Meet Our Faculty and Staff

Mountain Area Christian Academy in Morganton, GA is a Christian school that offers Christ–centered and Biblically based educational programs. Please read more about our knowledgeable faculty.

Administrators

Steve Shamblin Administrator Athletic Director	Certifications: MS Educational Leadership from Regent University Bachelor of Science from Palm Beach Atlantic Georgia Association of Christian Schools Athletic Director sshamblin@macalions.org
Nikki Shamblin, P.C.E.T. Assistant Administrator Principal	Certifications: MS Education - Curriculum & Instruction Columbia International University Bachelor of English/Psychology from Palm Beach Atlantic Georgia Association of Christian Schools Professional Certified Educational Therapist of the National Institute for Learning Development nshamblin@macalions.org

Elementary Faculty

Debbie Schmidt Elementary Principal	Certifications: B.S. Multidisciplinary Studies Liberty University GACS Certification: Professional Started at Mountain Area Christian Academy: 2017 dschmidt@macalions.org
Amy Harbison Kindergarten Child Development Associate aharbison@macalions.org	Diana Tarpley 1st Grade Associates Early Childhood Education North Georgia Tech GACS Certification: Started at Mountain Area Christian Academy : 2019 dtarpley@macalions.org	Brooklyn Christopher 2nd Grade B.A. Early Childhood Ed Brenau University GACS Certification: Professional Started at Mountain Area Christian Academy: 2019 bchristopher@macalions.org
Debbie Black 3rd Grade B.A. Elementary Education Louisiana Baptist University GACS Certification: Professional Started at Mountain Area Christian Academy: 2010 dblack@macalions.org	Brenda Crawford 4th Grade B.S. Education Brenau University Certification: GACS Professional Started at Mountain Area Christian Academy: 2014 bcrawford@macalions.org	Ashley Champion 5th Grade B.S. Early Childhood, Dalton State College GACS Certification: Professional Started at Mountain Area Christian Academy: 2017 achampion@macalions.org
Deborah Schmidt 6th Grade B.S. Multidisciplinary Studies Liberty University GACS Certification: Professional Started at Mountain Area Christian Academy: 2017 dschmidt@macalions.org	Hailey Disher Special Education GACS Certification: Started at Mountain Area Christian Academy: 2019 hdisher@macalions.org	Tina Hayes Special Education Help Class MS Education - Governors University Certification: Started at Mountain Area Christian Academy: 2019 thayes@macalions.org

Middle/High School Faculty

Ryan St. Hillaire College Algebra, Pre-Algebra, Algebra II GACS Certification: Started at Mountain Area Christian Academy: 2019 rsthillaire@macalions.org	Stephanie Nickerson B.S. Psychology/Child Development Appalachian State University GACS Certification: Provisional Started at Mountain Area Christian Academy: 2016 snickerson@macalions.org	Jan Jones MS & HS History B.A. Science Ed (History minor) Georgia Southwestern GACS Certification: Professional Started at Mountain Area Christian Academy: 2007 jjones@macalions.org
Rachel Jones ACCEL English, High School Spanish I & II Art/Drawing Senior Class Advisor Fine Arts Coordinator BA in English Lit w/minor in Spanish Language, North Georgia College and State University MA in Teaching with Literature Concentration from NGCSU GACS Certification: Professional Started at Mountain Area Christian Academy: 2011 rjones@macalions.org	Thomas Shamblin B.A. Christian Studies Middle School Bible, Physical Education, Weight Training GACS Certification: Professional Started at Mountain Area Christian Academy: 2016 tshamblin@macalions.org	Alan Lutz English 8, English 9, English 10, English 11-12, Music Theory, High School Boys Bible B.A. Spanish Education Butler University MA Divinity Pastoral Studies Covenant Seminary GACS Certification: Started at Mountain Area Christian Academy: 2019 alutz@macalions.org
	Senior Master Sergeant Harold Bargeron  C.J.R.O.T.C. U.S. Airforce U.S. Marines hbargeron@macalions.org

Pre-school Faculty

DeGina Scoggins, CDA Pre-K Director dscoggins@macalions.org	Jessica Peardon K-1 Lead Teacher jpeardon@macalions.org	Whitney Dyer Associates Early Childhood Education K-2 Lead Teacher wdyer@macalions.org
Chrystal Tanner Pre-K3 Lead Teacher ctanner@macalions.org	Melony Tipton Pre-K3 Lead Teacher mtipton@macalions.org	Kelly Garrett Pre-K4 Lead Teacher kgarrett@macalions.org
Amber Collins K-1 Assistant	Brittany Holloway K-2 Assistant	Jennifer Beavers K-3 Assistant
Mamie Thomas K-3 Assistant	John Ramsey K-4 Assistant Older Aftercare	Edie Cook Housekeeping

Related Arts Faculty

Alicia Woody Elementary Spanish awoody@macalions.org		Andrea Woody Special Needs Aid		Heather Earley Elementary Computer, Library, P.E. & Art hearley@macalions.org

Support Staff

Dana Martin Cafeteria Manager	James Cook Janitorial	Jessica Allen Cafeteria Assistant
Jeffie Barnes Director of Finance jbarnes@macalions.org	Gail Brown Registrar gbrown@macalions.org	Kayla Stanford Secretary Fundraising Coordinator kstanford@macalions.org
Chris Scoggins Development Director Maintenance cscoggins@macalions.org	Joanna Kirkpatrick Office Assistant jkirkpatrick@macalions.org

Job Openings

Mountain Area Christian Academy prides itself on the high quality education it offers its students. To that end, we seek qualified individuals who have the knowledge, skills and abilities to provide a solid education from a Christian perspective.

Mountain Area Christian Academy is an equal opportunity employer. It is the policy of MACA not to discriminate on the basis of age, race, gender, national origin, handicap or religion in its employment. A criminal background check is required for all new employees.

If you are interested in applying, please download either a teacher's packet or a non-teaching packet and mail it to:

Administrator
Mountain Area Christian Academy
14090 Old Hwy. 76
Morganton, GA 30560

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