Friday, May 9, 2014

New Teachers and Staff



We have hired three new people so far for the next year school year of 2014-2015. The Core, Board, and I are very excited about the new additions to the Bios staff. They are Dan Koury - math teacher, Lonn Durfee - science and Bible teacher, Bruce Wilkison - K-12 strings music teacher. Below are their brief bios.

Dan Koury - His education is quite impressive. BS in Materials Science from Rice University, a Masters in Matter Physics from ASU, and a PhD in Plasma Physics from Cornell University. His work experiences includes being a design engineer for Silicon Labs, Mcube Inc., and Freescale. He spent one morning teaching math here in the past month. He quickly understood the instructional method and worked with the students really well.

Lonn Durfee - Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, University of Florida; Masters of Divinity, Columbia International University. He is certified to teach five areas of science in South Carolina and other states through the American Board for Certification of Teaching Excellence. He also holds six credits in graduate economics and a Bible teaching certificate with the Association of Christian School International. Presently, he preaches, teaches, and facilitates outreach at Southeast Community Church of South Carolina.

Bruce Wilkison - Bachelor of Music, University of Michigan. Mr. Wilkison taught six years for me as the K-12 strings music teacher at my first school, Surrey Garden Christian School. Before working at Surrey, he was a violinist with the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra for eighteen years. I am looking forward to working with him again.

I am very thankful to the talented and experienced people that God has added to our current staff already. Thank you to all of you who have been praying so diligently for the school and for the greater than ever next school year arriving soon.

No comments: