Teachers and Staff

Tiffany Walker

Head of School

MA, School Administration, Appalachian State University

BA, Elementary Education, Limestone College

BA, Music, Limestone College

Trinity since 1997

Lisa Blecher

Administrative Assistant

BS, Business Administration, Gardner-Webb University

Trinity since 2006

Christina LaFon

Kindergarten

MA, Elementary Ed, Columbia International University

BS, Bible and General Studies – Family & Church Education concentrating in Children’s Ministry, Columbia International University

Taught in various schools in the county

Karen Levinson

1st Grade

BS, Liberty University

Trinity since 2003

Home-schooled her own children for 7 years

Deborah Deck

K/1st Assistant

Western Piedmont Community College

Trinity since 1995

Linda Marlow

2nd Grade

BA, Elementary Education, UNC-A

Trinity since 2001

Buncombe County Schools – 26 years

Denise Smith

3rd Grade

BS, Early Childhood Education

Rutherford County Teacher of the Year 2006-07

James McClure Teaching Award 2007 (included trip to Denmark)

Lauren Crotts

4th Grade

BA, History & Religion, Campbell University

ACSI Certified

Trinity since 2007

Priscilla McBrayer

Priscilla McBrayer

5th Grade

BS, Gardner-Webb University

MA, Gardner-Webb University

Rutherford County Teacher of the Year 2008-09

Mark Palmer

Middle School

BA, Pillsbury Baptist Bible College, Owatanna, MN

M. Ed., Elementary Edu., Bob Jones University

Has taught in MN, OH, TX, and South Korea

Debbie Waters

6th,7th, and 8th Grade Language Arts/ History

B.S. Gardner Webb University

M. Ed., Western Carolina

30+ Years in Rutherford County Schools

Adjunct Instructor at ICC

Elizabeth Parke

P.E.

Health & Physical Education, Lock Haven University

Trinity since 1998

2 years teaching in Pennsylvania

2 years on staff with Student Venture High School (a ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ)

5 years homeschooling her own children

Kelvin Howard

Computers

BA, Multimedia Arts & Science, UNC-Asheville

Minor in Computer Science