Miss Rebecca Castagno has been a part of the RLA community for 5 years. She taught a combined 1st/2nd class for 3 years and is now teaching 1st grade.  She completed her student teaching as a first grade teacher at Cardinal John Foley school in Havertown. She has also worked with children from infant to pre-school as a lead teacher at The Goddard School in Plymouth Meeting. During her college years, she was a lead teacher at Saint Patrick’s PREP program in Malvern for second, fourth, and  fifth grade. Being a Regina Coeli Academy graduate, Miss Castagno is a proud product of the classical education curriculum and enjoys bringing this joy of classical education to each and every child. She is a firm believer of the “educating the whole child” philosophy and integrates this into her daily pedagogy. Rebecca’s favorite part about teaching is creating meaningful relationships with her students and supporting their diverse learning needs. Rebecca is a current parishioner of Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Norristown, PA.