Meet Our Staff

Sarah Lanham

Director

Ms. Sarah graduated from Illinois State University with a degree in Elementary Education. She then taught 5th grade and Gifted Language Arts at Woodland Intermediate for four years before becoming a stay-at-home mom.

While at home being mom, Sarah also went back to school and received her Masters in Gifted Education from Northeastern Illinois University. She joined Precious Lambs as a teacher in 2006 while her youngest attended the school. She became Director in August of 2008 and feels blessed to be able to serve at Precious Lambs. Ms. Sarah has two daughters, Madeline and Grace.

Sarah’s daughter Madeline resides in Milwaukee and works as a public relations specialist for a transportation company just outside the city. Her daughter Grace attends DePaul University, majoring in secondary education with a focus in English. Sarah is married to Steven, originally from Auckland, New Zealand. Ms. Sarah also has two cats: Bailey and Leo. In her free time Ms. Sarah loves to read and travel (especially home to New Zealand to visit family)!

Jill Calvert

Teacher

Miss Jill is a graduate of Illinois State University.  She graduated with a degree in math education and began working at Lake Zurich High School after graduation.  Shortly after getting married her husband was transferred to Denver, CO where she began teaching middle school math.  After the birth of her son, Zach, she and her husband moved back to Illinois and settled in Grayslake.  Two years later their daughter, Cory, was born.

Miss Jill stayed home with her children until they were in school full time.  She was then lucky enough to begin working at PLP in 2005. After having taught at both the high school and middle school levels Miss Jill has found the perfect place to be- with preschoolers J.  They have such joy and enthusiasm for life!

Zach currently lives and works in Bloomington-Normal while Cory is beginning her career in Chicago in Occupational Therapy.  Miss Jill loves to spend time with her family- playing games and watching movies, and with her animals.  She currently has 3 cats and 1 dog (but you never know who may join us next).

Ms Tiffany

Miss Tiffany graduated from the University of WI-Whitewater with a degree in Special Education. She moved to Illinois and began teaching in Grayslake with SEDOL. She taught for three years, got married to Brady and switched to a special education assistant position for two years. After having their daughter, Maddie (9) she became a stay at home mom.

While staying home Olivia (7), Andrew (5) and Lily (3) joined our family. Miss Tiffany also was a volunteer with Chicago Babywearing (formerly BWI- Chicagoland) and did contractual sewing for a local small business owner. In 2021 their family welcome a rescue puppy, Rowdy, who certainly lives up to his name.

When she isn’t at preschool Miss Tiffany enjoys gardening, sewing and swimming on a masters swim team. She also loves watching her kids participate in their activities, dancing and attending Brady’s games that he coaches in the fall and spring.

Ms Deedee

Deedee Harger is a stay-at-home mother to her two sons, Callum (age 12) and Graham (age 8). She and her husband, Justin, have been married for 18 years and have lived in the Round Lake/Grayslake area for 16 years. Callum and Graham each attended Precious Lambs for two years and Deedee was on the PLP Advisory Board for 6 years, 3 of which she served as President. Prior to staying home with her children, Deedee worked for 5 years as an elementary school teacher. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education from St. Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana and her Masters in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Illinois. Deedee has loved her experience at Precious Lambs and wanted to stay involved after her boys graduated. This will be her third year working as a substitute teacher at PLP and she can’t wait to get to know the students and their families this year.

Ms Lauren

Lauren Strang is a current PLP mom. Lauren lives in Grayslake with her husband Gavin and their 4 kids Ava (13), Daniel(11), Harry(6) and Benjamin(5). Benjamin is in his third year at PLP and loves coming to school every day to see his friends and play. As a family they enjoy working and being active in their church. 4 out of the 6 Strang family members were born in South Africa and during the 9 years they have lived in the US 2 Americans were born into the family! Before becoming a stay-at-home mom, Lauren studied a Bachelor of Science in Dietetics and worked in the ARV/HIV department in 2 rural hospitals. When she isn’t busy entertaining and running around her children – she loves to read, watch movies, go to the gym and play outside with her family and their pet chickens and bunnies (They are wanting to eventually go back to South Africa to continue developing their Macadamia farm and have an animal farm). This is Lauren’s second year serving as a substitute at Precious Lambs.