Teacher Features

Showcasing Events of the Union College Education Program

I had the privilege to visit Larissa Mesnard, Kayla Thom and Lilly Lopez who are all in the Washington, D.C.-Maryland area.

Larissa ’07 teaches English at Smithburg High School a public high school nested in the foothills of the Appalachia Mountains. She is a traveling teacher with no permanent classroom but goes from room to room with her cart of materials. Larissa had a challenging start in that she replaced a teacher who left a few weeks after school started and the classes were taught by several substitutes before Larissa reported for duty. She is looking forward to a fresh start second semester.

Lilly ’07 is the seventh grade home teacher and teaches middle school math at Spencerville Academy located a few miles from the General Conference offices in Silver Springs, Maryland. Lilly is a math teacher by training but is finding herself teaching Bible, art, and other things as assigned. She and Antonio are preparing for an addition to their little family.

Kayla ’07 is leading out in the four year old pre-school program at Atholton Adventist School located in Columbia, Maryland. I Yes, four year olds. Kayla feels that her calling is to work with God’s littlest ones. Kayla’s students are full of energy and she is up to the task. She looks forward to getting her own classroom module so that there can be more flexibility in the school day. Beth Reynolds ’06 is the 9th and 10th grade English teacher in the same school.