Sarah Medlin
Administrator
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Sarah Medlin
Administrator
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit.”
About Me
Education: Lee University, BA in English and SEMO, MA in TESOL
Years at CCA: 2
Previous Experience: High school and middle school English teacher and volleyball coach
Favorite Book: The Best Yes by Lysa TerKeurst
Favorite Color: Orange (Go Big Orange!) and Turquoise
Favorite Food: Chocolate and sweet tea
Hobbies: Reading, traveling, and watching Tennessee football
“See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.”
Kim Mullins
Head of School
Kim Mullins
Head of School
About me
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways submit to him,
and he will make your paths straight.”
- Education: UT Martin, Elementary Education
- Years at CCA: 21
- Previous Experience: Retail during school years
- Favorite Book: Anything by Karen Kingsbury
- Favorite Color: Green
- Favorite Food: Steak
- Hobbies: Reading and swimming
“Stand up for what is right, even if you’re standing alone.”
Jen Grow
Curriculum Coordinator
Jen Grow
Curriculum Coordinator
About me
- Previous Experience: Homeschool Mom and Women's Ministry Leader
- Years at CCA: 2
- Favorite Book: Persuasion by Jane Austen
- Favorite Color: Green
- Favorite Restaurant: Asia Garden
- Hobbies: Reading, writing, and inductive Bible study
“When I am afraid, I put my trust in You. In God, whose word I praise—in God I trust and am not afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?”
Teresa Evans
Finance Manager
Teresa Evans
Finance Manager
about me:
Family: Gerald (husband), daughters Erika Smith (Adam) and Emily Renfroe (Justin), and grandson Sawyer Smith
Years at CCA: First Year
Previous Experience: Dyersburg State Community College (12 years), Dennis Joplin Company, LLC (11 years), First Citizens National Bank (12 years)
Hobbies: Spending time with family, especially my grandson Sawyer
“ The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
”
Whitney Melugin
Office Manager
Whitney Melugin
Office Manager
about me:
- Years at CCA: First Year
- Family: Dax (husband) and Aiden (son)
- Previous Experience: Stay-at-Home Mom
- Favorite Book: Uninvited by Lysa Terkeurst
- Favorite Color: Pink
- Favorite Food: Pasta
- Hobbies: Working in the yeard, running, and working out
“I can do all things through Him who gives me strength.”
Michelle Orr
Pre-K 3
Michelle Orr
Pre-K 3
About me
- Family: John David (husband), Zoey (daughter), and Braden (son)
- Years at CCA: 5 years
- Previous Experience:
- Computer teacher
- PE teacher
- Favorite Book: Little Women
- Favorite Color: Purple
- Favorite Food: Italian
- Hobbies: Reading, going to the lake, antique shopping, and watching movies
“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”
Melinda Isbell
Pre-K 4
Melinda Isbell
Pre-K 4
About me:
- Education: University of Memphis (B.A. Sociology)
- Years at CCA: 4
- Previous Experience:
- Preschool Teacher
- Substitute Teacher
- Office Manager at CCA
- Mommy
- Favorite Book: A Painted House by John Grisham
- Favorite Restaurant: Shogun
- Hobbies: Reading, Singing, Painting
“If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.”
Gretchen Nichols
Pre-K Aide
Gretchen Nichols
Pre-K Aide
About ME:
- Family: Corey (husband) and Bayley (daughter)
- Other Experience: Veterinarian Assistant
- Years at CCA: 2
- Hobbies: Anything crafty
- Favorite Food: Chocolate and coffee
- Favorite Color: Purple
- Love Language: Quality Time
“The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.”
Pam Younger
Kindergarten
Pam Younger
Kindergarten
About me:
“I can do everything through him who gives me strength.”
