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Culture and Connections

Sylvia Stubbs has been teaching Spanish at New Life Academy for 16 years. Her classroom ceiling is covered with...

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Be the Light

Kerri Kent began working at New Life Academy in 2009 as a substitute teacher and eventually moved into teaching 3rd...

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Building Relationships and Engaging Students

Laurie Dahlen has been teaching for 14 years. She recently started teaching fourth grade at New Life Academy. We sat...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...