience, having served as a resource teacher and administrator at Detroit Waldorf, and having co-founded the Detroit Community School (a charter school in Detroit). Previously she worked for 15 years for the City of Detroit Planning Department as a city planner, and for 9 years as Vice President of Stroh Properties, Inc.

She has a B.A. from Michigan State University, an M.S. in City Planning from Wayne State University, an M.Ed. (Curriculum and Instruction) from U of D Mercy and has her Waldorf teacher and Waldorf extra lesson certification.

Ms. Sweda is an avid beekeeper and gardener.

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John Zettner

John Zettner is the Building and Grounds Manager at the Detroit Waldorf School.

Prior to taking this position in 1995, he worked as a printer, tree planter and oil field worker. He holds a High Pressure Boiler Operators License.

Mr. Zettner attended Oakland University at Rochester, Michigan and University of Montana at Missoula, Montana.

His interests include gardening, cooking, reading, woodworking and contemporary politics.

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