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Director & Founder

Dawnshelle Wold  

Dawnshelle Wold graduated from Bethel University in St. Paul, MN, in 1995, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology. After a short career as a financial planning assistant in Minneapolis, she and her husband started a family, where she encountered the challenges of parenting three wonderful and educationally diverse children. To keep a similar schedule as her children, she became a Special Education Paraprofessional in the Anoka-Hennepin School District in Minnesota. It was there that she witnessed students of all abilities simply fall through the cracks, including her own children. Her family’s homeschool journey began.

 

Upon moving to Wilmore after her husband joined the faculty at Asbury University, Dawnshelle served as a teacher and later Assistant Director for Yellow Wood Success Academy - a hybrid homeschool, formerly in Lexington, from 2016 until May of 2020. When the director of Yellow Wood moved and closed the school, a few parents and teachers urged Dawnshelle to venture forward and fill the void. In her experience, she realized that not everyone learns the same, and not everyone teaches the same. Everyone is unique. So, she chose to create a different type of school; an eclectic micro school where foundational skills would be mastered using a variety of teaching methods, including project-based learning, classical, traditional lecture, and hands-on – all while encouraging community and creativity. This is Wilmore Crossing Academy.

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Degree: B.A. Psychology, Bethel University, St. Paul, MN

Teaching: Mad Skills, English Mechanics

Favorite Food: Super-premium ice cream

Favorite Pastime: Riding roller coasters

Interesting Fact: I’ve jumped on top of the Metrodome in Minneapolis.

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Sarah Vencill

Degree: B.S. Elementary Education

Teaching: Primary, Intermediate grades and Monday Electives

Favorite Food: Crab Legs

Favorite Pastime: Reading

Interesting Fact: I once had over 40 goats.

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Haylee Moody

Degree:  B.A. English & Comm. Arts, Post B.A. Elementary Ed.

Teaching: K-6th 

Favorite Food:  fried country ham & McDonald's Diet Coke

Favorite Pastime: chill'n on my porch swing

Interesting Fact: I have a 19 year old son who plays ball at Midway, a 16 year old daughter who attends WJHS, and then there's A.K who's 6 years old!

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Presley Davila

Degree: B.A. in Elementary Education and an M.Ed. in Reading K-12. I am certified  Reading Specialist, Special Education, and ESL 

Teaching: Elementary and Middle School ELA, reading intervention & Monday Electives  

Favorite Food: Tex Mex

Favorite Pastime: Writing

Interesting Fact: We toilet trained two of our cats.

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Emily Kennedy

Degree: A.S. Health Studies, B.A. Early Childhood Development & Education

Teaching: Lead History / Social Studies 

Favorite Food: Anything from the Farmer's Market!

Favorite Pastime: Being outside - hiking, camping, kayaking etc....

Interesting Fact: Attended H.S. in 3 different countries.

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Rebekah Nutter

Degree: BA in Asian Studies - Cornell University.  Graduate coursework in education- San Francisco State University

Teaching: Spanish, Geometry & World studies specials

Favorite Food: Sushi

Favorite Pastime: Cooking or reading

Interesting Fact: I served in the U.S. Peace Corps from 1992-1995

Jacob Kerfoot

Degree: B.A. English Education from EKU, 

Teaching: Middle & High School ELA & Monday Electives

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Interesting Fact: Worked with the Jessamine County Migrant Education Program for 8 years, which includes: summer camps, home tutoring, field trip work, community immersion, and individual instruction. 

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Rebecca Radcliffe

Degree: B.A. in Biology from Transylvania University, MAT in Mathematics, certified math teacher grades 8-12.

Teaching: Pre-Algebra, Algebra I, Biology co-teacher, and Monday electives

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Stephanie Smith

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Teaching: Biology - all grades

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Monica klepac

Degree: B.A. Elementary Education, Asbury College

              M.A. Teaching English as a Second Language, Asbury University

Teaching: Intermdiate ELA

Favorite Food: Chicken tikka masala

Favorite Pastime: Sewing, quilting, embroidery

Interesting Fact: My family lived in Romania for 8 years.  Vorbesc Romaneste foarte bine.  

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Tanya Robbins

Degree: Reading Specialist

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Krista Meadows-Odago

Degree: B.A. Theatre and Spanish, M.A. Social Work, LCSW

Teaching: Drama/ Theatre Design, & Adulting/ Life Skills

Favorite Food: Indian and Mexican food

Favorite Pastime: Hiking, camping and spending time with my kids.

Interesting Fact: Traveled to 10 different countries.

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Valerie Hildabrand

Degree: BMME, Bachelor's of Music in Music Education

Teaching: Music electives

Favorite Food: Italian food, cheesecake & dark chocolate

Favorite Pastime: Beach vacations, family time

Interesting Fact: I am a trombone player in a rock band - currently performing with a band called Kelly Caldwell and Kashmere. We play later 70's and 80's rock. 

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Emma Wold

Degree: B.A. Sociology, Minor in Art 

Teaching: Art electives

Favorite Food: Asian Dumplings

Favorite Pastime: Video games 

Interesting Fact: Got my first ever opinion article published in the Lexington Herald Leader

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