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.
MEGAN KLETT, FAMILY LIAISON AND BOOKKEEPER
MRS. KLETT HOLDS A BACHELORS IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION FROM JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY WITH AN ACCOUNTING MAJOR AND COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS MINOR. 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 AN ACCOUNTING MAJOR AND COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS MINOR. SHE HAS 15 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE ACCOUNTING FIELD. HER FAMILY HAS BEEN A PART OF TCA SINCE 2017.
JOYCE REDDINGER, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
MRS. REDDINGER STUDIED AT GROVE CITY COLLEGE AND WORKED AT REGENT UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL AS AN ADMISSIONS ASSISTANT. THIS IS THE 2ND YEAR THE REDDINGERS HAVE BEEN PART OF TCA.
MRS. REDDINGER STUDIED AT GROVE CITY COLLEGE AND WORKED AT REGENT UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL AS AN ADMISSIONS ASSISTANT. THIS IS THE 2ND YEAR THE REDDINGERS HAVE BEEN PART OF TCA.
SUSIE FREEMAN, PRE-K
MRS. FREEMAN HAS TEACHING DEGREES 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 DEGREES 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 FOURTH 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 FOURTH YEAR TEACHING AT TCA.
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.
KIM HOPKINS, FOURTH GRADE
MRS. HOPKINS HAS A BACHELOR OF ARTS IN JOURNALISM AND PUBLIC RELATIONS FROM NORTHWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY IN LOUISIANA. IN 1994, SHE OBTAINED AN ADD-ON CERTIFICATION IN SECONDARY ENGLISH EDUCATION. SHE HAS OVER 28 YEARS OF TEACHING EXPERIENCE IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS, AS WELL AS, HOME-EDUCATING HER FOUR CHILDREN.
MRS. HOPKINS HAS A BACHELOR OF ARTS IN JOURNALISM AND PUBLIC RELATIONS FROM NORTHWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY IN LOUISIANA. IN 1994, SHE OBTAINED AN ADD-ON CERTIFICATION IN SECONDARY ENGLISH EDUCATION. SHE HAS OVER 28 YEARS OF TEACHING EXPERIENCE IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS, AS WELL AS, HOME-EDUCATING HER FOUR CHILDREN.
KAYLEE LINDGREN, FIFTH GRADE
MRS. LINDGREN HAS A BA IN PSYCHOLOGY FROM SOUTH UNIVERSITY, A MA IN STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS FROM REGENT UNIVERSITY, AND IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON HER PH.D. IN STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS AT REGENT UNIVERSITY.
MRS. LINDGREN HAS A BA IN PSYCHOLOGY FROM SOUTH UNIVERSITY, A MA IN STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS FROM REGENT UNIVERSITY, AND IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON HER PH.D. IN STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS AT REGENT UNIVERSITY.
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, SEVENTH/EIGHTH GRADE WRITING AND NINTH GRADE RHETORIC
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, PHYSICAL SCIENCE, BIOLOGY, PRE-ALGEBRA AND ALGEBRA I
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.
MARK HALL, LOGIC AND OMNIBUS III
BEFORE JOINING THE TCA STAFF, MR. HALL WORKED AS A PERMANENT SUBSTITUTE TEACHER AT LARKSPUR MIDDLE SCHOOL. HE IS THE PASTORAL ASSISTANT AT GREEN RUN BAPTIST CHURCH AND IS IN HIS FINAL YEAR OF SEMINARY AT SOUTHEASTERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.
BEFORE JOINING THE TCA STAFF, MR. HALL WORKED AS A PERMANENT SUBSTITUTE TEACHER AT LARKSPUR MIDDLE SCHOOL. HE IS THE PASTORAL ASSISTANT AT GREEN RUN BAPTIST CHURCH AND IS IN HIS FINAL YEAR OF SEMINARY AT SOUTHEASTERN BAPTIST 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, TEACHER'S ASSISTANT
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.
