Our Teachers:
ALL of our teachers must pass a background check.
Wendy Anderson - I am from Milford and have been homeschooling 2 kids almost since the womb! Joined Hometeam last semester. I love being outside on beautiful days with our farm animals, gardening, scrapbooking, and trying out organization skills. I like working out and learning new ways of being healthy, body, mind and soul. I also love doing things like work days in and out of the house-and freezer meal cooking days for those who might be a bit overwhelmed. I will be teaching Lego Challenge and will be heading up the hospitality committee.
Sharon Bazzell is a homeschool mom of 4. She has attended hometeam for several years. She has taught preschool and speedometry in the past. This year she is teaching The Honors Class and Christian Entrepreneurship.
Sara Beth Bonjour - Sara Beth is a homeschool graduate that is now in the other side home educating her theee daughters. She has a degree in Elementray education with an English major. (This meant writing an abundance of papers in college) She loves anything literature based, and enjoys teaching all ages and stages.
Arlene Bramblett - She is a grandma with a passion for lifelong learning. She is an accomplished singer and loves to share her talent. She has a love for music and History. She will be teaching our US History and Elementary Music. She is excited to teach children new skills.
Erin Brewster - Our Beginning Acrylics, and watercolors teacher a homeschooling mom to two kids. She is very active in her church nursery and loves researching and learning on youtube. She is teaching herself how to paint with acrylics.
Anna Campbell has homeschooled for five years to three boys. She has been a teacher in our career planning class and Auto Upkeep. This year she will be leading our Study Skills, Foundation of Finance class and also our Career class options. She loves all these classes so much we are offering them all and waiting on the students to pick which ones they want more. She is so excited to present this material and never thought she would love to teach teens, but found her niche. She is also adding Crossfit to her long list of classes offered. Your kids will love taking classes from Ms. Anna.
Jason Carlson-Mocny - Jason joined us last year and quickly jumped in and helped wherever he could. This semester he has offered to teach Army Base and games classes. Jason is homeschoolling his 2 young kids. Jason is a board game enthusiast and looks forward to sharing his games with the kids at hometeam. He is also a baby whisperer and loves helping in the nursery or toddler room whenever he can. What a gift, right? Welcome aboard, Jason!
Laura Chapman - is the mother of 6 young kids (the picture doesn't have Amira o rJonah in it) and has been teaching at hometeam for a few years now. Laura spent four years in the private school sector teaching high school biology and chemistry as well as the middle school sciences ,Bible ,and history. My favorite part about science is being hands-on and doing something or having experiences that the kids can remember. I love to be outside and in nature and My goal for the spring is to start raising chickens!
Holly Cheyne - I graduated from Eastern Michigan University with a BS in Elementary Education with minors in English, Science, and Fine Arts. After spending few years substitute teaching, working at the Oakland Yard and Barton Malow, I obtained a job at Holly Academy teaching computers, science, and special education. I received a Masters Degree in Special Education with a focus in the emotionally impaired. Now, I am a stay-at-home mom who is married to Tim, teaches our 4 children, is a MHSAA certified volleyball referee, plans field trips for homeschool kids, is very involved with AWANA at church and various other activities. We enjoy camping, animals, volleyball, bike riding, and spending time together as a family.
Melissa Cleary - Melissa is a mother of two and is newer to homeschooling and home team. She has ran a pet shop for the last 21 years and operates a small farm on her property. Animals are a very large part of her and her girls life. She hopes to share her knowledge and compassion of animals with your children.
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Caroline DeLoca is a wife and mother of 6 children. She has been homeschooling for 2 years. Caroline is a Certified Nursing Assistant and Extreme Couponer. She is teaching our Chess class this semester. She joined homteam last year.
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Karen Fallot-Hello! I am a graduate of Great Lakes Christian College, with majors in Biblical Theology and counseling. I enjoy serving the Lord at my home church on the worship team, playing the violin or vocally, and leading the young adult group with my husband. I have homeschooled for 18 years now, graduated my oldest two children and have two more still homeschooling. When I make time for it, my hobbies include crocheting, cross-stitching, listening to worship music, walking, and reading.
John and Judy Fetzer are Captains in the Salvation Army. They head up the Pontiac location. They homeschool their four children. John is joining us as the 2nd year as Hometeam Dad and is teaching our survival skills classes. We are super excited for him to show us all he knows. Welcome, John.
Tammy Foster joined us as a new family two years ago. She has a daughter and a son whom she independently homeschools. She is an self employed editor and writer. She will be teaching our historical conquest class this semester, co-teaching US History, and Fallacy Detective.
Aimee Hansen is a homeschool mom to 5, but has a total of 12 kids. She has only homeschooled for four years, but she LOVES the flexibility. She has a ton of energy and is going to teach our gym, Young American History and our Little House on the Prairie classes. Aimee has a gentle demeanor and is great with kids. We are excited she is teaching for Hometeam.
Mrs. Becky Harless is a mom to 8 children. She has a bachelors in education from PCC. She has homeschooled for 14 years and manages to do so with one daughter and 7 boys. She is a wealth of wisdom and knowledge. She will be teaching our Stories, Snacks & Crafts and our young kids games class.
Jessica Hemphill is the homeschooling mama to three energetic kids. Before babies, she was a director and teacher for a private Christian preschool. This semester she will be teaching our Around the World studies and The Magic School Bus Science class
Diana Higuchi - She will be teaching our Tea Party, and Co-Teaching Little House on the Prairie. She has two girls and is excited about teaching classes this year.
Mary Imbrunone - Mary is a mom of 9 and been married 24 years to Frank. She has graduated 3 kids and continues to homeschool 6. She is in the Civil Air Patrol with her son. She works a few hours each day in the early mornings providing respite for special needs adults. Mary is teaching our life skills class this fall.
