Pre-K
Carol Guy was an honored teacher at the Gordon Conwell Preschool for seven years before joining our staff in 2004. With a bachelor’s degree from Eastern Nazarene College and a master’s degree from Gordon College, Mrs. Guy has quickly developed a reputation for creating a classroom climate that encourages fun and creativity and enables children to thrive socially, intellectually, and spiritually. Her mature understanding of child development, her wealth of experience, and her gentle spirit are among her most obvious gifts.

Pre-K (Austin Square)
Like so many in NSCS history, Suanne Starkey began her time as a parent of a NSCS student last year but now moves into the ranks of our faculty. She is an experienced Pre-School teacher from the Saugus Public School system and we are blessed to have her.

Kindergarten
Sharon Amos comes to us from the Park Street School where she was the lead Kindergarten teacher since 2005.  She is familiar with the Lynn area as she did her student teaching at the Harrington School and was subsequently hired as a Reading Interventionist.  Sharon will be completing her Master’s degree from Gordon College in Reading,

 

 

 

Grade 1

Kristen Helgesen is a recent graduate of Gordon College where she came highly recommended by former NSCS Principal and currently professor, Pricilla Nelson. She was a double major in Education and Psychology and her license is in Early Childhood Education for children with or without disabilities.   She was an accomplished athlete at Gordon, playing three varsity sports, basketball, field hockey and lacrosse (of which she was the captain.) Kristen is also a former NSCS student. 

 

Grade 2
Barbara Delaney, who is the staff team leader of the primary grades and early literacy, joined our staff in 1989 and has since become a beloved second grade teacher. Since her graduation from Gordon College, Mrs. Delaney has not only pursued further professional growth through multiple courses and workshops in reading, early literacy, and early mathematics, but has also led workshops, supervised student teachers, and been an important member of our school’s education committee. She is not only a teacher of student, but a teacher of teachers.

 

Grade 3

Christine Moore graduated from Gordon College with a degree in Elementary Education as well as Spanish.  Prior to joining the staff at NSCS Miss Moore completed her student teaching in Hamilton, MA and ran an afterschool program for elementary students in Lynn.  She also spent time in the Dominican Republic studying Spanish and teaching English to third and fourth graders. Miss Moore is an active member of the Community Church of East Gloucester where she helps lead music during morning worship.

 

Grade 4
Heather Behrens recently came to NSCS from Vermont where she worked as an environmental educator and education director at the Vermont Raptor and Education Center for 11 years, and a middle school science teacher for 4 years.  She has a Masters Degree from the University of California, Davis and a K-6 teaching license in both Massachusetts and Vermont.   She has been active in serving those in crisis overseas on missions trips to Mexico, Egypt and Costa Rica, and locally in half-way homes in Vermont.  She has taught Sunday School at her church home at Grace Chapel in Lexington and is active in Women's Bible studies.  Heather and her husband Larry, who works as an attorney in Boston, have two children (Adi and Cole) at NSCS. 

Grade 5
Jolie Welner brings over 9 years experience teaching elementary school in Maine and most recently Oklahoma. She comes to Boston with her husband who is doing post doctoral work at Harvard University. She is a native of Ohio and be warned, she is a big Buckeye fan.

Teacher Aides

Amanda Wilkes returns after a brief hiatus as our Teacher Aide in our Kindergarten and First Grade classes. Miss Wilkes worked with us in the past as a Pre-K aide and in our Adventure Club program.

Jesse Flynn is an alumnus of NSCS and comes back to us as a parent of a Pre-K student and as the Teacher aide at our Austin Square Pre-K program. We are certainly blessed to have served the Christian community long enough to see successive generations come through our school.

Prior to joining the faculty Hazel Lowe was an assistant teacher at the Preschool Experience in Newton Massachusetts for four years. Mrs. Lowe has an Associate Degree in Early Childhood Education. She is a long standing member of the Greater Bethlehem Temple Pentecostal Church in Lynn. At her church she has worked in the Christian education department as the Sunday School Superintendent and is now the advisor to that department.