Red Mountain Community School

Intern Introduction:
🧘🏻‍♀️Meg Coleman🧘🏻‍♀️

Here is Meg with a Rainbow Eucalyptus Tree she fell in love with on a visit to the Sunken Gardens in Saint Petersburg, Florida in May. As well as her copy work from On Trails, an Exploration by Robert Moor.

From Melanie:
Red Mountain Community School’s particular way of teacher formation is called provender. Our posture is to look at circumstances to see what wants and needs to grow… In our place, in our time, in our children, in Ourselves.

This year, Meg Coleman, is coming on as an Intern. Meg has been a parent in our school for 8 Years. She will be joining the teachers in our Reading and Keeping Sojourn in addition to being at the school on Thursdays. Meg is also our  yoga instructor! You may be hearing stories at home about yoga moments.

For more details about provender check out
www.Prov-en-der.com. After reading about this vital, undergirding work in our school, you might decide you would like to be a Sojourner too!

Teacher introductions:
🔬Charles Pribyl 🔬

Mr. Pribyl is the upper form and middle form math and science teacher.

Mr. Pribyl’s version of copywork this summer was to do “a whole lot of calculus problems”! Swipe to see the problem that took him TWO pages to complete.

Teacher/staff introduction:
🌷Alice Morgado 🌷

Alice is back full time at RMCS this year teaching one of the 3rd/4th grade classes. Her copy work is from the book Foster by Claire Keegan.

Teacher/staff introduction:
🎨Melissa Shultz-Jones🎨

This year Ms. Melissa has stepped back from full time teaching but she will still be around RMCS working with the littles during art time.

One of the books she loved reading over the summer was a graphic novel called The Five Lives of Hilma af Klint by Philipp Deines. The next photo is her copy work accompanied by Melissa’s amazing artwork.

The RMCS Teacher/staff introductions continue!

🌷Melanie Walker-Malone🌷

Melanie Walker-Malone is returning to RMCS this year to work with teacher training and curriculum care. She recently moved to Washington DC to be closer to her grandson, but will be returning to BHM four times a year for extended visits at the school.

Her copy work comes from The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese.

Teacher/staff introductions:
🪷Stephanie Diethelm🪷

Hello RMCS community. I'm Stephanie Diethelm and I am the Spiritual Director for RMCS.
I help to lead the chapel every Wednesday at 2:00pm. All are welcome!!
I will also be taking our youngest children K-2nd grade to the atrium which is a prepared environment for children to experience God using the approach called The Catechesis of the Good Shepherd.

This summer I have been rereading one of my all time favorite books, The Brothers Karamazov by Fydor Dostoevsky.

"Fear not the great nor the mighty, but be wise and serene. Know the measure, know the times, study them. When you are left alone, pray. Love to throw yourself upon the earth and kiss it. Kiss the earth and love it with an unceasing, consuming love. Love all men, love everything. Seek that ecstasy. Water the earth with the tears of your joy, and love those tears. Tears are a gift of God and a great one."
~Father Zosima the Elder~

Teacher Introductions!
✨Mandy Deter✨

In her own words:

I will be teaching Upper Form which includes 9th-12th grade this year. I am also Head of School.

My copywork is from Mill on the Floss. I absolutely fell in love with George Eliot this year! “If you drive your (wagon) in a hurry you may light on an awkward corner.” Hahaha! Life advice!

Another RMCS teacher intro!
🌷Leah Hudgins🌷

Her selfie was taken at the North Carolina Museum of Art. Swipe to read copywork from Fox & I by Catherine Raven.
This year Leah will be
teaching 7th & 8th Grade 🙌

Teacher/staff introductions:
🌺 Erin Keenan 🌺

This is Erin’s 25th year of teaching and she has been with RMCS since 2011. She will be with the 1st/2nd grade class this year!

Swipe to read a sample of Mrs. Erin’s copywork from the summer.

Teacher/staff introductions!
🪚Charlie Hunter-Cook🪚

Mr. Charlie will be joining us this year to teach woodworking/carpentry/handypeople-ing. He and the children will be making and fixing stuff with tools.

Most recently he has been reading:
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace. Still reading - it's long and very weird.

When asked for a piece of favorite copy work he sent this:
“Competitive tennis is largely mental, once you're at a certain plateau of skill and conditioning. Schtitt'd say spiritual instead of mental, but as far as Schacht sees it, Schtitt's philosophical stance is that to win enough of the time to be considered successful you have to both care a great deal about it and also not care about it at all.”

Next up in Teacher/Staff introductions!
🌻Shannon Carden🌻

“Hi!
I’m the business administrator/cellarar this year. I’ve enjoyed re reading The Fellowship of the Ring trilogy this summer.”

We are so thankful for everything Shannon does for us!