Kiddie Academy of Langhorne

Marshalin Patel

Assisant Director

Marshalin Patel is the Assistant Director with a strong background in early childhood and elementary education. She earned her degree in Early and Elementary Education from The Pennsylvania State University and a Master’s in Special Education from DeSales University. Marshalin taught both 2nd grade and Pre-K Counts for three years before venturing into her own successful business. Once her business was well established, she returned to her passion for education. She is also the author of Om Calms Down, a children’s book centered on mindfulness, emotions, and self-regulation—concepts that connect deeply with her belief in nurturing the whole child. Marshalin’s teaching philosophy emphasizes learning through play, fostering development across all areas of life by encouraging exploration, creativity, and joy in learning.  

Melissa Hamer

Centre Director

Meet Ms. Melissa Hamer, Centre Director of Kiddie Academy of Langhorne. Her teaching philosophy is that she feels every child is curious, and capable of learning new things. However, each child is unique with different interests, backgrounds, and developmental stages. As an Educator, she is very aware that it is her role to facilitate learning by providing a supportive learning environment and endless opportunities for each child to experience, explore, discover and imagine, while continuouslly encouraging creativity.When not at work, she spends  free time with her own children, husband and her fur babies. She loves being outside and enjoying the world and history around her. 

Rachael Cook

Admin Support

Miss Rachael joined our team in February of 2019. She began as an assistant teacher and quickly took on the role of lead. She was promoted in December to her new role. She has been an amazing addition to our Management Team. Not only is Miss Rachael passionate about making sure that each child is getting what they need in terms of nutrition but in terms of care as well. Her dedication to the KA - Langhorne community is clear through everything she does and we are so glad to have her as a member of our management team!