FARAH RONALD, PRINCIPAL
MRS. RONALD WAS HIRED AS TCA’S FIRST FIRST-GRADE TEACHER IN 2007. SHE ALSO TAUGHT SECOND GRADE, FIFTH GRADE, AND SIXTH GRADE. SHE SPEARHEADED THE FIRST REFORMATION CELEBRATION AT TCA, CO-DIRECTED SPRING RECITATIONS, ACTED AS AN UNOFFICIAL “SECOND-IN-COMMAND” UNDER THE PRINCIPAL, MENTORED NEW TEACHERS, ASSISTED WITH CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, AND SUPPORTED ADMINISTRATION WITH LONG-TERM LESSON PLANNING.
MRS. RONALD WAS HIRED AS TCA’S FIRST FIRST-GRADE TEACHER IN 2007. SHE ALSO TAUGHT SECOND GRADE, FIFTH GRADE, AND SIXTH GRADE. SHE SPEARHEADED THE FIRST REFORMATION CELEBRATION AT TCA, CO-DIRECTED SPRING RECITATIONS, ACTED AS AN UNOFFICIAL “SECOND-IN-COMMAND” UNDER THE PRINCIPAL, MENTORED NEW TEACHERS, ASSISTED WITH CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, AND SUPPORTED ADMINISTRATION WITH LONG-TERM LESSON PLANNING.
SUSAN APPLEGATE, ASSITANT PRINCIPAL
MRS. APPLEGATE IS RETURNING TO TCA AFTER A TWO YEAR ABSENSE. PREVIOUSLY, SHE SERVED AS A PRE-K, KINDERGARTEN AND SECOND GRADE TEACHER. SHE HAS THREE SONS AND SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN. SHE IS PART OF THE GREEN RUN BAPTIST WORSHIP TEAM.
MRS. APPLEGATE IS RETURNING TO TCA AFTER A TWO YEAR ABSENSE. PREVIOUSLY, SHE SERVED AS A PRE-K, KINDERGARTEN AND SECOND GRADE TEACHER. SHE HAS THREE SONS AND SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN. SHE IS PART OF THE GREEN RUN BAPTIST WORSHIP TEAM.
JOYCE REDDINGER, OFFICE MANAGER
MRS. REDDINGER STUDIED AT GROVE CITY COLLEGE AND WORKED AT REGENT UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL AS AN ADMISSIONS ASSISTANT. THE REDDINGERS HAVE BEEN A PART OF TCA SINCE 2020.
MRS. REDDINGER STUDIED AT GROVE CITY COLLEGE AND WORKED AT REGENT UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL AS AN ADMISSIONS ASSISTANT. THE REDDINGERS HAVE BEEN A PART OF TCA SINCE 2020.
MEGAN KLETT, BOOKKEEPER
MRS. KLETT HOLDS A BACHELORS IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION FROM JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY WITH A MAJOR IN ACCOUNTING AND A MINOR IN COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS. SHE HAS 15 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE ACCOUNTING FIELD. HER FAMILY HAS BEEN A PART OF TCA SINCE 2017.
MRS. KLETT HOLDS A BACHELORS IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION FROM JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY WITH A MAJOR IN ACCOUNTING AND A MINOR IN COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS. SHE HAS 15 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE ACCOUNTING FIELD. HER FAMILY HAS BEEN A PART OF TCA SINCE 2017.
SUSIE FREEMAN, PRE-K
MRS. FREEMAN HAS TEACHING DEGREE IN GENERAL SCIENCE AND LIBRARY MEDIA. BEFORE TEACHING PRE-K, SHE SERVED AS A FULL-TIME AIDE AND SUBSTITUTE TEACHER AT TCA. HER OLDEST CHILD WAS A STUDENT AT TCA FOR MANY YEARS. HER TWO SONS ARE CURRENTLY ENROLLED.