- Years at CCA: 4
- Previous Experience: Supervisor- Colonial DPP (30 years)
- Favorite Book: Anything Karen Kingsbury
- Favorite Color: Orange
- Favorite Restaurant: Cracker Barrel
- Hobbies: Reading; playing with my grandson, Luke Mullins
Angie McNichols
1st Grade
Angie McNichols
1st Grade
About me:
- Years at CCA: First Year
- Education: BA in Early Childhood Education from ASU
- Previous Experience: 20 years of service in the military and 15 years teaching elementary school (primarily Christian education)
- Favorite Book: The Bible and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
- Favorite Color: Arkansas Razorback red
- Favorite Restaurant: Cracker Barrel
- Hobbies: Hiking, bike riding, being outdoors, and traveling
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call on Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you”
Sarah Deere
2nd Grade
Sarah Deere
2nd Grade
about me:
- Education: Bachelor of Education (Mississippi State University)
- Previous Experience: 7 Years of Teaching
- Years at CCA: 3
- Favorite Books: The Harry Potter Series
- Favorite Color: Blue
- Favorite Food: My mom's homemade ice cream
- Hobbies: Drawing, painting, and listening to books
- Children: Grace, Lilly, and Connor
“No one is perfect; that’s why pencils have erasers.”
Hannah Shope
3rd Grade
Hannah Shope
3rd Grade
About Me
- Education: Lee University, BA in Music (emphasis in piano)
- Years at CCA: First Year
- Favorite Book: Persuasion by Jane Austen
- Favorite Color: Sea green
- Favorite Food: Eggs and toast
- Hobbies: Music, traveling, reading, and hiking
- Interesting Facts: I was classically educated from Pre-K through high school, I have a twin brother, and I have visited 36 of the 50 states.
“Whom have I in heaven but You? And earth has nothing I desire besides You. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my hear and my portion forever.”
Kelly Grills-Brown
4th Grade Language Arts, Nitor, & Aftercare
Kelly Grills-Brown
4th Grade Language Arts, Nitor, & Aftercare
About me
- Education: UT Martin, English major with an emphasis in Literature
- Years at CCA: 5
- Previous Experience: Dyersburg State English Adjunct and Tutor- 6 years
- Favorite Book: Historical fiction
- Favorite Color(s): Blue and Purple
- Favorite Restaurant(s): El Patio and Sake
- Hobbies: Singing and being with family
“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.”
Meagan McGuire
Middle School Math
Meagan McGuire
Middle School Math
About me:
- Education: Ed.D in Instruction and Curriculum Leadership from University of Memphis, M.Ed. from Arkansas State University, B.S. in Education from UT Martin, and A.A. in Secondary Education from Dyersburg State Community College
- Years at CCA: First Year
- Previous Experience: Classroom teacher for 10 years teaching 6th-12th grade mathematics
- Family: Tyler (husband) and Henry (son)
- Church Home: FCC
- Interesting Fact: We live on a mini-farm where we raise chickens and goats
“Who dares to teach must never cease to learn”
Ginger Smith
Middle School History & Literature
Ginger Smith
Middle School History & Literature
About me:
- Education: UT-Martin (B.S. Education), Union University (M.Ed.)
- Years at CCA: 7
- Previous Experience: 11 years of teaching before coming to CCA
- Favorite Bible Passage: Proverbs 31:10-31
- Favorite Book: Ruth
- Favorite Colors: Blues and Greens
- Favorite Restaurant: Longhorn
- Hobbies: Reading, drawing, painting, boating, and watching movies when I am not chasing and playing with my son
Trevor Sewell
Middle School Bible & Science
Trevor Sewell
Middle School Bible & Science
about me:
- Education: BA--Music in Christian Studies from Union University; anticipates completing Masters in Divinity from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary in 2019
- Years at CCA: First Year
- Other Experience: Pastor at Zion Hill Baptist Church
- Favorite Books: The Bible and To Kill a Mockingbird
- Favorite Colors: Red, white, and blue
- Favorite Food: Tomatoes
- Hobbies: Traveling with my family, spending time outdoors, and watching Alabama football
“Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—His good, pleasing and perfect will.”
Bob Dennison
Middle School ELA, Latin, & Logic
Bob Dennison
Middle School ELA, Latin, & Logic
“Life is 10 percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you respond to it.”
About me:
- Education: Cricton College; Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary
- Degrees: B.S. Church Ministry, M. Div.
- Years at CCA: 9
- Previous/Current Experience:
- Pastor (current)
- Student Ministry (9 years)
- After-School/Day Camp Director (8 years)
- Favorite Book: Anything C.S. Lewis
- Favorite Color: Is there another color besides UT Vol orange?
