Teaching Team

Loubna Drissi, Teacher

Mrs. Drissi holds a teacher’s degree from the “Centre de Formation des Instituteurs,” as well as a Bachelor’s in French and Linguistics from the University of Casablanca (Morocco). She recently received the Child Development Associate degree from the District of Columbia. She has been teaching at FMS for 6 years. Mrs. Drissi is raising two daughters.

Virginie Mahaux, Lead Teacher

A native of Belgium, Mrs. Mahaux holds a B.A. in Elementary Education from L’Ecole Normale de Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium). Prior to joining our school, Mrs. Mahaux taught students ranging from grade 1 to 4 in the city of Charleroi in Belgium. She has been teaching at FMS for 6 years. Mme Mahaux has one daughter.

Alicia Soudée, Teacher

Originally from Blacksburg, VA, Mrs. Soudée holds a Masters in International Education from the George Washington University in Washington D.C. She specialized in Early Childhood Development, earning the Child Development Associate Degree in the District of Columbia. Mrs. Soudée has been teaching at FMS for 4 years.

Delphine Owona, Assistant Teacher

Mrs. Owona grew up in Normandy, France, and is currently in the process of completing her Bachelor’s Degree in Education at the University of Maryland. She is the proud mother of three children.

Marie Jeanne Pesme, Assistant Teacher

Mrs. Pesme graduated from the French Early Childhood Professional Certificate as well as the Children’s Nurse Program. She has worked in several Halte-Garderies (nurseries) around Paris where she worked primarily with toddlers. She recently obtained the Child Development Associate Degree from the District of Columbia. She has been part of the FMS family since 2005 and is raising three children.

Fanja Walsh, Assistant Teacher

A native of Madagascar, Mrs. Walsh’s prior experience include the development of a French Kindergarten program in Antananarivo. She has one daughter.

DIRECTOR

Peggy Pacot, Ph.D.Dr. Pacot was born and raised in France. She obtained Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Modern Literature and then specialized in Linguistics and Bilingualism for her graduate studies and obtained a Ph.D. in Language Sciences from the University of Lyon, France.  Dr. Pacot’s research focused on second language acquisition in young children and compared the cognitive implications of such acquisition in American and French students. Dr. Pacot’s love and expertise for classic arts translate into the curriculum where music & instrument instruction as well as theater are emphasized. She has two daughters.