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
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
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
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
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
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