Our Teachers:
Wendy Anderson - I am from Milford and have been homeschooling 2 kids almost since the womb! Joined Hometeam a few years ago. 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.
Sharon Bazzell is a wife, Mom of 4, and co-owner of Augies Building Services. She has homeschooled for 11 years and taught various co-op classes. She has a degree in Elementary Education and enjoys continuing to learn along with her kids. She enjoys camping, bike riding, and spending time with friends and family.
Aurora Bendixen is a wife, mother and business assistant to their family owned chimney service company. She has been homeschooling her two daughters for approximately 4 years. She loves to hostess in her home, gardening, and traveling, sewing and making a mess with paints.
Amanda Bendixen was homeschooled all her life. She studied Biblical counseling in college, and now spends her time raising four kids. She loves summer weather, growing things, organizing and decluttering, making music, painting, reading, clean comedy, and brownies.
Erin Brewster - Our resident "Bob Ross" and a homeschooling mom to two kids. She is very active in her church and loves researching and learning on youtube. She is teaching herself how to paint with acrylics and how to do resin tumblers.
Theresa Berg - Matt & Theresa have been married for 22 years, having met at the church they attended. After raising two older daughters to adulthood (now 34 & 32), GOD blessed Matt & Theresa with two more daughters (now 13 & 11). While the first 2 daughters attended public schools, their younger daughters have been homeschooled since birth.
“Parents are and must always be, the resident experts of their own kids.”
“Parents are and must always be, the resident experts of their own kids.”
Amy Bennington is a mother of two and is teaching our crafts class this semester. She has taught card making and been an assistant in many of our classes.
Melissa Cleary - Melissa is a mother of two. 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.
Lisa Brown has been with her husband Mick for 21 yrs. They've adopted 3 amazing kids after fostering 17 kiddos in need.
God has blessed them with hearts to serve, and now their focus is homeschooling. They're raising their kids to love the Lord, & overcome their special needs. All while having a blast together!! They'd joined Hometeam 1 yr ago & Lisa is a new teacher this year. She is eager to bring The American Girl History stories to life for your kids. She loves to make learning fun while teaching Godly character.
God has blessed them with hearts to serve, and now their focus is homeschooling. They're raising their kids to love the Lord, & overcome their special needs. All while having a blast together!! They'd joined Hometeam 1 yr ago & Lisa is a new teacher this year. She is eager to bring The American Girl History stories to life for your kids. She loves to make learning fun while teaching Godly character.
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Sara Beth is a homeschool graduate that is now in the other side home educating her three daughters. She has a degree in Elementary 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.
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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.
I am a mom of 5 kids and grandma of one. I have been married to Brian for 30 years. I have a BS in Mechanical Engineering. I have worked in environmental engineering for over 30 years and love teaching kids (Sunday school, Girl Scouts, Homeschool courses). I love being outdoors and spending time with my big family and 3 dogs.
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Kimberly Davis is a wife and mother of two amazing teens. She has been homeschooling for 10 years. This will be her first year teaching and she is excited to help out where she can.
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Caroline DeLoca is a wife and mother of 6 children. She has been homeschooling for 3 years. Caroline is a Certified Nursing Assistant and Extreme Couponer. She is a blast to have as a teacher and is teaching our card games class.
Kim Donovan is a homeschooling mom of six kids with a 20 year span in ages. She has graduated 3 kids from homeschool, enjoys bullet journaling and crocheting in her free time
Victoria Dwyer Is the mother of two and is in her fifth year of homeschooling. She has taught in children’s ministry for close to 20 years and she also has experience tutoring children with ADHD.
Shannon Dove - Is a mom of 2 fun boys. She has homeschooled for six years this year. She loves long Jeep rides, camping, FALL time and family time. She works from home as a funds manager for a global company, and will be coming back this year to teach our Tuttle Twins class.
Tammy Foster is our literature teacher and our resident Historical Conquest master. She has a graduated daughter and a son whom she independently homeschools. She is an self employed editor and writer.
Angela Becktold -Hello! I am a mom of five kids and have homeschooled several years. We enjoy traveling and educating while on the road. We frequently do field trip to Canada, science centers and aquariums. We love to gem and fossil mine/hunt 9-10 monthso out of the year. We also belong to several lapidary clubs and make jewelry and other creation to sell.
Becky Harless - Hi there, I'm Becky Harless. I graduated from Pensacola Christian College with a Bachelor's degree in elementary education. Mrs. Becky Harless is a mom to 8 children. She has homeschooled for many years and manages to do so with one daughter and 7 boys. She is a wealth of wisdom and knowledge. She has been involved with Hometeam for many years and we are thrilled to have her.
