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Fear Center for Inquiry |
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| Administration |
Brian
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Mr.
Corrigan, Director of CFCI, came to the school this summer from
Searsport District Middle School in Maine. He was the Principal
of the 6-8 Middle School for three years and Dean of Students and
Athletic Director for the High School and the Middle School in Searsport
for one year. Previous to this experience he was a High School Science
Teacher for 8 years. More...
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| Kathy
Rettig, Business Operations Coordinator|
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Kathy
Rettig joined the new CFCI Administrative team as Business Operations
Coordinator in July 2008. Born
in Boulder Colorado, Kathy holds degrees in Accounting and Management
Information Systems from the University of Arizona. More.... |
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| Michael
Zentmeyer, Human Resource Coordinator | e-mail |
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Michael
Zentmeyer comes to CFCI with 32 years experience working in public
schools in New Hanover County. He was an elementary grade teacher,
peer evaluator and, for the past 13 years, an elementary school
principal.
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| Lori
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Ms.
Underwood comes to CFCI this year from South Brunswick Middle School
where she served as a Curriculum Specialist and Algebra 1 teacher.
Before that, Ms. Underwood taught 6th, 7th, and 8th grade math at
Leland Middle School. More....
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| Pam
O'Dell, Front Office Administrator | e-mail
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Pam
is our front office administrator and maintains student records,
handles telephone calls, attendance, visitors, student applications,
lottery, enrollment and various other duties. She came to CFCI in
January 2003. More....
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| Sara
Johnson, Secretary | e-mail |
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Sara
is our part-time office assistant, who aids Pam O’Dell, our
front office administrative assistant, with a variety of duties. Sara
came to CFCI the end of August 2003. More....
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Kindergarten/1st
Grade Teachers |
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| Joanne
Brinkley | e-mail |
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Joanne
Brinkley has been teaching for 14 years. She taught for four years
in Duplin County. While there, she was trained as a Reading Recovery
teacher and taught at risk first graders for three years. After
moving back to Wilmington, she taught first grade for four years
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| Beth
Carter | e-mail |
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Beth
Carter was one of the founding teachers at CFCI, and is teaching
kindergarten this year – her 8th at CFCI. She doesn’t
usually reveal how many years she has taught elsewhere, but has
enjoyed all of them, teaching at the college level, third grade,
first grade, and preschool.
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| Samantha
DePrisco | e-mail |
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Samantha
DePrisco is a native of Waverly, Virginia. She graduated in 2001 from
Randolph-Macon College with a degree in Sociology and Studio Art.
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| René
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Kindergarten/1st
grade teacher René has many connections to CFCI. She is one
of the co-founders of the school, a CFCI Board member, and the mother
two children enrolled at the school.
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2nd/3rd
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| Harden
Barker | e-mail |
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Harden
joined the 2/3 loop in 2004 after teaching 5th grade for 5 years.
Harden loves being part of the CFCI community because of the school’s
social curriculum and the student-centered learning. More... |
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Michele
came to CFCI after teaching at Williston Middle School. She taught
three years at the 6th and 7th grade levels. More..
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| Cyndi
O'Brien | e-mail |
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Cyndi
taught at Invin Avenue Open Elementary School in Charlotte for 12
years in multiage classrooms. She was one of the founders of Community
Charger School in Charlotte and taught there for four years.
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| Jan
Tremon-Jenkins | e-mail |
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Jan
Tremon-Jenkins has been in education and teaching in the public schools,
and various colleges for 28 years. Presently, she is getting certified
in Brain Gym. More...
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4th/5th
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| Arden
Gaddy| e-mail |
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A
Wilmington native, I graduated from New Hanover High School in 1983.
I attended the University of North Carolina at Wilmington until 1986
when I got married. More... |
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| Nancy
Kachadurian |e-mail |
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Nancy
Kachadurian is a native of Rhode Island. She moved to Wilmington in
1995 where she earned her degree in Elementary Education and Sociology.
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| Lori
Benazzi | e-mail |
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Lori
and her new husband James moved to Wilmington in June 2008. She relocated
from her hometown of Glen Cove, New York. Lori attended Long Island
University, receiving her Bachelor’s degrees in Elementary Education
and her Master’s degree in Special Education.
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| Lori
Winner |e-mail |
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Lori
Winner is a home town girl who attended local schools (John T. Hoggard-Go
Vikings). She has been married to her one true love since the tender
age of 20. More... |
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Middle
Grades (6-8th grade)
Middle
Grades Homework website |
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| Jackie
Anderson, 7th grade homeroom | e-mail |
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Jackie
Anderson comes from Roanoke, VA, where she earned her Bachelor’s
Degree in Elementary and Middle Grades Education with a concentration
in math. More...
