| Cynthia Young |
| Email: cynthia.young@whheprep.org |
| I’m a retired general practitioner who has been teaching math and science at New Covenant Christian Academy (1995 through 2000), HomeEdPlus ( Sept. 2000 – May 2008), The Lighthouse Education Center (Sept. 2001-2010) and Extraordinary Education (June 2010 - present). This will be my fourth year teaching at PREP.
I received my BS and MS degrees in biochemistry from Mississippi State University and have a MD degree from U.T. Medical School in Houston. When my children became school age, I quit full time practice to become active in Christian education. Since I was personally home schooled by my parents and do not have a high school diploma, MSU admitted me solely on my entrance level exam scores and the presentation of the curriculum my parents used.
I accepted Christ into my life at the age of fourteen and believe that the Bible is a testimony of God and that it is the ultimate source of knowledge I teach all my courses from a Biblical perspective.
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| Deb Greco |
| Email: deb.greco@whheprep.org |
| Mrs. Greco has a B.S. in Mathematics and Computer Systems from Grove City College. Following college she received her secondary math teaching credentials through courses at Buffalo State College. After teaching and tutoring in the public schools for three years, she became a stay at home mom. She now homeschools her four children and is actively involved at Christ Church in Katy where her husband is the senior pastor. This will be her fourth year teaching math at PREP. |
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| Gloria Smith |
| Email: gloria.smith@whheprep.org |
| I have taught Elementary Spanish at PREP for 10 years and Junior High for 6 years. I have also taught at Home Ed Plus for the past 9 years. Spanish is my first language. I have been an active member at Jersey Village Baptist Church for 14 years and have taught Mission Friends for 11 years. I am now a new member at Kingsland Baptist Church and have started teaching Team Kids. I have helped at an Apartment Ministry for about 12 years. Vacation Bible School has been the biggest highlight of my summers since 1995, where I am able to share God's Love with the Hispanic children in that area. Teaching others to speak Spanish is just one more way to teach them to tell others about Christ's Love. I have been married to my wonderful husband for 34 years and God blessed us with two great children. Jessica is 28 and Moses is 15. |
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| Grace Cooper |
| Email: grace.cooper@whheprep.org |
| Mrs. Cooper completed 17 years as a homeschool mom May 2010 when her son, the youngest of her two children, graduated from home. Her daughter also graduated from home and is now married and living in Houston. This will be Grace's 16th year teaching Spanish in the homeschool community. She grew up with Spanish as her first language, took it in high school and tested out of it at UT-Austin. She tries to teach Spanish with a missionary emphasis, because she knows first hand the difference a bilingual person can make in reaching the lost for Christ. She is pleased that a small percentage of her former students report they decided to minor in Spanish as well as many other students report gaining college credit through placement tests. She loves teaching the middle school and high school students the community has entrusted to her and hopes they develop a life long reason for using the language. Grace and her family are members of Kingsland Baptist Church in Katy, Texas.
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| Jan Snow |
| Email: jan.snow@whheprep.org |
| Jan Snow has a Bachelor of Science degree in Microbiology and Chemistry from Texas Tech University. This is the sixteenth year she will teach homeschool classes. Jan has four children, three married and one in college and 4 grandchildren. She home educated her children for 18 years. Jan lives with her husband in the Cypress area and attends Cypress Bible Church. For more information about Mrs. Snow’s science classes with PREP you may visit her website. http//:www.hsscience.com |
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| Jennifer Jones |
| Email: jennifer.jones@whheprep.org |
| Jennifer Jones will begin her 17th year of homeschooling this year, 2011-12, with their third child, and her 7th year at PREP. Their first daughter graduated from Texas A&M and is working in her field in Austin, Texas, while their second child is enrolled in the local jr. college earning prerequisite credits. Latin is a self-taught language (with the help of her on-line tutors) that Jen developed a passion for when teaching her own children. Through Texas Classical League conferences and continuing education classes, Jen has furthered her Latin and Classical education. The Joneses have a proclivity toward evangelism and missions and maintain a strong relationship with their home church, S.W. Bible Church, whose varied outreaches they support.
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| Jill Burnside |
| Email: jill.burnside@whheprep.org |
| Jill Burnside has a Bachelors of Science degree in petroleum engineering from Texas A&M University (whoop!). Her training and experience have developed in her a love for math and science and a desire to help students pursue them with excellence. She has been a homeschooling parent for fourteen years, and this will be her fifth year to teach mathematics with PREP. She and her husband have three children and are homeschooling the youngest. They live in Katy and are active members of Kingsland Baptist Church.
