Ruth Cuellar Thompson received her Bachelor Degree at Crown College in Knoxville, Tennesee. She is an experienced Christian Spanish teacher who has been teaching for many years. Her classes meet once a week at Milford Christian Church. She also teaches at Providence Extension Program, and Mars Hill Academy as well as several other local homeschooling classes. She is an extremely dynamic teacher who is excited to teach her students to enjoy learning through storytelling, song and conversation.
Margie Nesteroff
Margie is Institue for Excellence in Writing by Andrew Pudewa certified and has an an elementary education degree from Covenant College and a master's in communication degree from Webster University. I taught elementary school for 6 years, working in many different settings and I have homeschooled and raised 4 children. I have done tutoring and have taught in summer school programs. I love to teach and I also love to write. My greatest educational goal for my own children and now for my students is that they will love to learn and seek to make learning a lifelong pursuit to the glory of God.
Margie Nesteroff
Ohio History and Writing Teacher
Ruth Cuellar Thompson
Spanish Teacher
Dr. Douglas G. Frank is a scientist and an entrepreneur as well as an educator, with a PhD in chemistry and an international reputation as an expert in Auger spectroscopy. His work has been featured in several scientific books and international journals. We are pleased to have him at HELP sharing his love of the Lord with our kids and helping them see that science has everything to do with our Creator! Dr. Frank received a B.A. in Chemistry from Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California. He completed his doctoral requirements at the University of California, Santa Barbara, before transferring to the University of Cincinnati in 1986 as part of the Ohio Eminent Scholar program. In 1990, he received a Ph.D. in Surface Analytical Chemistry. He was one of five persons recently honored by the Executive Board of the Presbyterian Association on Science, Technology and the Christian Faith as one who exemplifies the practice of science as a Christian vocation. Doug owns his own business , PAI or Precision Analytical Instruments in Blue Ash, Ohio.
Emily Carabello is a graduate from Taylor University in 2004, with a degree in K-12 Art Education. She has taught art in many different scenarios, including public high school, elementary, private, homeschool, summer camp, and adult classes. Emily has taught and lived in Indiana, California, and Ohio. When she's not teaching art, she leads the visual arts ministry at her church in Ft. Thomas, KY.
MAD SCIENCE CLASSES
Bionic Becky, teacher for all classes
Mad Science can extend your science program with inquiry-based workshops that are HANDS ON and FUN!!!! Structured as an in-class field trip, A Mad Science workshop is a convenient way to offer students a hands-on science experience. With professional lesson plans, unique equipment and animated instructors, Mad Science workshops offer Kindergarten to sixth grade children truly engaging learning experiences. Dozens of workshop topics are available and almost every class includes a GREAT take home activity! NOTE: THERE WILL BE *ALL NEW* SUBJECT MATTER FOR FALL 2009!!!!! NO REPEATS FROM LAST SEMESTER!
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Intro to Lego Robotics class
Drake Planetarium and Science Center
Pam Bowers is a qualified instructor, trained in curriculum and delivery methods that will work with each class, facilitating the learning through demonstration and guidance. Drake Planetarium has been teaching after school Lego Robotics classes for years both at their location and at different schools throughout the tri-state area. They are focused on the development of high-quality curriculum, and children's programming. They help children to explore, invent, and create.NOTE: Drake Planetarium will be bringing their mobile LEGO lab to HELP so that each child/ren have enough legos to work with during class time to create their robotic creations.
MUSICAL THEATRE CLASS Junior and Senior
Becca Johnson
Our teacher, Becca Johnson, has a passion for glorifying God in the arts especially through Drama and Music. Although she has no formal training in drama, she does have a gift for the process of teaching and directing drama, especially to novices. She has 11 years experience producing and directing theatre and at least one large scale drama per year for Faith Church. This includes overseeing all areas of technical and scheduling for rehearsals and performances, managing rehearsal time for a cast of up to 70 and teaching non-actors to act in a very short amount of time. She has produced and directed two smaller scale dramas for Maranatha co-op with kids from ages 5-14. She has also been stage manager for “Acting-Up, Young Performers Theater of Mason”, for the past 4 shows and was Assistant Director in the fall of 2006. She has directed several childrens choir shows at Faith Church, including "You're A Good Man Charlie Brown". A Graduate of The University of Cincinnati, with a BA in Sociology, her greatest training has come through experience, in the drama ministry at Faith, and in leading VBS at Faith Church for the past 12 years.
Emily Carabello
Art and Art History teacher
Dr. Douglas Frank,
Science Teacher extraordinaire!
The Truth Project
Five in a Row
Exploring Africa
Sharon Francis
I Love -Ology
Leslie Dorhout
BS from Bob Jones University in Composite Science Education (all the sciences 7-12th)
MS in Counseling (school guidance counselor)
Taught for 4 yrs for Greenville County Schools (Greenville, SC)
Taught for 2 yrs at Bob Jones University in the Science Dept (taught elementary education majors life science)
Currently teaching for Clermont Cty. Educational Service Center-- adult education/GED classes
Current teaching license until 2013 with OH Dept. of Ed (ODE) Personal info: married for 15 yrs this year, mother of 5 (ages almost 2 to almost 12), Precept Bible study teacher
My goal for each class: 1) to let the students worship God by being in awe of Him for His incredible genius in creation and for holding all things together 2) to let the students know that science is not a subject to be afraid of--no matter what level they may study-- but is fun and exciting 3) to let the students grow in knowledge in an environment of truth & love
Galloping the Globe
Carol Pollard
I have a BA in Elementary Education from the University of Montana and a MEd from the University of Cincinnati.
I have 10 years teaching experience in the classroom and I have 8 years of tutoring children in the foster care system. I have been homeschooling for 6 years and have 3 children.
Intro to Music, Musical Enrichment, Group Voice class for ages 9-12
Stephanie Mackris
Stephanie Mackris is a Voice Teacher currently living in Loveland, OH with her husband Aaron and her son Sam. She has been teaching private voice lessons in the Cincinnati area for 7 years. She has also taught elementary music, group voice, children's choir, teen choir, directed and performed in musicals. This fall she will be performing in CMT's Guys and Dolls at the Arnoff and this winter she will be the music director for LSC Christmas in Loveland. Stephanie earned a Bachelor of Music from Cincinnati Christian University, took Masters classes in Vocal Pedegogy at Ohio State University, and is a full member of the National Association of Teachers Singing. Stephanie loves to serve God and others through teaching music. Her passion is Psalm 33:3, "Sing to Him a new song; Play skillfully with a shout of joy."
Institute for Excellence in Writing
Chapter Book and Institute for Excellence in Writing COMBO class
Civics
Government
Literature and Composition with Logic for 10th-12th grades
Tonya Preston
Tonya discovered her background in business was best suited for becoming CEO of the Preston Family Corporation. She has been home educating her children since 1998 and sharing her love of teaching in area co-ops for years. Tonya has a passion for working with children. She uses creative and engaging methods to bring subject material alive for her students, while challenging them to strive for excellence. She has written training programs and procedural manuals for the Department of Public Safety, and her humorous articles about being, "The Lone Estrogen: A happy, albeit harried, homeschool mom," have been printed in various home education publications over the years.
Saxon Math 8/7
Algebra 1 and 2
Terri Cofskey
I have a bachelor's degree in business with concentrations in finance, statistics, economics, and Spanish from the University of Tennessee and a master's in mass communications from Louisiana State University. I have two children whom I have been homeschooling for nine years, and I have taught in various co-ops over the years. I have a passion for the Lord and His Word as well as math, languages, and teaching.
