FACULTY
Our faculty at Maryville Christian School is a talented group of professionals who serve faithfully in this ministry. They have an average of 16 years of teaching experience and possess college degrees along with teaching credentials. Most importantly, they have two things in common. First, they are devoted followers of Jesus Christ and show a deep love for Him in their ministry here. Second, they have a love for students and are committed to the success of each and everyone. As a result, you walk around the MCS campus and see a relationship among faculty and students you may may not find elsewhere. MCS is a close knit community of people who genuinely care about each other.
Administration
Glenn Slater
Administrator
Mr. Slater holds a bachelor's degree and two master's degrees from East Texas State University. He is certified by ACSI as both a teacher and an administrator. Mr. Slater began his career in education in 1979 and came to MCS in July 2002. His life verse is I Peter 5:6: "Humble yourselves, therefore under God's mighty hand, that He may lift you up in due time."
Robin Adams 
Elementary Principal
Mrs. Adams holds a bachelor's degree from Carson Newman College and a master's degree from The University of Tennessee. She began teaching in 1982 and joined MCS in August 2000. She has attained the Tennessee Career Ladder III, was a 1993 C.A.R.E. Educator Nominee, received a Blount County Education Foundation and Chamber of Commerce Grant, and is certified by ACSI. Mrs. Adams' life verse is Romans 8:38-39: "For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."
Jackie Klima
Middle & High School Principal
Mrs. Klima has a bachelor's degree from North Carolina State and a master's degree from Tennessee Temple University. She is certified by ACSI. Mrs. Klima has been in education since 1977 and came to MCS in August 2001. Her life verse is Philippians 1:20-21: "According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life or by death. For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain."
Pre-School
Pre-School Teacher
Mrs. Powell holds a bachelor's degree from The University of Tennessee and a master's degree from Liberty University. She has been working in the pre-school field since 1996 and joined MCS in 2004. Her life verse is Galatians 2:20: "I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me."
Carol Evans 
Pre-School Teacher
Mrs. Evans holds a bachelor's degree in Elementary education from Maryville College. She served overseas with the International Mission Board from August 1998 through July 2005. She joined MCS in November, 2007. Her life verse is Micah 6: 8: "He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?"
Heather Newberry
Mrs. Newberry holds a bachelor's degree from California State. She began her teaching career in 1999 and joined MCS in August, 2006. Her life verse is Deuteronomy 6: 5: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your strength."
Karen Pietzyk 
Teaching Assistant
Mrs. Pietzyk joined MCS in August 2006. Her life verse is James 1: 2-4: "Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance, and let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing."
Paula Toombs 
Teaching Assistant
Mrs. Toombs holds a bachelor's degree in Elementary education from Carson Newman College. She began her teaching career in 1992 and joined MCS in 2006. Her life verse is Matthew 4: 16: "Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father in Heaven."
Elementary
Donna Browning
Administrative Assistant
Mrs. Browning completed high school in Orlando, Florida and graduated from Orange County Vocational Tech, where she received certification in a dental program. She came to work at MCS in August 1997. Her life verse is Isaiah 41: 10: "Fear not, for I am with you, be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my victorious right hand."
Barbara McClellan
Kindergarten
Mrs. McClellan holds a bachelor's degree from St. Cloud University and is certified by ACSI. She began teaching in 1969 and came to MCS when the school opened in August 1994. Her life verse is 2 Corinthians 5:7, 9: "For we walk by faith, not by sight. Therefore we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to him."
Traci Jennings
Kindergarten
Mrs. Jennings holds a bachelor's degree from Maryville College. She began her teaching career in 1992 and joined MCS in 2004. Her life verse is Proverbs 3: 5-6: "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; And lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct thy paths."
Wendy Coppedge
Mrs. Coppedge holds a bachelor's degree from Tenessee Wesleyan and a master's degree from Tennessee Tech. She began her teaching career in 1995 and joined MCS in August, 2006. Her life verse is Matthew 11: 28-29: "Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls."
Tracy Moreno
1st Grade
Mrs. Moreno holds a bachelor's degree from Pensacola Christian College. She started her teaching career in 1999 and came to MCS in August 2008. Mrs. Moreno's life verse is Mark 11:22: "And Jesus answering saith unto them; have faith in God."Mechelle McCampbell
Teaching Assistant
Mrs. McCampbell came to MCS in August of 2008. Her life verse is Proverbs 3: 5-6: "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths."
