Pam
Stegall
HEAD OF SCHOOL
Reading For The Children’s Sake inspired Pam to apply for the Head of School position at Intown Community School. She witnessed a philosophy being lived out daily that showed a lot of love and respect for the child as a person and learner. Her passion was ignited for this learning environment that is in sync with her heart for children. Her testimony today would be that it is still happening within the walls of each classroom.
Administration
Mari Hockenberry
Assistant Principal/MS Lead Teacher
Mari Hockenberry
Assistant Principal/MS Lead Teacher
As a young girl growing up in Pennsylvania, Mari could often be found teaching those around her. She attended Kutztown University, where she attained a BS in Education and a Masters in Curriculum and Instruction. Though she has taught mathematics, reading, history and language arts, her greatest passion is for discipleship. She is overjoyed that God has called her to use this passion and her gifts in the role of administration at Intown.
Lucy Ashby
K-5 Lead Teacher
Mari Hockenberry
Assistant Principal/MS Lead Teacher
As a young girl growing up in Pennsylvania, Mari could often be found teaching those around her. She attended Kutztown University, where she attained a BS in Education and a Masters in Curriculum and Instruction. Though she has taught mathematics, reading, history and language arts, her greatest passion is for discipleship. She is overjoyed that God has called her to use this passion and her gifts in the role of administration at Intown.
Amy Choate
Office/Business Manager
Amy Choate
BUSINESS MANAGER
Amy’s three children enjoyed an Intown Community School education. She and her husband, who are both registered architects, are Frank Lloyd Wright enthusiasts. Amy loves numbers, math, and spreadsheets. She administers various aspects of our school’s business matters.
Megan Weltscheff
ADMISSIONS DIRECTOR
Megan Weltscheff
ADMISSIONS DIRECTOR
Megan first joined the Intown community as a parent. She served on the admissions committee before becoming the Admissions Director. God prepared her for this role by giving her experience in corporate sales, education administration and a love for Him and life-long learning.
Ken Evans
Athletic Director/PE
Ken Evans
ATHLETIC DIRECTOR
Ken has enjoyed being the Athletic Director at Intown Community School since 2011. He previously served as Director of Community Service and Outreach at Intown Community Church. He has 15 years of experience teaching junior and senior high mathematics in Dekalb Schools, as well as over 20 years of urban ministry as a church planter and as the founder and director of IF Coffeehouse in Little Five Points. Ken and his wife Terri are the proud parents of six daughters and eight grandchildren.
Lower Elementary Teachers
Kelly Mulroy
KINDERGARTEN
Kelly Mulroy
KINDERGARTEN/DISCOVERY
Her family moved to Georgia from New Jersey when Kelly was a young girl. She always knew she wanted to be a teacher. The oldest of four girls, Kelly forced her sisters to take spelling tests and solve math problems! She received her Bachelors from Nyack College, NY, and relocated to Hollywood, Florida, where she taught second grade for 6 years. In 1999 Kelly finished her Masters at Nova and returned to Georgia to work at Intown Community School in 2000. Since joining the community, she has taught K, 2, 3, Yearbook and can be found most afternoons with the Discovery program. She loves being a part of a team of educators that strives to do what is best for children and value them as image bearers!
Amy Garcia
FIRST GRADE
Lorie Vondrak
FIRST GRADE
Rachel Ruiz
SECOND GRADE/DISCOVERY
Katherine Crawford
SECOND GRADE/DISCOVERY
Shannon Pierce
SECOND GRADE
Shannon Pierce
SECOND GRADE
Teaching at Intown Community School on and off since 1996 has been a joy. One of the reasons I enjoy teaching here is that I am able to talk about God and weave in a Biblical worldview throughout the day. I love that we believe that children are made in God’s image and that it shapes how we teach. Community is one of the most important aspects of Intown Community School. As a teacher and a parent, I enjoy the monthly parent meetings, high parental involvement, and a small classroom sizes that enable me to get to know the families of my students as we come together to educate their child.
Upper Elementary Teachers
Heather Hnat
THIRD GRADE
Heather Hnat
THIRD GRADE
Heather feels that God has blessed her whole family so much through the Intown community. She taught kindergarten and first grade for ten years prior to coming to Intown Community School in 2014. She loves learning and growing with third graders at Intown each day. Her favorite thing about teaching at Intown is the strong partnership between families and teachers, which leads to amazing spiritual, emotional and academic growth.
Chris Pohl
THIRD GRADE AND YEARBOOK
Chris Pohl
THIRD GRADE AND YEARBOOK
Chris grew up in Milledgeville, Georgia, and was saved at the age of five. He graduated from Covenant College in 1993. Just after, he served as a missionary for four years in Japan. He has traveled to 49 states and 19 countries on 4 continents. The time spent overseas in particular changed his life. It gave him a new idea of the vastness and diversity of God’s creation. He also realized that the world doesn’t revolve around America. In 2001 he moved to Atlanta and joined the staff at Intown. Our third grade curriculum focuses on the seven continents, and he is pleased to be able to share his personal experiences. He loves teaching at Intown! He enjoys the wonderful staff and having students who are excited about learning.
Mary DeRuiter
FOURTH GRADE
Mary DeRuiter
FOURTH GRADE
God has given Mary a passion for education, which she has enjoyed for thirty-three years as a classroom teacher, an educational therapist and as a library media specialist. Mary’s education includes a BA in elementary education Grades 1-6, a Masters in library media, a professional educator’s certificate, and a learning disabilities therapist certificate. Love of children, learning, and serving are the reasons she loves teaching. Children make her smile and laugh and she enjoys the relationships formed. Mary also enjoys being part of a “team” (parents, fellow teachers, and administrators) dedicated to inspire children to love learning. It is a privilege to serve at Intown Community School and partner with parents in helping children follow Jesus each day. She gets excited about helping others create a learning experience that is interesting and meaningful.To God be the Glory!
Emmalyn Huddleston
FOURTH GRADE
Emmalyn Huddleston
FOURTH GRADE
Teaching at Intown Community School since 2014
Kate Moreman
FIFTH GRADE
Kim Powell
FIFTH GRADE
Kim Powell
FIFTH GRADE
Teaching at Intown Community School since 2004
Middle School Teachers
Courtney Rogers
SIXTH GRADE HUMANITIES
Courtney Rogers
SIXTH GRADE HUMANITIES
Courtney has been teaching at Intown Community School since 2009. She holds an undergraduate degree in communications and a master’s degree in teaching. Her favorite thing about teaching sixth grade humanities is the curriculum integration.
Blythe Coker
SIXTH GRADE HUMANITIES
Tom Lockwood
SEVENTH GRADE HUMANITIES
Tom Lockwood
SEVENTH GRADE HUMANITIES
In more than three decades as an educator, Tom has taught 5th through 12th grades in Language Arts, Literature, History, Math, Science . . . most of the curriculum of the average public school. This is his 13th year teaching at Intown, and he has become thoroughly convinced that Intown’s approach is the most efficacious in both educating our students and helping develop exemplary young men and women. He has enjoyed the opportunity to work with students and parents, and even more, families. After owning his own cabinetry business and teaching in other public and private school settings, he has been blessed to have the opportunity to meld ministry and work with middle school students at Intown.
Robyn Sugiura
EIGHTH GRADE HUMANITIES
Robyn Sugiura
EIGHTH GRADE HUMANITIES
Intown has been a part of Robyn’s family since 2004 when she first began teaching at the school. Since that time, she and her husband Ken have had three children who are now students at Intown. She loves teaching her students to learn about the world around them in the context of History and Language Arts, as well as being able to stop in the moment and address their hearts. She also loves the opportunities she has to be a life-long learner with her students as she is able to plan and help shape the living curriculum of our school.
Lori DeLange
SIXTH GRADE SCIENCE AND MATH
Lori DeLange
SIXTH GRADE SCIENCE AND MATH
Teaching at Intown Community School since 2010
Tina Barr
MIDDLE SCHOOL MATH
Tina Barr
MIDDLE SCHOOL MATH
Elizabeth Stewart
MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE
Elizabeth Stewart
MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE
Elizabeth has been working at Intown Community School since 2002 and teaching science since 2009. She loves that middle school science covers so many big questions about how the world works, just at a stage when students’ abstract reasoning abilities are taking off, which allows them to apply concepts to their everyday lives. Intown’s emphasis on hands-on learning, relationships, and creativity means that students construct their scientific understanding through a variety of experiences together. Her favorite aspects of her job: being moved by wonder at the beauty and complexity of God’s creation, getting dirty working in the school garden, and being present with students over three years as God grows them towards maturity.
Exploratory Teachers and Office Staff
Jeanie Carr
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT/RECEPTIONIST
Jeanie Carr
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT/RECEPTIONIST
Jeanie is a big cheerleader for Intown Community School! After she and her husband, John, joined the school community as parents when their oldest daughter was in first grade, Jeanie has held several positions within the school: school parent for 13 years, School Ministry Team member, Drama Club Sponsor, Admissions Committee member and finally as her children began to age out of the school she became a member of the school staff as part-time receptionist and administrative assistant. Jeanie loves being part of such a vibrant and loving community and counts it a blessing to be able to serve the students and families of the school and share about Intown with new families.
Holly Evans
Music/Fine Arts
Holly Evans
MUSIC/FINE ARTS
Teaching at Intown Community School since 2016
Abby Garland
FRENCH
Abby Garland
FRENCH
Abby has a deep passion for foreign languages, and is excited by how God created so many unique cultures and people groups across the world all in His image. Abby attended Intown School from 2003-2011, and has loved languages ever since. Before teaching at Intown, Abby went to Georgia Tech, where she studied Applied Language and Intercultural Studies, and tried to travel around the world as much as possible. Her favorite thing about teaching French at Intown is getting to excite students with curiosity about the diversity of God’s people.
Erika Page
School Nurse
Kelly Pierce
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
Kelly Pierce
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
After graduating from Auburn with a degree in Office Administration, Kelly moved to Atlanta to take a position with the PCA (Presbyterian Church in America) in their administrative offices. After four years there, she left to work at Ronald Blue & Co. in administration for seven years. During that time, Kelly met and married her husband John. She left RBC in 1993 to work from home as a free-lance desktop publisher during the time her children, who are now Intown alums, were young. When they got to be school age, she became the Nursery Director at Intown Church and was there until she started working part-time at Intown Community School in 2007.
Carol Rankin
ART
Carol Rankin
ART
Teaching at Intown Community School since 2000
Paige Rohrer
Staff Assistant
Katie Thompson
Administrative Assistant/Receptionist
Katie Thompson
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT/RECEPTIONIST
Katie enjoys using her administrative gifts as a staff member and sharing her love for the school as a member of the admissions committee. She was blessed to be a full-time stay at home mom for 11 years, and now has the best of both worlds as a part-time administrative assistant and receptionist. She loves helping students, parents, teachers, and visitors feel welcomed and cared for. Believing strongly in Intown’s education philosophy and in its people, Katie and her husband are happy to partner with Intown School in the education of their children.