Sixth to Eighth Grade

Name: Kim Byrd
College Attended: East Carolina University and UNC at Pembroke
Grade Teaching: Sixth to Eighth Grade
Life Verse: Choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve...But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord. Joshua 24:15
Why do you teach? I love children. God has called me to serve Him as together we strive to lead, train, and educate His children. It is an honor, privilege and great responsibility.

Name: Melanie Coefield
College Attended: Liberty University
Grade Teaching: Upper School
Life Verse: Phillipians 3:14
Why do you teach? I love young people and strive to bring my gifts and talents to school every day to help them learn.

Name: Bill Jackson
College Attended: East Carolina University
Grade Teaching: Upper School teacher
Life Verse: Colossians 3:23
Why do you teach? I strive to be an extension of the home and church to help students develop a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and to make spiritual training part of their academic training.

Name: Christine Jensen
College Attended: Guilford College
Grade Teaching: 7th Grade
Life Verse: John 1:12- "Yet to all who received HIm, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God."
Why do you teach? I believe God called me into education, specifically Christian education. I want to share Jesus Christ with my students and the joy He has given me.

Name: Susanna Panz
College Attended: Duke University
Grade Teaching: Upper School teacher
Life Verse:
Why do you teach? i believe the Lord has put me here for my sake as well as the students. His is the teacher.

Name: Angela Pleasant
College Attended: Meredith College and University of NC at Wilmington
Grade Teaching: 6th-8th Grade
Life Verse: Luke 2:52 "And Jesus kept increasing in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and Man.
Why do you teach? I teach because I love to learn and I want to share what I've learned with others. I want to continue throughout my life to grow in wisdom and in favor with God and those around me. I want to teach my stduents to do the same.

Name: Crystal Sampson
College Attended: Averett College and AIU
Grade Teaching: 6th Grade
Life Verse: Proverbs 3:6 "In all your ways acknowledge hime and he will make your paths straight." Jeremiah 33:3 "Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unreachable things you do not know."
Why do you teach? I teach because when I have been in other jobs I have never felt as if I was doing what God called me to do, but when I teach I feel complete with God's calling in my life.

Name: Julie Thompson
College Attended: Pfeiffer College
Grade Teaching: 7th and 8th Grade
Life Verse: Phil 4:13 & Jer 29:11,13
Why do you teach? Middle school students are so cool! I would never have made that discovery if God hadn't placed an unmistakable calling on my life to serve Him as a teacher at MGCS.