Jack Hightower

Jack Hightower,  teacher, principal and administrator for some 25 years in several private Christian schools in the Houston area, Jack Hightower majored in teaching in the Language Arts area, concentrating on Rhetoric, Composition, Essays and Literature for the past 25 years on the 7-12 grade levels.  He has written and taught his own curriculum to students in Language Arts, middle school and high school; Social Studies, middle school and high school; and Bible, middle school and high school.  He has also taught Latin I & II, with an introduction to Greek on 7-12 grade levels.  While administrator of Sweetwater Christian School Jack developed and implemented an “umbrella” program for homeschool children to be able to take academic courses and participate in competition sports on the S.C.S. campus.  He has attended several Summer Institutes at Rice and U of H for the purpose of becoming more proficient in teaching A.P. English Literature and Composition.  He has been a presenter at several A.C.S.I. conventions over the years.  Jack contributed to the framework of standards adopted by the I.C.A.A. (International Christian Accreditation Association) division of O.R.U.E.F. (Oral Roberts University Educational Fellowship) located in Tulsa, OK.  Last and most important, Jack has mentored and tutored young people for the last 25 years in Biblical Life Skills and discipleship training for the ministry.  He has been happily married to his wife Barbara for 44 years.  Jack and Barbara attend The Crossing Church in The Woodlands.  Make checks payable to Jack Hightower and mail to Jack Hightower 545 FM 1488 Rd. Apt. 2203 Conroe, TX 77384. Contact: jack_hghtwr [at] yahoo [dot] com or 713-377-0521

Cindy Johnson

Cindy Johnson, a mother of four, has homeschooled her children for 18 years. For more than 22 years she has used her artistic, teaching, and musical gifts in many areas. She has illustrated a cookbook, and has spent many years teaching Bible, art, music and nature study to young people in churches and small groups. She has produced artwork for missionaries, churches and other organizations.  As a member of Crossroads Baptist Church, Cindy plays her flute in the church orchestra and sings in the choir.  She has given many speaking engagements and performed numerous musical solos over the years.  It is her desire to instill the beauty of God's creation and a love for our Maker in young peoples' hearts, give them an understanding of how art through the centuries reflects societies’ belief systems, equip them with the ability to discern worthy art from bad art, and give them skills to express themselves artistically.  Two credits - one in fine art and one in art history.  For more information, you may contact Cindy at (281) 419-7963 or crazymomma100[at]ahoo[dot]com. Her address is 5 Catfeet Court, The Woodlands, TX 77381.

Constanza Fishel

Constanza Fishel grew up with Spanish as her first language - She graduated with a BBA from the University of Mary Hardin Baylor. She received her degree in French at Universite Laval while living in Quebec, Canada. Constanza speaks English and Spanish fluently. Besides teaching private Spanish classes for home school co-ops for 5 years, she has tutored public high school students. Some of her students have tutored through the CLEP process for which they received college credit for first year college Spanish. One of her students is currently pursuing a Spanish minor at Sam Houston State University. Constanza's passion is to teach students so they can minister to others in Spanish. Her love for teaching high school students has lead her to teach other subjects like science. For the past year, she's had various students take Exploring Creation with Science and Physical Science. Constanza took several science classes in college before changing her major from nursing to business. She and her husband, Ray, have been married 15 years and have 3 children whom they have home schooled for 10 years and for the past three, God sent two high school student to be part of their home school experience. The Fishel family has attended Houston Northwest Baptist for 10 ½  years where Mrs. Fishel translates from English to Spanish for the Women's Ministry and for the church's mission trips to Honduras and Guatemala. Payments are to be made out to Constanza Fishel and mailed to Debbie Gott, 9614 Dornoch Drive, Spring, Texas 77379 Constanza Fishel 281-807-7451 whoaitsafish (at) hotmail (dot) com

Marilyn Mathis

Marilyn Mathis has been an educator in the private, Christian sector for over 20 years in Alaska and Texas.  During this tenure, she has been a teacher, department head, and a home school administrator.  She has attended numerous A.C.S.I. and O.R.U.E.F. conventions and was also a seminar instructor at A.C.S.I. and a standard's assessor for member school of I.C.A.A.  While elementary/middle school department head, she accessed and reviewed policy prodedure, created and instigated a summer tutoring program, implemented a vertical teaching team with "flex" classes, developed and chaired several school clubs, and created a Junior High National Honor Society.  She has taught in traditional classrooms for levels K-4, 3rd, and 5th through 8th. On middle school level she has taught the following: Math 4-8; History 7-8 and Language Arts 5-8.  Her tutoring program mentored students in math, language, reading and spelling/vocabulary skills.  She spent an additional year in the public school sector as the TASP chairman's associate.  Registration form and tuition checks are to made out to Marilyn Mathis and mailed to 25681 Magnolia Pines, Magnolia, Tx. 77355. Contact at james_mathis[at]att[dot]net.  (281)731-9808