Currently, 38% of BCS’s faculty members hold master’s degrees. The average student/teacher ratio is 8 to 1 with teachers having an average of 15.24 years experience. Each faculty member specializes in specific subjects, ranging from teaching phonics in kindergarten to AP Calculus. Banner’s Mission Statement addresses the desire to teach to the whole child. Teachers instruct using the academic curriculum, but they also minister to students spiritually, socially, emotionally and physically. Consequently, the staff spends time praying, mentoring, and encouraging students, as well as striving to be helpers and sources of discipline and love in their students’ lives.
Tom Burkett
Head of School
B.S. Liberty University
M.B.A. Averett University
Ph. D. Columbia International University
tburkett@bannerchristian.org
Barbi de Haas
Middle & Upper School Principal
B.A. University of Virginia Psychology
M.S.W. Virginia Commonwealth University
M.Ed. Liberty University
bdehaas@bannerchristian.org
Kathy Ivill
Lower School Principal
B.S. University of Tulsa
M.Ed. Liberty University
kivill@bannerchristian.org
Stephen Wolf
Director of Marketing and Finance
B.S. James Madison University
M.A. Virginia Commonwealth University
swolf@bannerchristian.org
Annette Cupp
Office Manager
B.S.W. James Madison University
acupp@bannerchristian.org
Holli Grubbs
Food Services
hblake@bannerchristian.org
Christine Hale
Director of Development /
Director of Admissions
chale@bannerchristian.org
Demetria Heatwole
Discovery Therapist
B.A. Marshall University
dheatwole@bannerchristian.org
Carla Irwin
Director of Guidance
B.S. Liberty University
M.A. Virginia Commonwealth University
cirwin@bannerchristian.org
Callie Van Horn
Kindergarten Teacher
B.S. Longwood University
M.Ed. Nova Southeastern University
cvanhorn@bannerchristian.org
Angelia Higgins
1st Grade Teacher
B.S. Piedmont Bible College
ahiggins@bannerchristian.org
Carol Hopkins
2nd Grade Teacher
B.A. Virginia Commonwealth University
chopkins1@bannerchristian.org
Bert Rhodes
3rd Grade Teacher
B.A. Mary Washington University
brhodes@bannerchristian.org
Amy Wenger
4th Grade Teacher
B.S. Columbia International University
awenger@bannerchristian.org
Julie Burkett
5th Grade Teacher
B.S. Liberty University
jburkett@bannerchristian.org
Pamela Arnold
Middle School Science
B.A. Florida Bible College
M.Ed Columbia International University
parnold@bannerchristian.org
Maria Carroll
Middle/Upper School English
B.A. James Madison University
mcarroll@bannerchristian.org
Eddie Knapp
History
B.A. Randolph-Macon College
eknapp@bannerchristian.org
William Linares
Spanish
B.A. University of Zulia
wlinares@bannerchristian.org
Anna Merryman
Middle/Upper School English and History
B.A. Duke University
amerryman@bannerchristian.org
Diane Murrell
Upper School English
B.A. Florida State University
dmurrell@bannerchristian.org
Rebekah Myers
Middle School Math/ Science
B.S. Pensacola Christian College
rmyers@bannerchristian.org
Jan Pace
Upper School Math
B.A. University of Richmond
jpace@bannerchristian.org
Anne Culver
Music Teacher
B.A. Sweet Briar College
aculver@bannerchristian.org
Annette Cupp
Librarian
B.S.W. James Madison University
acupp@bannerchristian.org
Kathy Ivill
Art Teacher
B.S. University of Tulsa
M.Ed. Liberty University
kivill@bannerchristian.org
Paul Ivill
Physical Education Teacher
B.S. Elon College
pivill@bannerchristian.org
William Linares
Spanish
B.A. University of Zulia
wlinares@bannerchristian.org
Brandon Murrell
Computer Teacher
B.S. Virginia Commonwealth University
M.A. Concordia University
bmurrell@bannerchristian.org
Tina Robertson
Drama Teacher
B.F.A. Virginia Commonwealth University
tpetersen@bannerchristian.org
Meredith Johnson
Music Teacher
B.A. Pensacola Christian College
mjohnson@bannerchristian.org