Master Teacher, spent six years teaching kindergarten and first grade in public schools before joining the staff of RMS in 2005. She received her BA in Early Childhood Education from Metro State College with a minor in Psychology. In 2001, Bonnie received a Classroom Connection Award from Excel Energy for outstanding teaching. She also has contributed extensively to a book series that Linda Silverman (founder of the Gifted Development Center in Denver) wrote for Head Start. Bonnie brings her love of music into the classroom. She has been a professional musician, recording artist, author, and storyteller for 20 years. During that time she produced six recordings, published two books, and garnered several prestigious awards including two Parent’s Choice Awards, a Best of Westword award, the National Autoharp Championship and “Best Children’s Entertainer” award from the Colorado Parent magazine’s reader’s poll. She toured for Columbia Artist’s Management, and has performed with the Elastic Band, the Colorado Folk Ensemble, and the notorious woman’s folk group, the Mother Folkers. Bonnie is thrilled to be in such a creative environment!  Some of Bonnie’s passions include gardening, children’s literature, contra dancing, taming feral cats, performing, and tandem bike riding with her husband, Bill Moninger. Bill is a physicist at NOAA and has judged the State Science Fair for the past 20+ years.