Kevin Carter, Upper School Principal
Education: B.S. Physical Education, Masters of Education
College Attended: Belmont University
Experience: Began PCA in 2011
Church: Parkway Baptist Church
Family: Wife – Holly, Daughters: Kinley and Carly
Hobbies/Interests: baseball, basketball, reading, music
Favorite Scripture: Matthew 22:37-40 “You shall love the Lord your God with all of your heart and with all of your soul and with all of your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend on all the Law and the Prophets.”
Amanda Bell, Director of Upper School Curriculum, Language Arts Instructor, Logic
Education: International Baccalaureate Diploma; Bachelor of Arts, English,Masters of Education.
Colleges: Armand Hammer United World College; Vanderbilt, MTSU, Trevecca Nazarene University
Teaching Experience: Began PCA in 2002
Church Affiliation: St. Patrick’s Anglican Church
Family: married to Robert Bell, daughters are Nora and Fiona and son, Gabe
Hobbies/Interests: reading, cooking, reading literature and about history
Favorite Bible Verses: Rev. 2:17 ”He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to him who receives it. Revelation 3:12 “Him who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of my God. Never again will he leave it. I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on him my new name.”
Favorite Quote: One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well. Virginia Woolf
Personal Mission Statement: Rather than a mission statement, I have more of a motto: Logos - Veritas – Virtus
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Bonita Jones, 6th grade
Education: Bachelors degree in Education
Colleges: Attended MTSU for undergraduate; has attended Trevecca Nazarene and Cumberland University during graduate level studies.
Experience: Began teaching in 1989; Began at PCA in 2004
Church Affiliation: Attends Forest Mill Baptist Church in Manchester, TN
Family: Married with 2 children, both attend PCA.
Hobbies/Interests: reading, watching classic movies and travel.
Favorite verse: For He Himself had said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” So we may boldly say: “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?” Hebrews 13:5b-6
Favorite Quote: Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren’t very new at all. Abraham Lincoln
Personal Mission Statement: “To live each day with humility, patience and compassion so that I may encourage others in their own walk with the Lord.”
Stephanie Morgan
Education: B.S. in Secondary Education- English and an M. Ed. in Educational Administration
College: University of Tennessee- Martin and Middle Tennessee State University
Experience: Began PCA in 2013
Church: Calvary Baptist Church
Family: My husband, Blake, and daughters Molly and Sadie
Hobbies/Interests: I love to travel, enjoy music, spend time on Current River near my hometown in Missouri, and hang out with my family and friends.
Favorite Scripture: In the same way the Spirit helps us in our weakness. When we don’t know what to pray, the Spirit himself intercedes for us with words that groan cannot express. Romans 8:26
Favorite quote: ”The trick is to grow up without getting old.” –Frank Lloyd Wright
Kevin Mayfield, Middle School Latin and History
Education/Degrees: Middle Tennessee State University, Magna Cum Laude in History, Minor: Political Science, Minor: Secondary Education
Teaching Experience: Began PCA in 2007
Church Affiliation: My wife and I have been a part of the body of Christ, meeting at Northside Baptist Church
Hobbies/Interests: When time is available I love to read both non-fiction (primarily history and biographies), and fiction. This is one way I can continue in my education and grow in knowledge of the subject areas which I teach.
Favorite Bible Verses: Proverbs 3:5-6, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.” Romans 10:9-10, “that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved; for with the heart man believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses resulting in salvation.”
Favorite Quote: “People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” -John C. Maxwell
Personal Mission Statement:“And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.” Deuteronomy 6:5
Jason Smith, Literature
Education: B.A. in English and Classics
College: Calvin College
Experience: Began PCA in 2009
Family: Wife, Stephanie
Church: First Presbyterian Church
Hobbies/Interests: Reading, flyfishing, hiking, writing
Favorite Scripture: Romans 10:9-10 “That if you confess with your mouth, Jesus is Lord. and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.”
Favorite Quote: ” It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.” Charles Dickens, from A Tale of Two Cities
Amanda Parks, Science
Education: B.S.Biology
College: Middle Tennessee State University
Experience: Began taching in 2005; Began PCA in 2009
Church: World Outreach Church
Family: husband, Eric
Hobbies/Interests: Going to Walt Disney World! Outside activities with my family, including swimming, biking, hiking, etc.
Favorite Scripture: 1 Peter 1:8-9 “Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in Him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.”
Favorite Quote: “When you’re curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.” Walt Disney
Don McMurry, Bible
Education: B. A. History, UNC – Carson Newman, M.Div. – Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Experience: Ministerial Work – 15 years, Began PCA in 2008
Church: Chapel Hill Community
Family – Wife, Heather, Children- Trey, Grace, Zach, Max
Hobbies/Interests: camping, Titans football, Tarheel basketball
Favorite Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:58 “Therefore my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.”
Favorite Quote: “Success is never permanent, but failure is never final.” – My Father
Mike Jones, Spanish and History
Education: BA History, Minor Political Science emphasis in Spanish
College: MTSU
Experience: 14 years, Began PCA in 2010
Church: Fellowship Bible Church
Hobbies: Fellowship with Friends, Music, Reading/Research, Athletics
Favorite Scripture: Jeremiah 29:11 ”For I know the plans I have for you says the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future.”
Favorite Quote: “You can’t live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.” John Wooden
Michael Alfred, History and Theology
Degrees earned: Bachelor’s Degree in Church Music and a Master’s in Theology
College(s) attended: Mississippi College, Master’s International School of Divinity; Lipscomb University
Experience: Ordained pastor – Pastoring youth and families for past 8 years; taught history, literature, theology, logic, and composition at Artios Academy
Church: Christ Church Nashville
Family members: Wife – Shelly Alfred (9 years in August); Daughter – Nadia Alfred (just started Kindergarten here at PCA)
Hobbies/ interests: Sports; Music; Koine Greek; Chess; Reading
Favorite scripture: The LORD is a warrior, the LORD is HIs name. – Exodus 15:3
Favorite quote: “The saving of souls, if a man has once gained love to perishing sinners and his blessed master, will be an all-absorbing passion to him. It will so carry him away, that he will almost forget himself in the saving of others. He will be like the brave fireman, who cares not for the scorch or the heat, so that he may rescue the poor creature on whom true humanity has set its heart. If sinners will be damned, at least let them leap to hell over our bodies. And if they will perish, let them perish with our arms about their knees, imploring them to stay. If hell must be filled, at least let it be filled in the teeth of our exertions, and let no one go there unwarned and unsprayed for.”
- Charles Spurgeon
Christi Florida
Education: B.S. in Public Relations and Advertising; Masters in Youth and Family Ministry
College: University of Mobile; John Brown University
Experience: began PCA in 2011
Church: Northside Baptist Church
Hobbies/Interests: sewing, traveling, biking, hiking