MRS. FREEMAN HAS TEACHING DEGREE IN GENERAL SCIENCE AND LIBRARY MEDIA. BEFORE TEACHING PRE-K, SHE SERVED AS A FULL-TIME AIDE AND SUBSTITUTE TEACHER AT TCA. HER OLDEST CHILD WAS A STUDENT AT TCA FOR MANY YEARS. HER TWO SONS ARE CURRENTLY ENROLLED.
KELLY WATKINS, KINDERGARTEN
MRS. WATKINS IS A GRADUATE OF OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY WITH A B.S. IN PSYCHOLOGY AND M.S. ED. IN SPECIAL EDUCATION. HER TEACHING HISTORY INCLUDES 7 YEARS AS A SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER IN THE PUBLIC ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS, 18 YEARS AS A KINDERGARTEN TEACHER AND CONTRIBUTOR TO CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT IN THE PRIVATE SCHOOL SECTOR, AND 10 YEARS IN THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AS AN ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR AT TIDEWATER COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
MRS. WATKINS IS A GRADUATE OF OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY WITH A B.S. IN PSYCHOLOGY AND M.S. ED. IN SPECIAL EDUCATION. HER TEACHING HISTORY INCLUDES 7 YEARS AS A SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER IN THE PUBLIC ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS, 18 YEARS AS A KINDERGARTEN TEACHER AND CONTRIBUTOR TO CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT IN THE PRIVATE SCHOOL SECTOR, AND 10 YEARS IN THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AS AN ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR AT TIDEWATER COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
CINDY SANTMYER, FIRST GRADE
MRS. SANTMYER RECEIVED HER CERTIFICATION IN PRIMARY EDUCATION IN FRANCE IN 2005. SHE WORKED AS A TEACHER FOR 12 YEARS THERE BEFORE MOVING TO VIRGINIA BEACH, HER HUSBAND'S HOMETOWN. SHE HAS THREE DAUGHTERS, AND THIS IS HER FIFTH YEAR TEACHING AT TCA.
MRS. SANTMYER RECEIVED HER CERTIFICATION IN PRIMARY EDUCATION IN FRANCE IN 2005. SHE WORKED AS A TEACHER FOR 12 YEARS THERE BEFORE MOVING TO VIRGINIA BEACH, HER HUSBAND'S HOMETOWN. SHE HAS THREE DAUGHTERS, AND THIS IS HER FIFTH YEAR TEACHING AT TCA.
MARLA BUTLER, FIRST GRADE AIDE
MRS. BUTLER PERVIOUSLY WORKED FOR VIRGINIA BEACH CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THEIR HUMAN RESOURCE DEPARTMENT AND BIRDNECK ELEMENTRY SCHOOL. SHE IS A MEMBER OF GRACE COVENANT CHURCH AND OFTEN VOLUNTEERS IN THEIR NURSERY. SHE LOVES WORKING WITH CHILDREN. SHE HAS TWO SONS ATTENDING TCA AND THIS WILL BE HER FIRST YEAR ON STAFF AT THE SCHOOL.
MRS. BUTLER PERVIOUSLY WORKED FOR VIRGINIA BEACH CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THEIR HUMAN RESOURCE DEPARTMENT AND BIRDNECK ELEMENTRY SCHOOL. SHE IS A MEMBER OF GRACE COVENANT CHURCH AND OFTEN VOLUNTEERS IN THEIR NURSERY. SHE LOVES WORKING WITH CHILDREN. SHE HAS TWO SONS ATTENDING TCA AND THIS WILL BE HER FIRST YEAR ON STAFF AT THE SCHOOL.
JOAN SHIFLET, SECOND GRADE
MS. SHIFLET GRADUATED FROM OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY WITH A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE AND FROM REGENT UNIVERSITY WITH A MASTERS IN EDUCATION. SHE TAUGHT IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR 23 YEARS, FOLLOWED BY 5 YEARS OF TUTORING BEFORE JOINING THE TCA FAMILY AS A SUBSTITUTE LAST YEAR. SHE IS A MEMBER OF REFORMATION ORTHODOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. SHE HAS A JACK RUSSELL NAMED BABY WHO WILL BE 9 YEARS OLD IN SEPTEMBER.
