Faculty

 

John Pension holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Health and Physical Education from U. Mass, Amherst, a Master of Arts degree in Pastoral Ministry from Boston College, and a Master of Education degree in School Administration from Emmanuel College. John has over thirty years teaching experience and extensive experience in youth leadership development, supervision, service learning, and peer education.

 

Nina Pension holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theology and a Master of Arts degree in Biblical Studies from Providence College. She has taught Sacred Scripture to adults since 1977 and in 1993 co-founded Plumfield Learning Cooperative.

 

Mary Yetts holds an Associates Degree in Early Childhood Education from North Shore Community College.  She taught at Gordon Conwell Seminary Nursery School. Mrs. Yetts earned her certification in Nursing Assistance from North Shore Community College.  She is certified in the Wilson Reading Program.  Mrs. Yetts and her husband Neil have home schooled their three children utilizing the methodology of Charlotte Mason.

 

Elizabeth Duris (Math; Verbal Narrations) holds a Bachelor in Business Administration from Southern Methodist University.  She presently is self employed as a Shaklee Distributor.  Ms. Duris home schools two of her children.

 

Michael McDuffee (Music) holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music, History, and German Studies from Assumption College.  Mr. McDuffee is presently the music director at St. Malachi Church, Burlington and the high school religious education coordinator at Our Lady of the Assumption Church, Lynnfield.  He is a proud Plumfield alumnus.

 

Jay Pension (Acting) holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater Performance from Salem State College.  He is program coordinator of The Boston Children's Theatre.  Jay is also a graduate of Plumfield Academy.

 

Courtney Reid (Art) holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art from Gordon College.  She has broadened her expertise by completing continuing education courses at Westmont College, Gordon College, and Montserrat College of Art.  Ms. Reid has taught Art in school and community settings since 1996.

 

Christina Wassell (Writing Workshop) holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Gordon College.  A wife and full-time homeschooling mother of four little boys, Christina is the head writing tutor at Gordon's Academic Support Center and a literature/writing tutor at New Hope Tutorials.

 

Authors as Teachers

 

As a Great Books school, our teachers include the authors we read.  Our mentors in the past have included: Aesop, Confucius, Plutarch, Marco Polo, Charles Dickens, Louisa May Alcott,  Mildred Taylor, Edith Nesbit, William Shakespeare, Emily Dickenson, Thomas More, Rachel Carson, Anna Botsford Comstock, Dorothy Canfield Fisher, and Abraham Lincoln.

 

Education is a conversation with Great Minds!