Forest Classroom Team
NICK BEATTY, CO-LEAD TEACHER
Nick received his Bachelor’s degree from IU Bloomington in 2013, majoring in Environmental Management, and both his Lower Elementary and Upper Elementary Certifications from the Midwest Montessori Teacher Training Center in Evanston, IL.
He has worked as an environmental educator in Northern Indiana, teaching children of all ages, and served for four years as the Lead Upper Elementary Teacher at a Montessori charter school in Northwest Indiana.
Nick brings to the classroom a love of hiking, experiential science, and educating students about the outdoors. He enjoys sports as well as biking, camping, and spending time with family and friends.
SAM CUSACK, CO-LEAD TEACHER
Sam Cusack has been a teacher at Bloomington Montessori since 2007, first in the Sweet Gum and Magnolia classrooms and then, since 2014, in the Sycamore classroom. Sam graduated from the University of North Carolina with a degree in economics and has an Associate’s degree from The Culinary Institute of America. He is married to BMS teacher Eve Cusack, and they have two children, who graduated from the Sycamore class in 2018 and 2021. Sam enjoys cooking, birdwatching, disc golf, and hiking.
JACINTA BAKOSHI, TEACHER
After earning a B.Ed. in Economics, Jacinta began her teaching career in her home country of Nigeria in 2009. Later, she joined the Montessori school in Lagos, Nigeria. In 2022, she relocated to Bloomington Montessori School, driven by a desire to expand her knowledge and practice of Montessori. She was excited to take a chance and have an adventure that would bring her across the world, and is thrilled to be a part of this wonderful community and to have the opportunity to enrich BMS classrooms with her skills and experience.
Along with baking, Jacinta likes to hang out with friends and listen to music.