Kindergarten Team
Joyce Pounds
Joyce Pounds holds a bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and a master’s degree from Beaver College (now Arcadia University). She has taught Preschool and Pre-K here at Gwynedd Friends School, Kindergarten in the Lower Moreland School District and the Wissahickon School District, and Third Grade in the Pittsburgh Public Schools. She has also been a substitute teacher in various districts in this area. She is excited to return to Gwynedd Friends Pre-K this year.
Joyce believes that children learn best in an environment of play and hands-on experience with the world around them. She strives to help children build confidence, competence, and independence, while engaging in meaningful activities with their peers. Joyce appreciates and cultivates the joy that children find in learning together. She helps children to recognize their own light within, and to see how that light impacts those around them. She is also mindful of the important role that families play in their children’s development, and strives to engage families in the educational process.
When she is not teaching, Joyce enjoys sewing, baking, reading, and cheering on her four children in their various sports and activities.
