Emily Reed is a native of Monahans, Texas. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Interdisciplinary Studies from Texas State University and a Master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in Educational Administration from Texas A&M International University.
 
Emily has been teaching for nine years and has previously taught Kindergarten, 2nd & 3rd grades. She holds certification as an ESL EC-6th grade generalist, Gifted and Talented certification, as well as certification in SPIKE programming from Carnegie Mellon University.
 
Emily is passionate about supporting students to reach and go beyond their expectations to achieve their goals.
 

Gina Barnes is a native of New Orleans, Louisiana. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.
 
With over 20 years of experience in teaching, Gina has taught multiple grade levels, computer skills, and Music…but her passion has always been 1st grade where she has spent 15 years of her career.
 
Gina believes in bringing learning to life. With an intensive background in theater, music, and dance, she uses these unique tools to make learning exciting for young children. Her heart is to build long-lasting skills in children, particularly in Reading. Having studied the Science of Reading, she employs research-based concepts to help children grow in fluency, comprehension, and joy in reading. “Reading is a fundamental skill that children must develop for success in all areas of their education. Most importantly, reading connects us with God through His word…which is the greatest gift we can give our students.”

Hailee Patton is a native of San Antonio. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education from Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont as well as a Master of Arts degree in Curriculum & Instruction from the University of Phoenix.
 
With eight years’ experience in the classroom, she has previously taught 2nd grade, and 5th grade ELAR and Social Studies. She is certified as an EC-6/ESL teacher.
 
Hailee fell in love with learning at an early age and has always wanted to be a teacher. Her unique passion for teaching comes from her own learning struggles as a young student. Hailee credits much of her success to teachers in her own life who helped her find her inner love for learning and foster that by supporting and teaching her effective learning tools. She believes her purpose is to pass on a love for learning to her students so they may be successful on their educational journey. “I believe that the ultimate purpose of Christian education is to help guide each child to know the Lord and to understand that all truth is of God.”

Laura King-Flores is a native of Eagle Pass, Texas. She is a graduate of Sul Ross State University where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Interdisciplinary Studies. With over fifteen years of experience in education, Laura holds certification in General Education, Special Education, and Bilingual Education. She has served as a classroom teacher, special education co-teacher, resource teacher, and social skills teacher.
 
Laura loves sharing her gifts with students in order to help them become lifelong learners!
“It brings me joy to help build a student’s confidence. I believe in creating lasting relationships with our CCS families to help our students grow spiritually, intellectually, physically, and socially. God has blessed us all with unique and individual abilities and I take joy in helping students become their best to honor Him.”

Philip Reichle is a native of the great state of Tennessee! He holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Tennessee (Knoxville) in Astronomy and Physics with minors in Math, Statistics, and Religious Studies. Additionally, he holds an M. Div. in Cross-Cultural Ministries from Alliance Theological Seminary.
 
Having taught for ten years, Philip has taught all subjects for 6th & 7th grades, and all HS-level Math and Science. He is an Advanced Placement instructor and works with ACT and SAT test preparation.
 
Philip believes that God has created each child with an innate capacity to learn and enjoy His creation. “I love seeing when a person makes that connection with a concept that God is teaching them and the joy that comes when that person knows that they truly can understand the idea being presented to them. I believe that God has created me to be a person to help facilitate that connection between the student and the idea.”

Stacy Halstead was born and raised in Nebraska and Kansas but considers Texas as her home having lived here longer than anywhere else! She is a graduate of Evangel University and holds a degree in Elementary Education. In between being a stay-at-home mom, Stacy has six years of full-time teaching experience in both public and private schools in Kansas, California, and Virginia. Over the last ten years, Stacy has served as a substitute teacher – nine of those years at CCS! This includes twelve long-term teaching assignments.
 
This is Stacy’s 20th year as part of the CCS family – having served as a parent, room mom, volunteer, teacher aid, and substitute. She has three sons who are graduates of CCS.
 
Stacy loves helping students and watching them succeed and perform beyond what they thought they could. It is a joy to be able to praise God and give Him the glory for these accomplishments.