Beverley Bucknor

Writer

Beverley E. Bucknor has worked in the Atlantic Union area since 1980 and on the Teacher Bulletin Committee since 1987. She has enjoyed the teaching ministry serving in various configurations of multigrade and single grade classroom schools. She is presently working as the principal of Northeastern Academy. These venues have provided many opportunities to use her creativity. Throughout the years of serving in the Teacher Bulletin, Beverley has written several units and developed many art projects.

Carolyn Kearbey

Writer

Carolyn S. Kearbey has taught at nearly every grade level possible throughout her nearly 30 years of teaching. As a preservice teacher still in college, she worked as a substitute teacher during every vacation, allowing her to experience kindergarten through sixth grade before even starting her first job. As an elementary teacher, she taught fourth, fifth, and sixth grades. After receiving her doctorate in education from Loma Linda University, she became the associate director of the Reading Center at Atlantic Union College. There she conducted classes in study skills and speed reading for 7th, 8th, and 12th graders as well as individual tutoring for kindergarten through college students. As a professor in the Education Department, she taught study skills to college freshmen, education classes to undergraduate students, and graduate classes to teachers. Since leaving college teaching and moving to Napa Christian Campus of Education in 2005, Dr. Kearbey has taught 6th, 7th, 8th, and 10th grades as well as serving as the resource teacher for the entire campus.

Lillian Mitchell

Writer

Lillian is the principal of Greater New York Academy, located in Woodside, Queens, New York. Prior to this assignment, she served as the principal of Whispering Pines Seventh-day Adventist Elementary School. She graduated form Andrews University with a Master of Arts degree in Education. Her interests include reading, sewing, crocheting and traveling. Lillian is married to Orette Mitchell who pastors in the Greater New York Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. They are the proud parents of three children, Henry, a graduate of Andrews univeristy; Charisse, a graduate of Loma Linda University School of Mediine who is married to Maxwell Branadon; and Joy-Anne, a graduate of Pacific Union College. Henry is married to the former Gyssel Cruz who is the daughter of Jose Cruz who also pastors in Greater New York Conference. Henry and Gyssel have made Lillian and Orette doting grandparents of Henry-Jose and Liliana. Lillian has been listed in Who's Who Among Americas Teachers and Who's Who Among American Women. She has also been the recipient of the Zapara Excellence in Teaching Award. Lillian enjoys teaching - especially young children, but is now really fascinated with the teenagers of Greater New York Academy.

Larry Robbins

Writer

Larry Robbins is a teacher at A.W. Spalding Elementary School in Collegedale, Tennessee.  He teaches a combination class of Language Arts/History to the 8th grade.  He has been teaching for 31 years and has a BA in History from Atlantic Union College.

Larry has been married for over 37 years to his wife Martha and they have three grown sons and three grandchildren who all live in the Collegedale area.  Larry states that humor plays a big part in his everyday life and work.