MS. SHIFLET GRADUATED FROM OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY WITH A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE AND FROM REGENT UNIVERSITY WITH A MASTERS IN EDUCATION. SHE TAUGHT IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR 23 YEARS, FOLLOWED BY 5 YEARS OF TUTORING BEFORE JOINING THE TCA FAMILY AS A SUBSTITUTE LAST YEAR. SHE IS A MEMBER OF REFORMATION ORTHODOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. SHE HAS A JACK RUSSELL NAMED BABY WHO WILL BE 9 YEARS OLD IN SEPTEMBER.
RENEE SIRECI, THIRD GRADE
MRS. SIRECI GRADUATED FROM A BIBLE COLLEGE IN THE MIDWEST WHERE SHE MET HER HUSBAND, JIM. SHE HAS BEEN A STAY-AT-HOME MOTHER, MILITARY WIFE AND CHRISTIAN SCHOOL TEACHER. SHE HAS BEEN TEACHING AT TCA SINCE 2019.
MRS. SIRECI GRADUATED FROM A BIBLE COLLEGE IN THE MIDWEST WHERE SHE MET HER HUSBAND, JIM. SHE HAS BEEN A STAY-AT-HOME MOTHER, MILITARY WIFE AND CHRISTIAN SCHOOL TEACHER. SHE HAS BEEN TEACHING AT TCA SINCE 2019.
STACY MITCHELL, FOURTH GRADE
MRS. MITCHELL HAS A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN FINANCE FROM UHCL AND IS A CERTIFIED TEACHER IN TEXAS AND PENNSYLVANIA. SHE HAS OVER SEVEN YEARS OF TEACHING EXPERIENCE IN TEXAS AND HAS HOMESCHOOLED HER THREE BOYS THE LAST FEW YEARS BEFORE JOINING THE TCA FAMILY.
MRS. MITCHELL HAS A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN FINANCE FROM UHCL AND IS A CERTIFIED TEACHER IN TEXAS AND PENNSYLVANIA. SHE HAS OVER SEVEN YEARS OF TEACHING EXPERIENCE IN TEXAS AND HAS HOMESCHOOLED HER THREE BOYS THE LAST FEW YEARS BEFORE JOINING THE TCA FAMILY.
SHARLA SMITH, FIFTH GRADE
MRS. SMITH HAS AN ASSOCIATES DEGREE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND A BACHELORS IN EDUCATION WITH A MINOR IN HISTORY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA. BEFORE JOINING TCA, SHE WAS THE DIRECTOR OF A PRESCHOOL. THIS IS HER SECOND YEAR AT TCA.
MRS. SMITH HAS AN ASSOCIATES DEGREE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND A BACHELORS IN EDUCATION WITH A MINOR IN HISTORY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA. BEFORE JOINING TCA, SHE WAS THE DIRECTOR OF A PRESCHOOL. THIS IS HER SECOND YEAR AT TCA.
SHANNON COLVIN, SIXTH GRADE
MRS. COLVIN IS A LOUISIANA NATIVE WITH A BACHELORS IN PSYCHOLOGY AND IS WORKING ON HER MASTERS IN CHRISTIAN COUNSELING. SHE HAS FOUR PRECIOUS CHILDREN AND IS MARRIED TO PASTOR WILLIAM COLVIN OF GREAT NECK BAPTIST CHURCH.
MRS. COLVIN IS A LOUISIANA NATIVE WITH A BACHELORS IN PSYCHOLOGY AND IS WORKING ON HER MASTERS IN CHRISTIAN COUNSELING. SHE HAS FOUR PRECIOUS CHILDREN AND IS MARRIED TO PASTOR WILLIAM COLVIN OF GREAT NECK BAPTIST CHURCH.
