Karen holds a Masters in Secondary Counseling and a Bachelor of Science degree from East Central University. She has taught for 31 years, everything from 7th grade Life Science to AP chemistry and physics in schools both large and small.  Karen has taught at Excel for six years and currently teaches at Francis Tuttle Technology Center as well.  Karen is a master cake decorator, loves to restore old furniture and does stained glass as well. 

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Kristin has a bachelor’s degree in music education from Baylor University and a master’s in musical theater performance from Oklahoma City University.  She has taught music for fifteen years, including ten in homeschool co-ops, and hopes to instill a love of music in her students.  Kristin and her husband have been married for twenty-five years and have four children whom they homeschool.  Kristin also teaches ballet and musical theater classes at Classical Ballet School in Edmond.  She enjoys exercising and playing games with her family.  

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Kailin holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Secondary Education from the Oklahoma University. She has been teaching for five years in the Oklahoma City area and enjoys getting to share her passion for history with all who are in her classroom! She and her husband, Evan, currently reside in Edmond, Oklahoma and enjoy attending church, spending time with friends and family and getting to travel to all places near and far when they get the chance. She is so thrilled to be joining the Excel team and getting to know this incredible community!

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Sheila is a graduate of Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas, where she received a Bachelor Science in Psychology.  She also holds an American Sign Language (ASL) Interpreter certification from Kansas. She began learning ASL in 1974 and received her first certification while living in Chattanooga, TN, in 1979, passing the national boards in 1980. Over the years she has taught countless ASL courses and interpreted for deaf students in public schools. Her ASL students learn Deaf culture and how to communicate using ASL. Her passions are her husband Bob, her four children and twelve grandchildren, music, storm watching and the occasional Air Show.

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Kari has a bachelor’s degree in microbiology from The University of Oklahoma. She has taught for twelve years various science and Bible classes from elementary age through high school. She has a passion to teach God’s Word, as well as God’s design of all life to her students. Her prayer is that her students would know that every detail of God’s design is purposeful and matters. Kari and her husband have been married for twenty years and have three children whom they homeschool.  She enjoys spending time with her family, reading, and all things coffee.

George Knapp received a Bachelor of Science Education from the University of Central Oklahoma in 2000 and has taught at the junior high and high school level. George has fourteen years experience and is currently a bivocational church pastor. This fall will be his second year at Excel. He wants his students to not only learn science but have a love for the subject. He is married and has four children. He really enjoys hunting and fishing in his spare time.

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Carreybeth earned her bachelor’s degree in education with a music minor from Baylor University. She added math endorsements to her degree through Tulsa Community College. Her most recent experience was tutoring in the Challenge level program for Classical Conversations. She continues to homeschool her two youngest children. Carrreybeth’s passion is working with middle school and high school students, teaching Pre-Algebra, Algebra 1 and Geometry. She married her college sweetheart and is a stay-at-home mom to five children. 

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Debbie is a veteran teacher who received her bachelors of arts in Spanish and History from Central State University and has taught Spanish for over 25 years.  Debbie homeschooled her 3 children from 1st through 12 grades and taught at Excel in its early years, as well as the COHE Co-op before going on to teach at a private Christian school for an additional 12 years.  Debbie loves instilling her love of the Spanish language and culture into young students.  She enjoys traveling to historical sites, watching murder mysteries, junk-shopping, and especially spending time with her children, their spouses, and her 8 month-old grandson.

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Kristin has a bachelor’s degree in education and has taught for the last 27 years in multiple settings including private, public, homeschool and ACT workshops. She enjoys helping students learn strategies and techniques to improve test scores and prepare each student for a successful college experience. 

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Teresa has worked in print, sales and NIE for 10 years in newspapers in Texas, Georgiaand Oklahoma. She worked as a paraprofessional for 6 years in Oklahoma beforeadopting her youngest son. They have homeschooled for 10 years.Her goal is to preserve the memories of the school year while inspiring students’creativity in photography and graphic design by creating a yearbook. Fosteringindividual strengths and building skills to work together to complete projects whileexploring new tools to accomplish goals.Teresa is married to Kevin and they enjoy camping, gardening and playing games. Sheenjoys reading and sewing.

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Charlotte trained extensively under a local Oklahoma artist and is a homeschool graduate.  She has tutored for the last ten years, and this will be her third year teaching at Excel.  Charlotte’s joy is to teach students to observe God’s artistry in nature and use that to create their own works of art.  Besides painting animals, both real and fictional, she enjoys video gaming with her husband, Justin, and trying new restaurants.  

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Melody has a bachelor's degree from Southwestern Assemblies of God

University in Texas. She is passionate about teaching and has taught a variety of classes to home school students for the past twenty years. Spending time with her four adult kids and granddaughter bring her abundant joy. Melody's favorite hobbies are throwing parties, playing the piano, reading, and watching live theatre.

Aimee holds a Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education from the University of Central Oklahoma. She has 20 years of homeschool experience as well as teaching in the private and public sector. She believes children learn best when they are engaged in the learning process visually, auditorily, and kinesthetically. Her style of teaching is to engage students in the subject matter, not just learning facts about an event or subject, but gaining a love for learning. The end goal is in growing the student to become an independent learner and to be curious about the world God created around them. She has been married for twenty-nine years and has three adult children and a daughter-in-law.  In her spare time, she loves to read a good mystery and spend time with her family and friends.

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Text or call Mrs. Jene' Olsson to obtain an enrollment packet. (405) 317-0600

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