FAMILY TREE lEADERSHIP ACADEMY
OUR STORYFamily Tree Leadership Academy is the fruit of moonshot-dreaming…
OUR TEAM
danny + garitha de wit
Family Tree Leadership Academy is the fruit of moonshot-dreaming. Danny and Garitha have always been stirred by passionate, life-changing leadership. Their twin boys, Danny and Michau, were intricately responsible for the birthing of this dream. Garitha’s background in Occupational Therapy with a special interest in Sensory Integration, coaching and counselling, together with Danny’s background in business, philosophy and Theology prepared them for this launching pad for future leaders. The key in the pursuit of this dream is nestled in the trusted collaboration with Elana and Bertus Loubser. Together their focus is: making people fly, unleashing potential and becoming world-changers.
Danny is passionate about motorcycling and flying aerobatics and Garitha comes alive whilst worshipping; her best treat: to walk alongside the gushing waves of the sea – dreaming and seeing more horizons to come.
OUR TEAM
elana loubser
With her background in Speech and Language therapy and further studies in Psychology, Elana Loubser, together with Garitha de Wit, saw the need for a school for young children where the focus is on true whole-child development – laying a strong foundation: spiritual, emotional and physical. Elana is passionate about neuroscience and how children develop and grow into their full God-given potential when parents and teachers come together to create an environment where children can play, socialize and learn through exploration – all within a value-based-community.
Elana is married to Bertus Loubser and lives in Paarl with their two children, Christiaan and Elke.
OUR TEAM
Family Tree Staff
ELANA LOUBSER
Principal
MARISSE DOWELL-ELLIS
Curriculum Developer & Phase Head of Primary School
LINDIE PRETORIUS
Office Manager
ANINA KRIGE
Teacher | Grade 7
AMONAY COERTZEN
Teacher | Grade 6
SONJA VAN NIEKERK
Teacher | Grade 5
SANIA KOTZÉ
Teacher | Grade 4
VIVIENNE-LEIGH PRINS
Teacher | Grade 3
ROELENE LOOTS
Teacher | Grade 2
CHRISTINE BOTHA
Teacher | Grade 1
MELLENY HUGO
Teacher Assistant | Grade 1
to be announced
Teacher Assistant | Primary School
ANTONETTE O'EHLEY
Phase Head & Teacher | Grade R (ARENDE)
SHARON PEDRO
Teacher Assistant | Grade R (ARENDE)
ELIZMA AUGUSTYN
Teacher | Grade Pre-R (DUIWE)
TEMIA SPEELMAN
Teacher Assistant | Grade Pre-R (DUIWE)
aNNEMIEKE REDELINGHUYS
Phase Head & Teacher | 3 - 4 years (LEEUTJIES)
SHAUNTY GELANT
Teacher Assistant | 3 - 4 years (LEEUTJIES)
ronel vollgraaff
Teacher | 3 years (PERDJIES)
Daneisha Presence
Teacher Assistant | 3 years (PERDJIES)
Elouma Verreynne
Teacher | 2 - 3 years (WILDSBOKKIES)
Angela Pretorius
Teacher Assistant | 2 - 3 years (WILDSBOKKIES)
Natasha Ducket
Teacher | 2 years (MIERTJIES)
Janene Conradie
Teacher Assistant | 2 years
NIVEGE JOHANNES
Teacher | 1 years (SKAPIES)
Essie FortuiN
Teacher Assistant | 1 years
Lalie Lombaard
Teacher | Babies (LAMMETJIES)
Sophia Fortuin
Teacher Assistant | Babies
Family Tree
Governing Body + Board
Advice Committee 2022 (Family Tree Leadership Academy)
Tommy O’Kennedy (Chairman), Danny de Wit, Garitha de Wit, Elana Loubser, Wiehan Dreyer, Anna-Marie de Villiers, Johnny Viljoen, Lindie Pretorius
Board of Governers (Innpact Institute NPC)
Danny de Wit, Tommy O’Kennedy, André Haasbroek