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Northstar Academy

A fully accredited private online
Christian school for grades 4-12

NSA Staff & Faculty Roster

Meet The Administrators

Stephanie Shafer

Executive Director
Katie Ahmadzai Introduction

Katie Ahmadzai

Principal

Michelle Wigginton

Business Administrator

Jeff Walters

IT Administrator

Chuck Deitch

Administrative Director of School Programs

Nancy Nolin

Assistant Principal

Allen Hester

Spiritual Life Director

Scott Berggren

Dean of Students

Bethany Walker

Curriculum Director

Kathy McKinney

Affiliate Program Coordinator

Meet The Support Staff

Katie Ahmadzai

Curriculum Support

Jessica Armstrong

Communications & Development Coordinator

Tasha Calvin

Sr. Academic Advisor

Miranda Carlton

Receptionist

Megan Carpenter

Sr. Academic Advisor

Presley Casto

Marketing & Creative Coordinator

Cathy Cornelison

Affiliate Liaison

Angie Davis

Registrar

Patty Farrer

Educational Technology Specialist

Jason Harvel

IT Support Technician
Lindsey Hays Introduction

Lindsey Hays

Curriculum Support
John Heaton Introduction

John Heaton

Curriculum Support Specialist
Sarah Ketchum Introduction

Sarah Ketchum

Curriculum Support

Shea Marshall

Curriculum Support Specialist

Amy Peterman

Curriculum Support Specialist

Anna Rogers

Administrative and Finance Liaison

Kimberly Smith

Student Success Coach

Dr. Seana Sundermeyer

Curriculum Support

Tina Tandy

Office Administrator

Kristi Velasquez

Student Community Coordinator

Meet The Faculty

NSA Courses and Teachers list available here

Katie Ahmadzai

Mathematics

Eric Alfrey

Bible & Worldview

Alison Allen

Language Arts

Linda Anderson

Language Arts, College & Career

Robin Arnaud

College & Career

Azmat Ayub

Science

Courtnie Bagley

Social Studies

Dr. Joey Beeson

Social Studies, College & Career

Sarah Beeson

Physical Education & Health

Katy Beirne

Science

Ronald Bellamy

Science

Patty Blanchard

Science

Kelsey Bobo

Language Arts

Allyson Brigance

Language Arts

Allison Burdashaw

Health, Science, Social Studies

Michael Burgett

Science & Electives

Rhoda Burgett

Language Arts

Melanie Caffee

Language Arts, Fine Arts

James Carpenter

Computer & Electronics

Susan Carreño

Languages

Dr. Bill Carroll

Bible & Worldview, Social Studies

Tricia Chantnicki

Mathematics

Katherine Clark

Social Studies

Diana Clay

Languages

Cathy Cornelison

Elementary

Mark Cornelison

Bible & Worldview

Susan Cox

Social Studies, Language Arts

Joyce Deer

Mathematics

Melyndee Dewey

English, College & Career

Jana Dickman

Science

Jan Dillak

Computer & Electronics, Fine Arts

Kammy Downs

Fine Arts

Katie Dunlap

Elementary

Stephanie Ann Foster

Language Arts, Fine Arts

Teresa Fouts

Mathematics

Arelis Gil

Social Studies

Nicole Hall

Science

Jason Harvel

Bible

Lindsey Hays

Mathematics

John Heaton

Social Studies

Fred Heppding

Bible, Social Studies

Corey Horn

Fine Arts

Pam Horneck

Bible, College & Career

Pam Hutcherson

Social Studies & Math

Larry Jones

Science, College & Career

Sarah Ketchum

Social Studies

Ashlee Kimani

Social Studies

Heather Klassen

Science

Cheryl Klinker

Fine Arts

Amber Knapp

Mathematics

Stacy Lasonde

American Sign Language

MC LeGrande

Social Studies & Language Arts

Rebecca McAllister

Social Studies

Kathy McKinney

Language Arts

Brittany Mee

Social Studies

April Meyer

Language Arts

Lisa Miller

Social Studies

Shauna Mingus

Languages, College & Career, Fine Arts

Allison Moffett

Social Studies

Melissa Moreno

Mathematics, College & Career

Emily Nichols

Language Arts

Nancy Nolin

Science

Debbie Nordman

Elementary, Bible & Worldview

Robin Parsons

Languages (Spanish)

Kandi Permann

Fine Arts, Science

Amy Peterman

Language Arts

David Petersons

Fine Arts

Jennifer Rathmell

Psychology

Amy Rigall

Fine Arts, Social Studies

Amber Robinson

Mathematics

Laura Schubert

Elementary, Mathematics

Stephen Schuch

Mathematics

Amy Simmons

Language Arts

Dr. Seana Sundermeyer

Language Arts, Bible & Worldview

Dan Tucker

Mathematics

Kristi Velasquez

College & Career

Allene Vinzant

Latin

Anita Walters

Social Studies

Sarah Watts

Languages

Ashley Webb

Science

Karen Willis

Fine Arts

Hermione Zhang

Languages