Martha Carolyn Ward
2nd Grade
Mrs. Ward holds a bachelor's degree from The University of Tennessee. She has been teaching since 1989 and came to MCS in August 2000. Mrs. Ward's life verse is Proverbs 3: 5-6: "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths."
Laura Hall
SLP Coordinator
Mrs. Hall holds a bachelor's degree from Carson Newman College and a master's degree from Nova Southeastern University. She has been in education for 6 years and came to MCS in August of 2009. Her life verse is Jeremiah 29:11: "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 a hope and a future."
Leanne Caldwell
Teaching Assistant
Mrs. Caldwell joined MCS in August 2005. Her life verse is Psalm 19:14: " Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer."
Ashlee Ivens
3rd Grade
Mrs. Ivens has bachelor's degree from Tennessee Wesleyan College. She began her teaching career in 2008 and joined MCS in August 2009. Her life verse is Proverbs 31:30: "Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the Lord shall be praised."
Ann Redmond
3rd Grade
Mrs. Redmond is a graduate of Birmingham Southern College and is certified by ACSI. She began teaching in 1978 and joined MCS in August 1999. Mrs. Redmond's life verse is Lamentations 3:22-23: "Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness."
Pam Ivens
4th - 6th Grades
Mrs. Ivens holds a bachelor's degree from The University of Tennessee and is certified by ACSI. She has been teaching since 1982 and came to MCS when it opened in August 1994. Her life verse is Philippians 4:13: "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."
Shelley Wilkerson
4th - 6th Grades
Mrs. Wilkerson holds a bachelor's degree from Carson Newman College and a master's degree from The University of Tennessee. She has 2 1/2 years of teaching experience and came to MCS in August of 2008. Her life verse is Romans 12:2: "And be not conformed to this world, but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good, acceptable, and perfect will of God."
4th - 6th Grades
Mrs. Reed holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Tennessee Martin and a master's degree from Lincoln Memorial University. She has two years of teaching experience and joined MCS in August 2009. Her life verse is Psalm 25: 4-5: "Show me your ways, O Lord, teach me in your paths; guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in You all day long."
Beth Armstrong
4th - 6th Grades
Mrs. Armstrong holds a bachelor's degree from Maryville College and is certified by ACSI. She began her teaching career at MCS in September 1997. Mrs. Armstrong's life verse is Jeremiah 29:11: "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end."
Sharon Mitchell
4th - 6th Grades
Ms. Mitchell holds a bachelor's degree from The University of Southern Mississippi and a master's degree from William Carey College. She had 25 years of teaching experience when she came to MCS in August of 2008. Her life verse is Ephesians 2:8: "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith - and this is not from yourselves, it is a gift of God - not by works, so that no one can boast."
Amy Lingerfelt
Librarian, M/S Technology
Mrs. Lingerfelt holds a bachelor's degree from Pensacola Christian College and a master's degree from The University of Tennessee. She also is certified by ACSI. She began teaching in 1993 and came to MCS in August 1997. Her life verse is Lamentations 3:22-23: "It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning: Great is thy faithfulness."
Beth Clark
Clinic Coordinator
Mrs. Clark is a Registered Nurse and has received an Associate of Applied Science degree from Regents College. She joined MCS in October, 2005. Her life verse is Psalm 37:4: "Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart."
Kim Burroughs
His Kids PE Assistant Teacher & M/S Girls PE
Mrs. Burroughs joined MCS in August 2008. She has three years experience with the His Kids PE Program. Her life verse is Psalm 27:4: "One thing I ask of the Lord, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord, and to seek Him in His temple."
Michael Bradam
Instrumental Music/Elementary Music
Mr. Bradam has a bachelor's degree in music from Maryville College and has been teaching since 1990. He joined MCS in August of 2005. Mr. Bradam's life verse is Matthew 11: 28: "Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."
Ruth Brakebill
Guidance Counselor
Mrs. Brakebill holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Tennessee and a master's degree from Lincoln Memorial University. She has been in education since 1979 and joined MCS in 2004. Her life verse is Psalm 90:12: "So teach us to number our days that we may present to You a heart of wisdom."
