I have always loved to work with children. I was even a pediatric registered nurse before trying my hand at "art". I first tried basket weaving, which still comes in handy. Did you know you can weave "clay"? After a visit to an arts and crafts fair, a friend said "YOU can do that"! I signed up for pottery lessons. After three years of lessons, I bought my own equipment and spent some time trying a variety of techniques. After winning some awards in local art shows, I was ready to share some of my knowledge with others. Since I liked children, I started there and have been teaching children as well as adults ever since.
Miranda was the yearbook Editor-in-Chief and newspaper Photo Editor for her high school. She attended Western Kentucky University where she studied photojournalism and American Sign Language for two years. She ran a small photography business on the side, was a member of the American Sign Language Organization, and attended the world’s largest silent weekend in Orlando, FL. Not knowing which direction she wanted to take her career, Miranda left college and moved to Atlanta. Since then she has worked jobs in her various interests to figure out her career. She is also an awesome babysitter for several Roberts school families. This is Miranda’s second year at Roberts.
Karen teaches Elementary classes in History and Geography. Karen resigned from a 12 year career as Fortune 100 commodities trader in the year 2000 to homeschool her 4 children. Since then, she has taught History and Creative Writing for Master's Academy in Woodstock, as well as History, Music and Geography for the HEDGE Academy in Town Lake. Karen and her husband established the National Autism Association's GA chapter and have extensive nutritional and educational training for children with Special Needs. Her college background includes Syracuse University and the State University of New York at Binghamton. Passport to History and Geography are a classical programs designed especially for the children of GA-EPH. They follow the events of History chronologically through time. Classes include kinesthetic (hands on) activities and relevant period related crafts to bring History alive. Passport to Geography combines Social Studies, mapping and model making to explore Geography past the naming of places. Karen's interests include travel and exploring the great outdoors. It is a privilege and a gift to teach your children at GA-EPH.
Rachel graduated in 1997 from the Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC with a degree in fashion design. Since then she has worked professionally in the fashion industry as a designer, for herself, and for other companies. Her fashion illustrations have been published in magazines and advertising worldwide. As a costume designer she has provided costumes for many movies, one of which was produced by Alec Baldwin.
She has made costumes for TV commercials and print ads. Her client list includes MTV, Nintendo, The Today Show and Hermes. Rachel has worked with the students of Robert's School theartre class to create costumes for Carolyn Choe's production of "The Magical Flying Outhouse". Rachel looks forward to teaching and sharing her talents and skills with others. Together, designers and kids can use simple materials to create "stuff that dreams are made of."
Carolyn has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre from the University of Southern California and a Masters of Communication from Georgia State University. She has extensive training in various acting methods, as well as voice, movement, dance, and improvisation. Carolyn has had a long and expansive career in acting, directing and teaching in both professional and community theater in Los Angles and Atlanta and has appeared at the International Arts Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland. Carolyn is currently working professionally as both an actor and director here in Atlanta and teaches middle school and high school theatre and academic classes at Master’s Academy and Cordis Academy. She has been homeschooling her two sons for eight years.
Our ultimate goal is to provide the best possible dance program offered to childcare centers, enrichment programs and private schools throughout Georgia. We are committed to providing quality dance training taught by the most talented dance teachers in the South. The teachers are reliable and always prepared with well-planned, age-appropriate lessons. They enjoy the children and welcome parents to observe at any time. The classes are structured, yet flexible to meet the needs of young students who need to have fun while learning.
We also offer lots of exciting activities and learn about several of the most popular sports in our "Little Champ Sports" program, which is an non-competitive physical education program designed to help young children develop basic skills used in the various sports, while improving their coordination and self-confidence. We look forward to having your child in our program!
Amy is a self taught painter and fiber artist who enjoys sharing the creative process with kids of all ages. She is a homeschooling mom that has been working with children for 20 years. She currently teaches a homeschool art class out of her house.
Donna studied chemistry at Furman Univesity and received a MS in Environmental Engineering from UNC-Chapel Hill. She taught high school chemistry and physics at a private school for two years before deciding to 'retire' to stay home with her babies. She homeschooled her 3 girls for 19 years - the oldest is now in college, the middle is doing a combo senior-year-gap-year, and the youngest wants to test her wings at a public high school. Donna has a strong interest in the history of science and the development of complex ideas through the contributions of scientists with varying personalities and philosophies. Donna has taught at Robert’s School for four years and really enjoys the students and helping them to really understand concepts.