Wendy Henn - Mrs. Henn is a mother of four children. She has a degree in fashion design and art and is now in school to become a homeopath. Mrs. Henn has always enjoyed learning how to make things whether it be clothes, art projects, food or crafts. She has experience teaching all ages of religious education and for 7 years led a girls' group for ages 11 to 18 that taught about God, leadership, and service.
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Jessica is a wife and homeschooling mama to three (awesome) kids. She was an early education director and teacher before staying home with her crew. She enjoys all the messy art projects and science experiments. She also loves time outside; hiking, biking, fishing, snowboarding, and swimming as well as playing basketball and hockey.
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Diana Higuchi - She will be teaching our Tea Party, and Arts & Crafts for Girls. 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.
Meghan Kurdziel - Meghan is a WFH/Homeschool Mom. She has three great kiddos and is married to Dan. She loves working with the Hometeam kids and looks forward to an awesome year.
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Amy Loeffler is a retired elementary school teacher of 25 years. She and husband George have 4 grown children and Ashlee 13 whom she homeschools. She is Mimi to 4. Her family enjoys board games, bike rides, and camping. Amy loves crafts of just about any kind but especially knitting. Her current crafting passion is miniatures.
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Jeannie Marriott has been attending hometeam for many years and decided she was able to teach this semester. She has been a public school teacher for alternative ed high school for many years. She is spunky and fun and we are looking forward to getting to attend her classes. She will be teaching our Tuttle Twins class and crafting with perler beads. She is the mother of two children.
Linda McKinney - Linda is grandma to four and is mother to our teacher Erin Brewster. She loves homeschooling and has offered to teach our essential oils class this semester.
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Aurelia Nanu - Aurelia is teaching our Biology labs this semester. She is a mom to four and a registered nurse. We are happy to welcome her aboard.
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Mike & Michelle Peterson - Mike is an engineer by training, with degrees in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and business from Iowa State and MIT. Mike worked for 30 years as an engineer and manager for General Motors before retiring last year, and his focus has now shifted to teaching through Challenge Island and also as a lecturer at Oakland University. Michelle studied industrial design at Arizona State University, and has worked in a variety of positions with local businesses and non-profits to provide graphic design and business support. Both Mike and Michelle are active members of St. Daniel Parish in Clarkston, and have helped local students grow their potential through volunteering with Cub & Boy Scouts, FIRST Robotics, Math Pentathlon, Science Olympiad and other organizations.
Kristina Phelps - I am a mom of 3 girls and have homeschooled for about 7 years now. We were blessed to find Hometeam and have loved the knowledge we’ve gained, the friends we’ve made and the community. I enjoy teaching kids the life skills they will need along with the academic skills they’re learning to help them thrive as adults. One of my greatest joys is helping kids find confidence in the kitchen!
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. - Our security detail.
Bob Saul Jr. - Our security detail.
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. He isn't teaching this semester but will be wandering the building and helping on the clean-up crew. Vanessa Saul - The newest member of the Saul clan. She joined our family on September 5, 2020 and married our oldest Bobby. We are so happy to welcome her to the family. She loves babies and can't wait to play with yours. |
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Jennifer Shuffle - Jennifer is a mom of four and has been attending hometeam for about a year. She is venturing into teaching this semester and will be teaching our Jewelry making class and our Intro to Singing class. Welcome aboard, Jennifer.
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Jessica Strathres - Jessica has 3 boys and is entering her 5th year of homeschooling. She enjoys spending time in the sun, hanging out with family, bike rides, and camping. She is very active with her church and also volunteers with Bible Study Fellowship in the school program. She is a licensed cosmetologist and is looking forward to teaching You are Beautiful.
Melissa Smith - Hello! I'm so excited to get to know you! I'd like to share a bit about myself. I am a former public school teacher who has taught both general education and special education. I thoroughly enjoyed being in the classroom but my heart was called home when I had my first child in 2009. My husband and I now have 4 children, Nathan, Issac, Sam and Olivia. Nathan started his schooling adventure in public school for K and 1 but again, I felt called to bring him home and homeschool. So in 2016 we began that adventure and I'm so thankful for this opportunity. Right now I'm very busy at home but in my spare time I enjoy foster kittens, reading informational books, trying new adventures like growing plants and camping.
Amanda Van De Venter - Amanda is a mom to 2. She is a teacher that now homeschools. She has been homeschooling for several years now and she is teaching our Engineer Academy class this semester.
Jonathan Wagner - He is a college student who attended two years at Pensecola Christian College for Music Education and is currently attending Mott for Music Technology Degree. Last semester he taught our Elementary Music, helped with Survival Skills and taught our Gym class. Due to working full time and schooling full time he is pulling back a little but still offered to teach our older kids gym class.
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.