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| Juli Dalton |
| Email: juli.dalton@whheprep.org |
| Juli Dalton holds a Bachelor of Arts in History, with a minor in English, from Texas A&M University. She also holds a Secondary Teacher's Certificate in the same two fields. During the 2005-2006 school year, Juli was fortunate to be able to spend a year apprenticing with Andrew Kern in The Lost Tools of Writing. For the past 20 years, Juli has homeschooled her four children: one graduated from Texas A&M in 2009, one is currently enrolled at Texas A&M, and one just graduated high school. In addition, she has taught Rhetoric history and Rhetoric literature in a Tapestry of Grace co-op for the past eight years. From 2004-2006, Juli taught History and Language Arts part-time at Covenant Academy, a Classical Christian school, and in 2006-2007, taught writing and grammar there, while helping to develop Covenant's Language Arts program. Juli spent the last four years teaching PREP classes and other writing classes. The Daltons attend Community Harvest.
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| Luann Wheeler |
| Email: luannw_texas@yahoo.com |
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| Nancy Jones |
| Email: nancy.jones@whheprep.org |
| Nancy Jones received an Early Childhood Education degree from California and an Interior Design degree from the University of Texas at Austin. Nancy home educated her two children for 14 years through high school. When the children were in their preteen years, Nancy and her husband partnered with other teachers to create Home Ed Plus. During the past ten years she has taught several classes in the home school community including: Home Ed Plus (1998- present), Lighthouse Education Center (2007-2009), and PREP (2008 – present). Art (visual, music and drama) is fundamental to the whole-brain development. Art can help students develop higher cognitive skills by challenging them creatively and analytically.
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| Nicole Dayton |
| Email: nicole.dayton@whheprep.org |
| Nicole Dayton has loved Speech ever since a wonderful Speech teacher nurtured and encouraged her to overcome her fears and venture out of her comfort zone. She considers it a God-given privilege to work with your children in helping them to find enjoyment and confidence in the public speaking and performance realm. Nicole holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Secondary Education- Communications, Theatre, and English. Nicole taught public school at the junior high and high school level for six years, with five of them teaching speech/theatre in the Cy-Fair School district. Teaching your children at PREP has been a rewarding experience that she anticipates with great eagerness every year. She has two daughters and a wonderful husband and feels very blessed to be a home schooling mom. |
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| Peggy Clark |
| Email: peggy.clark@whheprep.org |
| This year marks the beginning of Peggy’s 18th year of homeschooling three children. Her eldest is a graduate of Oral Roberts University pursuing his MBA. Her second student is attending ministry school, and the youngest plans to keep her company for the next few years. Although this will be her second year to teach at PREP, she has experience teaching homeschoolers in several writing and literature co-ops. She has enjoyed seeing her students graduate to college, using their writing skills to pursue their dreams. She hopes to inspire her PREP writing students to fulfill their potential in the same way. This year should be another exciting year of writing, literature, and grammar in her Fifth/Sixth Grade Writing Class.
In college, Peggy’s love for science and art led her into the field of Medical Illustration—but the haunting smell of formaldehyde caused her to take a different route—she could handle most anything but that! Therefore, she will use these skills—minus the smell—to offer a fun and exciting two-year (fourth/fifth grade) introductory science class as well as a sixth grade science class.
As a graduate of Stephen F. Austin State University , she loves children’s literature, writing, science and art. Peggy and her family are members of Encourager Church .
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| Renee Mathis |
| Email: renee.mathis@whheprep.org |
| Bio: Renee Mathis is beginning her 23rd year of homeschooling. She attended both University of Arizona and University of Houston and has a love for literature and learning. She has completed the final year of her internship with the Circe Institute in order to continue her education as a classical writing instructor. Writing in all its forms is a passion and she hopes to see her students experience the joy of authorship. This will be her 13th year to teach at PREP. Of her five children, the oldest two (college graduates) are married and beginning their own families. The next 2 are in college and she still has one left at home. She and her husband Steve are both on the WHHE Board of Directors and she enjoys serving the local homeschooling community. Renee and her family are members of Christ Church (PCA) in Katy. Her website: www.mrsmathis.com |
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| Stephanie Frederick |
| Email: stephanie.frederick@whheprep.org |
| Stephanie Frederick has a B.S in Ed. Degree from Texas State University (formerly Southwest Texas State University) with teaching credentials in mathematics and psychology. She taught in Klein ISD for 7 years, and then remained home to be a homemaker and a mom.
Stephanie has taught in the PREP program since 2002. She and her husband, Dale, a public school teacher, have 4 sons, one a graduate of LSU, two in college (A & M, and UNC), and one in high school. The Frederick family attends Cypress Bible Church.
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| Susan Money |
| Email: susan.money@whheprep.org |
| Susan Money B.S. earned her B.S. in Ed. from Northern Arizona University. She taught Language Arts and U.S. History in Cy-Fair I.S.D. for seven and one half years. Susan began home schooling in 1990. Both of her children are now home school graduates. In 1995, she began teaching a writing class in her home. Now she offers four different classes in two locations. Susan loves to read, travel, and play with her grandchildren. The Money family attends Metropolitan Baptist Church where Susan is the librarian. Contact her at rsmoney@sbcglobal.net.
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