Lauren is a 17-year-old high school senior. She has danced for five years at Impact Dance of Atlanta. She is a member of the studio’s performing company and has performed in many large dance productions. As a member of the Impact Dance crew, Lauren has performed at many community events in the Acworth area. Lauren recently participated in The Pulse Dance Convention and will be attending the renowned Joffrey Jazz and Contemporary Summer Intensive in July. She is interested in pursuing a career in dance performance, dance education, or personal training.
Barry Edelson Email: barryedelson@bellsouth.net Website: none
From Aerosmith to Zeppelin and Beethoven to Buffet, Barry is adept at teaching all styles and at all levels from the beginner to the aspiring professional. A full time educator at both his own studio and at Ken Stanton Music, he has taught over 400 students from ages 5 to 65 to play the guitar.
Barry has over 20 years of playing and teaching experience including gigs with his own bands as well as composing and producing for numerous others in the New York area. He studied formally at the State University level in New York and the Manhattan School of Music with concentrations in performance and composition.
Rebecca received her degree from Wichita State University in KS. She holds a degree in Elementary Education as well as a degree in Middle School History. After teaching for a number of years as both an elementary teacher and a reading specialist, she decided to stay at home with her youngest daughter. She has been teaching in one way or another for the past 15 years. She has been homeschooling her daughter for the past 9 years.
Freya loves kids and loves to teach. Oh, and she loves a lot of other things like Latin, and grammar, and public speaking, and science, and travel. She has her Master of Education degree from Temple University in Philadelphia. She has taught public, private and home schooled students from pre-K through 12th grade for 30 years, including home schooling their own two kids – now married and in, or done, college – from Kindergarten through high school. She has been a freelance reporter for the Sun Sentinel/Chicago Tribune of South Florida, as well as a medical writer for pharmaceutical companies. She has taught and coached public speaking since 1994 taking students to local, state and national competitions. She has her private pilot’s license and participates in the NASA educator program. She speaks Swedish and German and also translates and edits 18th century philosophical and theological Latin texts. After living in South Africa, Sweden and all over the United States, she now lives in Marietta with her husband of 25 years and their rabbit.
Kid Chess is an 8 year old chess instructional company for kids. Our main focus is on keeping the game fun for children while teaching them lessons that are important in life such as sportsmanship, problem solving, critical thinking, concentration, patience, attention span and other skills.
Morgan McFarland Email: morgan@mcfamilies.com Website: none
*Morgan has a BA in English and a MA in Professional Writing. She is a freelance writer/editor, has worked on the editorial staff of an internationally published art magazine, and has published extensively across multiple genres. She spent two years with the Blog2Learn program, a NCLB-funded grant initiative through Kennesaw State University, teaching blogging to public middle and high school teachers and students, and led Blogging 101 and Blogging 102 seminars at SoCon07 and SoCon08. Along with homeschooling her own three children (ages 10, 5, and 2), she teaches writing and blogging classes to homeschooled students.
YES! Youth Engaged in Science, is a Woodstock based educational enrichment program that strives to bring you engaging, hands-on technology classes and competitive team experiences for your children.
Michele Lussier is a graduate of the University of Florida in 1997. She worked for a high tech software company in Boston for almost 8 years, until deciding to stay at home with her 2 boys. Her boys love for LEGO, and her desire to teach lead her to teaching LEGO Robotics classes, which she thoroughly enjoys.
Mary McGowen has been teaching middle school for over 5 years. She graduated Kennesaw State University with her Bachelors of Science in Middle Grades Education with concentrations in Language Arts and Social Studies. In the course of teaching 7th grade students in Cobb County, she earned her teaching certificate in Science, as well, finding out that her first love was teaching Science. Mary has recently earned her Masters from Walden University in Literacy and Learning throughout all Content Areas. She is thrilled to be a part of the YES! team.
Ms. Roberts is Founder/Owner of YES! Youth Engaged in Science. She brings with her an engineering background with a BS, Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, plus computer programming experience. Ms. Roberts also has 9 years of experience coaching and mentoring competitive robotics teams with the FIRST LEGO League (FLL) and FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC). In the last 5 years, Ms. Roberts has also taught STEM classes for YES! in informal settings at many locations.