Sherry Dale
9th Grade Wellness, Christian Living
Mrs. Dale holds a bachelor's degree from Bellhaven College. She has been teaching for 5 1/2 years and began teaching at MCS in August 2008. Her life verses are Psalm 27:4: "Living in His presence every day of my life." and Psalm 61:8: "I'll be the poet who sings your glory and live what I sing every day."
Julie DeBusk 
History, World Geography
Mrs. DeBusk holds a bachelor's degree from Pensacola Christian College and is certified by ACSI. She has been teaching since 1993 and came to MCS in August 1996. Her life verse is James 1:19-20: "Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God."
Angela DeLozier
Geometry, Calculus, Algebra 2, Stats
Mrs. DeLozier holds a bachelor's degree from Maryville College and a master's degree from the University of Tennessee. She has been teaching since 1989 and came to MCS in August 2007. Her life verse is John 21:17 -18: "He saith unto him the the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep."
Rick Denton
Science, Physical Science, Bible, Boys PE
Mr. Denton holds a bachelor's degree from Vanguard University, a master's degree and a Th.D from International Bible College & Seminary. He began his teaching career in 2000 and joined MCS in August, 2006. His life verse is 2 Corinthians 6:17: "Therefore, come out from among them and be seperate, says the Lord."
Allison England
Art, Elementary PE & Technology
Mrs. England holds a bachelor's degree from Maryville College. She had seven years of teaching experience before she came to MCS in August 2008. Her life verse is Jeremiah 33:3: "Call unto me and I will answer thee and show thee great and mighty things which thou knowest not."
Jeff Evans
Pre-Algebra, Algebra, Math, 7th & 8th Grade Bible
Mr. Evans holds an associate's degree from Pellissippi State and a bachelor's degree from Carson Newman College. He had three years experience in teaching before he came to MCS in August 2008. His life verse is 2 Corinthians 4: 3-6: "And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so they might not see the light of the gospel of Christ, who is the image of God. For we do not preach ourselves but Christ Jesus as Lord and ourselves as your bond-servants for Jesus' sake."
Jan Gore
English, Yearbook
Ms. Gore holds a bachelor's degree from Tennessee Temple University and is certified by ACSI. She began teaching in 1979 and came to MCS in August 1998. Her life verse is Isaiah 41:13: "For I am the Lord, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, ‘Do not fear; I will help you.'"
Deborah Hampton
English, Elementary tutoring
Mrs. Hampton holds a bachelor's degree and a master's degree from Morehead State University and has been teaching since 1974. She joined MCS in August of 2005. Mrs. Hampton's life verse is Philippians 4: 4-8: "Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God that transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. Finally brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable - if anything is excellent or praise worthy - think about such things."
Gerry Klima
Physics, Pre-Calculus
Mr. Klima holds a bachelor's degree from Carson-Newman College and a master's degree from Oglethorpe University. He began his teaching career in 2001 and joined MCS in August, 2006. His life verse is 1 Peter 3:15: "But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts; and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear."
Fred Lindstrom
Auto Mechanics
Mr. Lindstrom holds an associate degree from Pellissippi State Community College. He has been with MCS since 2000 and began teaching in 2004. His life verse is 1 Corn. 9:24: " Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize."
Phil Reynolds
Spanish, Bible
Mr. Reynolds holds a master's degree from Reformed Theological Seminary and has been in the teaching field since 2001. He joined MCS in November 2004. Mr. Reynolds' life verses are Hebrews 1: 3a: "And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power." and John 1:18: "No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten God who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him."
Maria Toncray
Advanced Biology, Biology Honors, Biology
Mrs. Toncray holds a bachelor's degree from Ohio Dominican College. She has 15 years experience working in a medical laboratory. She came to MCS in August of 2008. Her life verse is Romans 8:28: "I am assured and know that God being a partner in my labor all things work together and are fitting into a plan for good to and for me because I love God and I'm called according to His design and purpose."
Debbie Wright
Pre-Algebra, Algebra
Mrs. Wright holds a bachelor's degree from Tennessee Tech University. She began her teaching career in 1993 and came to MCS in August 2009. Her life verse is Proverbs 3: 5-6: " Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowlege Him, and He will make your paths straight."