8th - 12th Grade Homeschool Enrichment Activities

Instructor Bios - listed by class

Sonya Hedrick

Pre-Algebra, Algebra I, Algebra II

Mrs. Hedrick taught Algebra I and II at New Life Camp HEA during the 2008-2009 school year. Prior to last year she has been a software engineer for the past 13 years. Her experience included an emphasis on training her co-workers and customers. She has also taught high school math at Trinity Christian School in Greenville, NC.

Mrs Hedrick has a Bachelor of Science degree in both Mathematics and Computer Science from Liberty University. She is currently working on obtaining her Master of Computer Science from NCSU.

Sean Hefner

Geometry

Michele Suffridge

Calculus

Mrs. Suffridge has a B.S. in Mathematics from the University of Kentucky. Prior to being a home school mom of 5 children, she worked as a database developer, computer trainer and small business computer consultant. In addition to teaching classes on the corporate level, she also taught at Midlands Technical College in Columbia, SC. She has been home schooling her children for the past 11 years. For the past 3 years, she has taught science to a group of middle and high school students.

Jon Hughes

Pre-calculus/Trig

Mr. Hughes graduated from NC State University in 1988 with a BS in Business Management. He also attended Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and earned a Master of Divinity in Christian Counseling in 2001. Since then He has taught all levels of High School mathematics, Bible and some science courses in two local Christian Schools and also worked with and provided interim leadership for two administrative staffs of local Christian schools. This year he is looking forward to his first year with homeschooling students.

Aaron Miller

World Geography. US Government, US History, Economics, Girls' Next Level

Kenna Walker

World History, Speech/Debate

Mrs. Walker has a B.A. in secondary social studies education with a concentration in history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Before having children, she taught social studies, including world civilizations, in Wake County Public Schools. She also was active in the National Forensic League during her high school days in Texas, competing in both speech and debate events and twice participated in Baylor University's Debate Workshop. She was a long time youth worker at North Ridge Church in Raleigh, including 23 years as a Bible quiz coach at the church, district and International level. She has been married 26 years to her husband Wayne and has 2 children, Catherine and Nathan.

Daniel Savage

World View

Mr Savage has been a youth pastor for over 5 years where he has been teaching and mentoring high school and middle school students. He is currently serving as the Student Pastor at Christ Covenant Church in Raleigh. He is thrilled to have an opportunity to use his love for teaching in a new environment.

Daniel has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology, with a minor in Biblical Studies, from Dallas Baptist University. He is currently pursuing his Master's of Divinity at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Trisha Price

Physical Science, Art

Cameron Gatling

Biology - 1st Semester

Christina Musser

Chemistry & Biology (2nd semester)

Mrs Musser has B.S. degrees in Biochemistry and Zoology and has been teaching homeschool science classes for the last 7 years. She has been homeschooling her two high schoolers since they were in kindergarten. Before having children, she worked for the EPA and NCSU in Biotechnology research.

Kimberly McDaniel

Spanish I

Mrs McDaniel is a certified teacher who has been teaching English and Spanish since 1991. She has been homeschoooling her two daughters for 8 years. This is her 3rd year teaching Spanish to homeschoolers and she has tutored Spanish and English for 14 years.

Chelsea Le Chatelier

French I

Mrs. Le Chatelier graduated from N.C. State with her B.A. in French Studies, as well as a minor in English. An early interest in French led her to become an exchange student to France in high school, where she met and eventually married her husband, Arnaud. She spent 3 years teaching French at a private Christian school in Raleigh before taking a break to start a family. She and Arnaud have two small children, Eva and Thibault, and are enjoying teaching in the 10th grade Sunday School class at Providence Baptist Church.

Ansley Heath

Latin I and Spanish II

Ansley Heath is a 2008 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with one of her majors in Spanish/Romance Languages. She currently works full-time at Chapel Hill Urgent Care as a Medical Assistant, where she acts as sole Spanish translator/interpretor for the clinic. She has spent time in Mexico and Guatemala, including one summer working at a Guatemalan orphanage. She is a former homeschooler and high school graduate of Trinity Academy of Raleigh, where she studied Latin and Spanish. She was Latin Summa Cum Laude, has many hours of Latin credit on the university level and has also previously taught Latin I to homeschoolers. Ansley is passionate about both education and these languages and is ecstatic to have this opportunity to teach!

Christy Davis

American Literature, British Literature

Christy Davis graduated in 1983 from UNC-Chapel Hill with a BA in Psychology. After beginning her family in 1985 and coming to know Jesus Christ as her personal Lord and Savior in 1987, she began to revisit the literature she “breezed through” during school. English became her hobby and she has since read over a hundred of the wonderful literary classics. During the ten years that she homeschooled her children, she taught several co-op classes including speech, research writing, and literature. After three years in a more traditional classroom setting as a high school English teacher, she returns to the co-op classroom this year because she simply loves homeschoolers and being a mom.

Nissa Rudd

World Literature

Nissa Rudd began serving at New Life Camp day camp at age 12 and has loved her experiences as a worker and cabin leader through the years. Nissa graduated with a BA in English from Meredith College in May of 2008. While in college, she completed a semester-long block schedule of education courses and enjoyed teaching several lessons at Sanderson High School. She loves working with children and has experience tutoring middle and high school students. She currently teaches 5^th and 6^th grade Sunday School at Redeemer Presbyterian Church.

Nathaniel Miller

Next Level Basketball – Boys

Shelley Levin

High School Volleyball - girls

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