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Michelle Edwards

Head of School · Woodland Hill Montessori School

Head of School at Woodland Hill Montessori School. Listed as an officer, director, or key employee across 3 organizations on the Form 990 record.

Ambiguous identity This name matches 35 other individuals we could not verify as the same person. Each is kept as a separate record below — treat them as distinct people unless an explicit match is confirmed.
Organizations
3
Roles reported
3
Reported compensation
$159K
Others who share this name
35

Who this is

Profile

Everything on the left is verified from the IRS filings. The biography on the right is compiled from public web sources and grounded to that filed record.

✓ Verified from filings
Reported as Head of School of Woodland Hill Montessori School, based in Rensselaer, NY.
Received $159K in total reported compensation on the most recent Form 990 (Part VII).
Also listed as Treasurer of New York State Association of Independent Schools, uncompensated.
Also listed as Treasurer of Nysais Operations INC, uncompensated.
Facts extracted directly from each organization's Form 990, Part VII.
Biography Web-sourced

Michelle Edwards is the founder and principal of ARCHES Academy in Apache Junction, Arizona, a K-8 charter school focused on personalized, mastery-based education and character development. A lifelong educator, she was inspired by her own teachers and her hardworking mother to pursue a career dedicated to helping students learn and grow.

Edwards believes in fostering compassion and individual success, integrating ideals and methods from the Boy Scouts of America into the school's unique educational model.

Compiled from public web sources (5 cited), grounded to the filed record.

Track record

Career & tenure

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Tenure here
Founded ARCHES Academy in 2017.
Education
  • including a 320-hour internship and passing the Praxis exam for P-12 administrators) · Master's degree in Leadership in Educational Administration, Capella University (with distinction
  • Ottawa University · Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education
  • Mesa Community College. · Associate's degree in Early Childhood Education

Affiliations

Organizations

Linked as the same person by IRS Schedule R, a shared officer mailing address, or shared fellow board members.

Woodland Hill Montessori School Head of School · $7.3M revenue · Rensselaer, NYWOODLAND HILL MONTESSORI SCHOOL - A DIVERSE AND ENGAGING EDUCATIONAL PARTNERSHIP OF PARENTS, TEACHERS, CHILDREN, AND COMMUNITY - NURTURES A CHILD'S…pay $92K → $159KFiled FY2024, FY2023, FY2022, FY2021, FY2020 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
$159Kreported comp
New York State Association of Independent Schools Treasurer · $3.3M revenue · Albany, NYTHE NEW YORK STATE ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS PROMOTES THE INDEPENDENCE, WELL-BEING AND PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF, AND RESPECT FOR, NEW YORK…Filed FY2024 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
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Nysais Operations INC Treasurer · $432K revenue · Albany, NYTO SUPPORT, PROMOTE, ADVOCATE, AND ADVANCE THE INTEREST OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS BY PROMOTING GENERAL INTEREST IN NEW YORK STATE INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS,…Filed FY2024 · Source: Form 990, Part VII

Disambiguation

Other people named Michelle Edwards

Different individuals who share this name, separated by IRS Schedule R, mailing address, and shared-board evidence. The 990 carries no person identifier, so some may still be the same person.

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Michelle Edwards 2 organizations · Sandy Springs, GA, Savannah, GAGeorgia Association of Realtors INC
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Michelle Edwards 1 organization · Statesville, NCI Care INC
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Michelle Edwards 1 organization · Sugar Land, TXFederation of Texas A&m University Mothers Club
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Michelle Edwards 1 organization · Santa Rosa, CABoys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma-Marin
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Michelle Edwards 1 organization · Weatherford, TXCoordinate Metrology Systems Conference
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Michelle Edwards 1 organization · Madison, GAMadison Village for Advanced Entrepreneurship INC
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Michelle Edwards 1 organization · North Oaks, MNNorth Suburban Instructional Aquatics INC
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Michelle Edwards 1 organization · Overland Park, KSAmerican Nurse Practitioners Foundation
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Michelle Edwards 1 organization · N Kingstown, RIQuonset Davisville Navy Yacht Club
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Michelle Edwards 1 organization · Flint, MIGenesys Hurley Cancer Institute
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Michelle Edwards 1 organization · Chicago, ILSociety for Contemporary Art C-O the Art Institute of Chicago
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Michelle Edwards 1 organization · Millersville, MDOlde Mill Band Boosters Association INC
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Michelle Edwards 1 organization · Far Rockaway, NYFreedom Fellowship of Christ INC
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Michelle Edwards 1 organization · Sundance, WYPowder River Energy Corporationfoundation INC
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Michelle Edwards 1 organization · Scottsboro, ALWaterfront Volunteer Fire Department INC
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Michelle Edwards 1 organization · Scottsdale, AZSouthwest Wildlife Conservation Center
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Michelle Edwards 1 organization · Chicago, ILHelping Our People Excel Community Development Corporation
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Michelle Edwards 1 organization · Phillips, WICommunity Bio-Ethics Committee
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Michelle Edwards 1 organization · Washington, DCAn Open Book Foundation
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Michelle Edwards 1 organization · Conneaut, OHConneaut Local Youth Organization
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Michelle Edwards 1 organization · Greenville, SCGoodwill Industries of Upstate Midlands South Carolina INC
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Michelle Edwards 1 organization · Santa Barbara, CASanta Barbara Youth Sailing Foundation
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Michelle Edwards 1 organization · Long Lake, MNOrono Westonka Soccer Club INC
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Michelle Edwards 1 organization · Arlington, VACecu Research Foundation
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Michelle Edwards 1 organization · Lilburn, GAWomens Basketball Coaches Assoc
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Michelle Edwards 1 organization · Lakewood, CAMayfair Pep Squad Booster Club
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Michelle Edwards 1 organization · Turners Falls, MACenter for Responsive Schools INC
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Michelle Edwards 1 organization · Centralia, WA0017 Grant Hodge Post
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Michelle Edwards 1 organization · Seattle, WAIseen - Independent School Experiential Education Network
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Michelle Edwards 1 organization · Columbia, SCWomen on the Move Sc
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Michelle Edwards 1 organization · Tucson, AZWiyn Consortium INC
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Michelle Edwards 1 organization · Washington, DCAccrediting Council for Independent
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Michelle Edwards 1 organization · Davison, MIDavison Educational Foundation
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Michelle Edwards 1 organization · Apache Jct, AZArches Academy
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Michelle Edwards 1 organization · Frederick, MDRoad Runners Club of America

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Serves alongside

Other officers, directors & key employees at this person's organizations, by latest reported compensation.

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Executive Director · FY2024
$318K
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COO · FY2024
$213K
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Former Executive Director · FY2022
$202K
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Assoc Director for Prof Learning · FY2024
$169K
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Assoc Director for Prof Learning · FY2024
$165K
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Associate Director of Pro · FY2022
$154K
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Director of Communication Systems · FY2024
$146K
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Associate Director for Evaluation and Accredit · FY2024
$142K
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Associate Director of Eval · FY2019
$134K
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CFO · FY2024
$133K
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Associate Director of Pro · FY2020
$117K
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Chief Financial Officer · FY2021
$106K

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Public data from IRS Form 990 e-file & the Business Master File. Individuals appear here because they were named as an officer, director, or key employee on a nonprofit's Form 990; people are grouped by name plus corroborating evidence (Schedule R, shared address, shared board members). · philanthropy.org