Faculty and Staff
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Administration

Frank Ciresi
President/Pastor

Rob Hammond
Head of School

Jeleen Del Valle
Lead Principal K-12

Lynn May
Preschool Director and Oceanway Campus Director

Tammy Blanton
Lower School Assistant Principal & ARP Specialist
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James Watts
Middle School Assistant Principal

Vaughn Brown
High School Assistant Principal

John Sirmon
Athletic Director

Ashley Schoenfeld
Athletic Administration Assistant

Steffaney Bass
Director of Admissions

Breianna Morgan
Middle School Admin.

Stephanie Ponder
Lower School Admin.

Summer Hancock
Upper School Admin.

Ty King
Assistant to Head of School

Cindy Martin
Director of Student Accounts

Candace Lautzenheiser
College and Career Counselor

Jody Bailey
College Counselor

Michelle Nguyen
Accounting Specialist

Elizabeth Ezell
Payroll Specialist

Tami Kinsman
Business Manager

Cami Hall
IT

Koal Rollins
IT

Angela Brown
Front Desk Receptionist

Natalie Charles
Front Desk Receptionist

Ciara Penland
School Nurse
Pre School Teachers and Staff

Kalee Godwin
Assistant Preschool Director

Pushpa Mamallapalli
Preschool Teacher

Danielle Cress
Preschool Teacher

Jerica Sansing
Preschool Teacher

Flor Cress
Preschool Teacher

Baindu Tarawally
Preschool Teacher

Mandy Tucker
Preschool Teacher

Mandy Jones
Preschool Teacher

Kaylin Jean-Burns
Preschool Teacher

Dawn O'Gorman
Preschool Teacher

Sherrie Boger
Preschool Resource Teacher

Margaret Cooper
Preschool Teachers Assistant

Annalise Fisher
Preschool Teachers Assistant

Dalia Recarte Pleitez
Preschool Teachers Assistant

Hallie Roberts
Preschool Teachers Assistant

Nicole Rodriguez
Preschool Teachers Assistant
Lower School Teachers and Staff

Tammy Blanton
Lower School Assistant Principal & ARP Specialist

Stephanie Ponder
Lower School Admin.

Priscilla Roberts
Kindergarten Teacher

Alison Watkins
Kindergarten Teacher

Breanna Colon
Kindergarten Teacher

Melissa Swiatocha
First Grade Teacher

Anna Fisher
First Grade Teacher

Lisa Hetzel
Second Grade Teacher

Kelsie Odum
Second Grade Teacher

Katherine Leuthen
Third Grade Teacher
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Ashlyn Pilcher
Third Grade Teacher

Lynette Stevens
Fourth Grade Teacher

Amy Frank
Fourth Grade Teacher

Amber Armstrong
Lower School Music Teacher

Becky Mamallapalli
K-8 Art Teacher

Joy Bailey
K-8 Media Specialist

Kyle Taylor
K-8 Physical Education Teacher

Nina Renick
K-8 STEM Teacher

Lyndsey Hamblen
Lower School Substitute Teacher

Madison Del Valle
Reading Specialist
Middle School Teachers and Staff
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James Watts
Middle School Assistant Principal

Breianna Morgan
Middle School Admin.

Naila King
Fifth Grade Teacher

Erica Moyers
Fifth Grade Teacher

Joe Mayfield
Fifth Grade Teacher

Karen Gaylor
Sixth Grade Teacher

Jazmine Leingang
Sixth Grade Teacher

Lydia Flowers
Sixth Grade Teacher

Amber Rolli
Seventh & Eighth Grade Teacher

Ben Hetzel
Seventh & Eighth Grade Teacher

Dawn Belanger
Seventh Grade Teacher

Laura Makouske
Eighth Grade Teacher

David Sexton
Seventh & Eighth Grade Teacher

Calvin Orth
Middle School Teacher
Upper School Teachers and Staff

Vaughn Brown
High School Assistant Principal

Summer Hancock
Upper School Admin.

Diane Spann
High School Bible Teacher

Bryan Rolli
High School Bible Teacher

Rhonda Trigg
High School Science Teacher

Beth Dowling
High School English Teacher

Chitra Jacob
High School Math Teacher

Bessie Wall
High School Spanish Teacher

Rick Montgomery
High School History Teacher
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Ann Mcgee
High School Art Teacher

Sylvia Deshone
High School American Sign Language Teacher

Matt Hammett
High School Physical Education Teacher

Jennae Tuzzolo
High School English Teacher

Shannon Yates
High School Yearbook Teacher
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Randi Sirmon
Speech-Language Pathologist/ESE Resource Teacher

Andrew Belanger
High School Bible Teacher

Robert Steiner
High School Science Teacher

Gordon Mckenzie
High School Math Teacher

Fred Ball
High School History Teacher

Wes Sapp
High School Math Teacher

Guillermo Milano
High School Sports Medicine Teacher

Scotty Mason
High School Substitute Teacher

Cassidy Boyd
Worship Arts Director