Theresa Jaworski
Our Watercolor and Army Base teacher. She has six children and has homeschooled for many years. She is actively involved in the River church and their children's ministries. She created the Army Base game that has been one of our most popular classes for several years running now. She is very creative and makes her classes as blast.
Our Watercolor and Army Base teacher. She has six children and has homeschooled for many years. She is actively involved in the River church and their children's ministries. She created the Army Base game that has been one of our most popular classes for several years running now. She is very creative and makes her classes as blast.
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Gloria Jensenius was born and raised in Waterford, MI. After High School, she attended St. Mary's College of Ave Maria University (formerly St. Mary's College), where she received her Bachelor's degree in Biology with a Chemistry minor. Several years ago, she enrolled in the Naturopathic Institute of Therapies and Education to pursue her degree as a Naturopathic Doctor. She is currently a Natural Health Educator with an office in Waterford. She teaches classes locally to children, seniors and the community, in general. |
Jo Anne Kroll, homeschool mother of four, has been teaching in the church for over 25 years and in the local homeschool community for 13 years. Jo Anne has a BA in Religious Studies from Alma College and a degree in youth ministry from Nazarene Bible College. She has done elective college work in music, dance, theater, literature, history, psychology and sociology in addition to her major area of focus, but she admits most of her learning has been through having children. "Being a parent teaches you more about life and more about yourself than any degree." Her on the job training is continuous now that she has three teenagers living under one roof. Outside the home she teaches four to five days a week at churches and homeschool groups, volunteers at the county fair and spends a lot of time visiting local libraries. Other than church classes, Jo Anne primarily teaches classes within the performing arts field and classes that involve a lot of reading.
Meghan Kurdziel - Meghan is joining us in co-teaching the coding class and our typing/beginning computer class this semester. She helped immensely last semester and is jumping in with both feet this time. Thank you, Meghan.
Sarah Lukitsch - Sarah joined us a couple years and has jumped in helping in the Nursery and Toddler rooms ever since. She loves kids and has done an amazing job in keeping the kids calm and happy during our hometeam hours. We are thankful for stability in our nursery/toddler area.
Melanie Lintz - She is willing to help out in any area and has taken on the task of our 4 year old preschool department this semester. She is a calm presence and we are excited to have her help us in this area. Welcome aboard, Melanie.
Linda McKinney - Linda is another one of our grandmas with great skills to offer our kids. She will be co-teaching the Acrylics classes with her daughter Erin Brewster. She is now retired after working in the Waterford Schools latchkey program director for many years. We are excited and honored to have her.
Kristina Phelps - Our high school cooking and our intro to cooking teacher this semester. She has three young daughters. Her husband and her are also small business owners.
Kathy Ratliff - She started her homeschool journey 2 years ago. She has two children and loves to help wherever she is needed. This year she is starting her teaching journey at Hometeam. She has co-taught the last few semesters but this time, is going solo with our Big Life Journals -Growth Mindset Challenge class. We are looking forward to having this class and helping our kids excel.
Angie Radofski - Angie has two boys and has homeschooled for 2 years now. She pitches in whereever she is needed and has gone way out of her comfort zone and taught gym. This year she is teaching our Drawing class.
Marlene Rankin - Marlane is a Mom to four and has been attending hometeam for 2 years. This is her first time teaching and we are excited to have her step up and join the crew. She will be teaching the STEM class. Welcome, Marlene.
Ashley Shruga is a homeschooling mother of three and has been with Hometeam since 2018. Ashley has been teaching art classes in a variety of mediums for 15 years; as well as core, writing, and logic classes for the last 5 years. The Shruga family owns and operates PKSA Karate Bloomfield. They moved from "downriver" a couple of years ago and look forward to continuing to become more involved in the local homeschooling community as well as Hometeam specifically.
Deb Saul - She is a recently retired mom of Bob Saul. She will be teaching our craft classes. She was a Kindergarten teacher and Sunday School Teacher for many years. She also has been a reading tutor in the past.
Bob Saul Jr. - A grandpa who helps Deb and is a teacher for our study hall.
Bob Saul Jr. - A grandpa who helps Deb and is a teacher for our study hall.
Lora Saul - Hometeam Coordinator and mom of four. I have been homeschooling for 15 years.
Bob Saul - Our woodworking, backyard ballistics teacher and husband to coordinator Lora Saul
Bob Saul - Our woodworking, backyard ballistics teacher and husband to coordinator Lora Saul
Kelli Tocco - Kelli and children have been attending Hometeam for four years. She has three kids. She is teaching our minute to win it class and our You are Beautiful class and our lego k-2 class. She is a cosmotelogist and is looking forward to showing the girls how to do their hair and play games.
Amanda Van De Venter - Amanda and Kathy both joined us for their first year 2 years ago. They both were such great helpers and decided to team up and co-teach our Astronaut Academy this year. They taught Engineer Academy last year and it was a huge success. They are looking forward to presenting this awesome book to our kids.
Becky Walters - I am Becky Walters, pastor's wife, mom of six and a Jersey girl. I graduated from Northeast Baptist School of Theology in Downingtown, PA with a degree in Church Ministries.
Two of the things I said I would never do- teach and homeschool! But God changed my heart and now I love doing both. I love to learn and I pray that with the Lord's help I can instill in my students a love for learning. Becky is taking on our Nursery/Toddler/Preschool Coordinator role this semester.
Two of the things I said I would never do- teach and homeschool! But God changed my heart and now I love doing both. I love to learn and I pray that with the Lord's help I can instill in my students a love for learning. Becky is taking on our Nursery/Toddler/Preschool Coordinator role this semester.