CORRINA RAMIREZ, WRITING AND GRAMMAR II, RHETORIC II, PUBLIC SPEAKING AND DEBATE, AND INTEGRATED HUMANITIES III
MRS. RAMIREZ GRADUATED FROM REGENT UNIVERSITY WITH A BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN ENGLISH WITH A CONCENTRATION IN WRITING AND A MINOR IN HISTORY. SHE ALSO VOLUNTEERS AS THE SCHOOL LIBRARIAN. HER FAMILY HAS BEEN A PART OF TCA SINCE 2016.
MRS. RAMIREZ GRADUATED FROM REGENT UNIVERSITY WITH A BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN ENGLISH WITH A CONCENTRATION IN WRITING AND A MINOR IN HISTORY. SHE ALSO VOLUNTEERS AS THE SCHOOL LIBRARIAN. HER FAMILY HAS BEEN A PART OF TCA SINCE 2016.
GINA FOOTE, BIOLOGY, ALGEBRA I, ALGEBRA II AND GEOMETRY
MRS. FOOTE TAUGHT MATH AND SCIENCE FOR 10 YEARS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS BEFORE GOD CALLED HER TO HOMESCHOOL. SHE IS BLESSED TO HOMESCHOOL 4 OF HER 5 CHILDREN (ONE HAS RECENTLY GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL AND IS CURRENTLY ATTENDING REGENT), TUTOR STUDENTS FROM HOME, AND TEACH PART TIME AT TCA.
MRS. FOOTE TAUGHT MATH AND SCIENCE FOR 10 YEARS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS BEFORE GOD CALLED HER TO HOMESCHOOL. SHE IS BLESSED TO HOMESCHOOL 4 OF HER 5 CHILDREN (ONE HAS RECENTLY GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL AND IS CURRENTLY ATTENDING REGENT), TUTOR STUDENTS FROM HOME, AND TEACH PART TIME AT TCA.
AARON BENNETT, LOGIC I AND II, INTEGRATED HUMANITIES 1 AND IV.
MR. BENNETT IS A NATIVE OF TIDEWATER. HE GRADUATED FROM OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY WITH A BFA AND HOLDS A MASTERS OF BIBLICAL STUDIES FROM VIRGINIA BEACH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.
MR. BENNETT IS A NATIVE OF TIDEWATER. HE GRADUATED FROM OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY WITH A BFA AND HOLDS A MASTERS OF BIBLICAL STUDIES FROM VIRGINIA BEACH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.
RACHEL ELAM, LATIN
MRS. ELAM HOLDS A MASTER'S DEGREE IN LATIN FROM THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA AND A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN ENGLISH LITERATURE FROM UNIVERSITY OF NORTHWESTERN--ST. PAUL. WHILE IN GRADUATE SCHOOL, SHE HELD A LATIN TEACHING INTERNSHIP AT WASHINGTON LATIN PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL. BETWEEN EARNING HER UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE DEGREES, SHE SERVED FOR SEVEN YEARS AS AN ACTIVE DUTY NAVY MUSICIAN.
MRS. ELAM HOLDS A MASTER'S DEGREE IN LATIN FROM THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA AND A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN ENGLISH LITERATURE FROM UNIVERSITY OF NORTHWESTERN--ST. PAUL. WHILE IN GRADUATE SCHOOL, SHE HELD A LATIN TEACHING INTERNSHIP AT WASHINGTON LATIN PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL. BETWEEN EARNING HER UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE DEGREES, SHE SERVED FOR SEVEN YEARS AS AN ACTIVE DUTY NAVY MUSICIAN.
NANCY JONES, SCHOOL AIDE
MRS. JONES' INVOLVEMENT WITH TCA BEGAN WITH HER DAUGHTER’S ENROLLMENT IN 2008. SHE SERVED AS A VOLUNTEER BEFORE JOINING OUR STAFF IN SEPTEMBER 2011.
MRS. JONES' INVOLVEMENT WITH TCA BEGAN WITH HER DAUGHTER’S ENROLLMENT IN 2008. SHE SERVED AS A VOLUNTEER BEFORE JOINING OUR STAFF IN SEPTEMBER 2011.
