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Faculty Profile
Primary Directress
"A teacher's purpose is not to create students in his own image, but to develop s tudents who can create their own image."
Saswati Basu
Primary Directress

Saswati joined Five Oaks Academy in 2005. She serves as a Primary Directress in Primary I. She attended Calcutta University and received a Bachelor of Arts in History and Political Science. She holds an AMS certification in Primary from the Adrian Dominican Montessori Teacher Education Institute and holds a Heritage Language Certificate.  Saswati is affiliated with South Carolina Montessori Alliance (SCMA), and previously taught at School House Montessori, Heritage Language School, and owned and operated a home day care business.

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