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| Lisa
Brackney, 7th grade homeroom |e-mail |
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Lisa
moved to Wilmington from Tampa, Florida in November 2005. She graduated
from USF in Tampa and has been teaching for five years. Lisa is
currently attending UNCW for her master's degree. More... |
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| Indira
Grimes, 8th grade homeroom |e-mail |
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Indira
Girmes is from Houston, Texas. She completed her B.S. in Mechanical
Engineering in 1993 and worked as an engineer for 9 years with Andersen
Windows and Corning. More... |
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| Jon
Hartman, 6th grade homeroom | e-mail |
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Jon
Hartman was raised in Mt. Pleasant, NC and then moved to Wilmington
to attend UNCW in 2002. He graduated in 2006 with a degree in K-6
education. More... |
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| Teresa
Lambe, 8th grade homeroom | e-mail |
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Teresa
Lambe has been teaching at CFCI since 2002. She currently teaches
middle grades language arts and eighth grade social studies. More...
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| Sarah
McCorcle, 6th grade homeroom |e-mail |
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Sarah
McCorcle is originally from Lynchburg, VA. She attended VA Tech for
undergraduate where she earned a BA in History and English. More..
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Specialists |
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| Joanne
DaVolio - Technology | e-mail |
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Ms.
DaVolio is a native of New York and holds a degree in Computer Science
from Hofstra University. After 16 years working as a programmer and
system administrator, she decided to venture into the education field.
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| Renée
DeVos - Physical Education | e-mail |
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Renée
DeVos, a native of New York State, decided to make North Carolina
her home in 1995. She is a graduate of UNC at Wilmington where she
earned her B.A. from the Department of Health and Human Science with
her major in physical education and concentration in biology. More... |
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| Adrienne
Drum - Art | e-mail |
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Adrienne
Drum has been working with children and art for over 15 years. She
graduated from Lenoir-Rhyne College and holds B.A. in Art Education.
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| Sharon
Moore- K-5 General Music and 5-8 Band | e-mail |
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Sharon
D. Moore, a native of Illinois, moved to North Carolina in 2005. She
graduated from the University of Wisconsin (Madison, WI) with her
B.A. in Instrumental Music and from American University (Washington,
DC) with her M.F.A. in Arts Managements. More... |
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| Tami
Mix - Choral Music (grades 5-8) | e-mail |
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Tami
grew up in Arizona but moved to Raleigh to attend NCSU after meeting
her husband, Phil. They eventually moved here to Phil’s hometown
of Wilmington. More... |
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| Ingrid
Stenzel- Spanish | e-mail |
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"Senora
S" began studying Spanish during her senior year of high school.
She had just returned from a year living abroad in Denmark. It was
challenging readjusting to the Minnesotan high school and adding another
foreign language to her brain. More...
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Exceptional
Children teachers |
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| Nancy
Johnsen , EC Coordinator | e-mail |
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Nancy
Johnsen comes to CFCI with an extensive background in exceptional
children administration. A graduate of the University of Maryland,
Mrs. Johnsen obtained her MEd and EdS degrees from the University
of West Georgia in Carrolton, GA with dual areas of licensure in Learning
Disabilities and Severe Emotional Disturbance. More... |
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| Evelyn
Albright | e-mail |
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Ms.
Albright is a teacher in our Exceptional Children’s department.
She is proud to have recently served as a People to People International
Ambassador for Special Needs traveling with a team of educators from
North America and Quatar to the 2007 US-Egypt Education Forum in Cairo,
Egypt. More... |
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| Pauline
Piner | e-mail |
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Pauline
Piner taught in Indiana for two years as an Exceptional Children’s
Teacher before accepting a teaching position at Camp LeJeune Dependents’
School in 1988. Since then she has taught in New Hanover County Schools
as well as Cape Fear Academy, a private school. More... |
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| Julie
Sartorius | e-mail |
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Julie
Sartorius graduated from UNCW in 2008 with her degree in Elementary
Education and a concentration in Studio Art. She returns to CFCI
as an EC Assistant after she completed her student teaching at the
school in spring 2008. More... |
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| Support
Staff |
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| Andrea
Busch - Occupational Therapist | e-mail |
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Andrea
Busch graduated with a degree in occupational therapy from the Medical
University of South Carolina. She has worked as an occupational therapist
for ten years in the field of pediatrics. More... |
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Teacher
Assistants |
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| Sadie
Ackerman | e-mail |
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Bio
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| Vickie
Hiatt | e-mail |
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My
hometown is Burlington, N.C. After graduating from Elon College, I
began my teaching career in Lexington, N.C.
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| Clarissa
Howe | e-mail |
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Clarissa
Howe is a North Carolina native and has called many places home in
both the USA and in Europe, before settling in Wilmington in 1988.
She has a B.A. in Anthropology and Art History from UNC Chapel Hill.
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| Sally
Myers | e-mail |
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Ms.
Sally has been a resident of Wilmington since 1980 when her family
moved here so her husband could take a teaching job at UNCW. Before
working at CFCI, she taught in the New Hanover County School System
from 1980 until retiring in 2005. More... |
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| Carol
Radford | e-mail |
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Ms.
Radford was born in Goldsboro, NC, but spent most of her life in Greenville,
NC where she graduated from East Carolina University with a Masters
Degree in elementary education and a Principal’s Certificate. More... |
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| Shellie
Weunsch | e-mail |
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Ms.
Shelley is a native of Corning, New York and graduated from UNCW with
a degree in Studio Art in 2006. She has two children, Addie and Daniel.
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