Category: Stories
Meet Dawn Kroohn, 3rd Grade Teacher, nominated for the 2019’s Woodbury Educator of the Year Award
Mrs. Dawn Kroohn has taught 3rd grade at New Life Academy for seven years. In a lot of ways, New Life Academy has...
Meet Shay Motalebi, STEAM Coordinator & Engineering Teacher, nominated for the 2019’s Woodbury Educator of the Year Award
Mrs. Shay Motalebi has taught at New Life Academy for eight years. Currently she is teaching two introductory...
Alumni Story – Abby Thor
Abby Thor, Class of 2016, is attending U of MN – Duluth, majoring in Marketing Analytics. She is also playing...
Alumni Story – Valerie Hohol
Valerie Hohol, Class of 2015, is finishing her senior year at University Minnesota, Duluth. She’s studying...
Ms Laura Allen on how she engages students in the classroom
Meet Ms Laura Allen. Ms. Allen has been teaching at New Life Academy for 16 years. She loves both history and Christian...
Mrs. Gina Kortuem launches a writing center with the goal of helping students become confident communicators
This past month, Mrs. Kortuem launched a Writing Center at New Life Academy with the goal of helping students become...
Dan Palkki, 5th grade teacher, named finalist for Educator of the Year Award
Mr. Dan Palkki is a current 5th grade teacher at New Life Academy. He’s been teaching here for 5 years and prior to...
Grace Killeen invited to participate in Hamline Undergraduate Research Symposium following summer internship
Grace Killeen, a New Life Academy senior, spent her summer learning genome editing using the most advanced method in...
Meet Amber Kuiper
Amber and her family have lived in Woodbury for 4 years. Amber and her husband have 4 young children attending New...