- Favorite Restaurant: Red Lobster
- Hobbies: Spending time with my family and God's people; doing anything connected to UT Vol football or St. Louis baseball; torturing children with Latin
- My Greatest Joys: My lovely wife of 25 years, Stephanie; seeing someone embrace Christ as Lord and Savior; watching my son become a man; seeing the light come on when a student understands something
“But God demonstrated His love toward us in that while we were still sinners Christ loved us.”
Denise Fisher
PE
Denise Fisher
PE
“The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.”
About Me:
- Years at CCA: 6
- Previous Experience:
- Stay at Home Mom
- Strength Class Instructor at YMCA
- Finance Manager at CCA
- Favorite Color: Red
- Favorite Food: Pizza
- Hobbies: Running, spending time at the lakehouse, and gardening
Katie King
Excelsior & Nitor
Katie King
Excelsior & Nitor
About Me
- Education: Union University (BA Christian Studies)
- Years at CCA: 2
- Previous Experience: Forrest City School District, Arkansas
- Favorite Book: Same Kind of Different As Me by Ron Hall & What Difference Do I Make? by Denver Moore
- Favorite Color: Cerulean Blue
- Favorite Restaurant: Longhorn Steakhouse
- Hobbies: Spending time with my family, reading to my children, exercising, and volunteering
“Wisdom is supreme - so get wisdom. And whatever else you get, get understanding.”
Lea Rhodes
Art & Library
Lea Rhodes
Art & Library
About me:
- Education: UT-Martin (B.S. Family and Consumer Sciences, Education with a Minor in Business)
- Years at CCA: 4
- Favorite Book: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
- Favorite Food: Shrimp
- Hobbies: traveling and spending quality time with my family
Bob Schlabach
Band Director
Bob Schlabach
Band Director
About me
- Education: Illinois State University (Master of Music Ed.), Western Illinois University (6th year in Administration)
- Years at CCA: 22
- Previous Experience:
- Band Director at Augusta High School, IL
- Band Director at Brown Co. High School, IL
- Band Director and Music Supervisor at Macomb High School, IL
- Music Supervisor at Sterling Rock Falls High School, IL
- Favorite Book: The Chronicles of Narnia, by C.S. Lewis
- Favorite Color: Blue
- Favorite Food: Catfish
- Favorite Restaurants: China Star and Lupos
- Hobbies: Golf, basketball, and baseball
“Jesus love me this I know. For the Bible tells me so. Little ones to Him belong. They are weak but He is strong.”
Sarah Jean
General Music, Recorder, & Choir
Sarah Jean
General Music, Recorder, & Choir
About me:
- Education: Bethel University
- Degree: B.S. Music and Business
- Years at CCA: 8
- Current Experience:
- Piano Teacher
- Music Director at Church
- Favorite Color: Red
- Favorite Restaurant: China Star
- Hobbies: Creative Art
- Favorite Book: I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew, by Dr. Seuss
“Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.”
Randal Butler
Focus Worship Leader
Randal Butler
Focus Worship Leader
about me:
- Years at CCA: 2
- Family: Renee (wife), Miracle (daughter), Judah and Jaxon (sons)
- Other Experience: Worship Leader at First Christian Church
- Favorite Book: The Book of Job (especially Chapters 38-42)
- Favorite Color: Yellow
- Favorite Food: Sushi (any kind and every kind)
“This is a trustworthy saying, and everyone should accept it: ‘Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners’—and I am the worst of them all.”
Minnie Fleming
Transportation
Minnie Fleming
Transportation
About me:
- Years at CCA: 1`2
- Previous Experience: Lauderdale County School Bus Driver (20 years)
- Favorite Book: the Bible
- Favorite Colors: Pink and Beige
- Favorite Food and Restaurant: Salad Bar at Olympic Steakhouse
- Hobbies: Cooking and Planting Flowers & Vegetables
“Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
Brooke Previtt
Facilities Manager
Brooke Previtt
Facilities Manager
About Me:
- Years at CCA: 2
- Family: Sons--Levi and Brock
- Previous Experience: Daycare Teacher
- Favorite Book: Twilight series
- Favorite Color: Purple
- Favorite Restaurant: TGI Friday's
- Hobbies: Painting and reading
“God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day.”