Rondi Aastrup

Writer

Rondi Aastrup has been teaching English and Journalism since 1978.  A graduate of Atlantic Union College (B.A. ’77) and Andrews University (M.A. ’83), she has traveled extensively around the world with family, friends, and students.  She enjoys reading, writing, traveling, photography, listening to and playing music, and hanging out with family and friends.  Her blog (www.raastrup.blogspot.com) touches on all of those topics as well as her love for nature.
Formerly principal and English teacher at Greater Boston Academy, Rondi is the English teacher at Thunderbird Adventist Academy in Scottsdale, Arizona, doing what she loves best: connecting with young people through reading, writing, and learning. Collaborating with her colleagues is also a special joy, especially when that collaboration results in a journey to discovery and excellence with their students.

Helen Hovanic

Writer

Helen Hovanic has been in the teaching profession for 25 years. During those years she has taught Spanish at various Academies as well as Atlantic Union College. Her teaching has covered grades K-12 and college level. In addition to authoring the Spanish units for the Teacher Bulletin, she has authored Spanish Study Guides for grades 7-12 for Home Study International.

She is married to Dr. Gregory Allen Hovanic. She has two married daughters and two granddaughters. She enjoys traveling, gourmet cooking, and reading. She’s still active in the classroom, teaching Spanish for grades 9-12 and enjoying every bit of it.

Kim Kaiser

Writer

Kim Kaiser has taught a variety of grades in church schools as well as students with special needs in public middle and high schools. Currently she is serving as the associate superintendent for the New York Conference, responsible for elementary education. Kim enjoys writing multi-grade curricular materials for small schools, finding creative solutions to meet individual student needs and supporting teachers. In her spare time she enjoys knitting socks and loves to read children’s literature.

Rebecca F. Kinley Fraker

Writer

Rebecca K. Fraker lives at Union Springs Academy in NY with her husband Steven Fraker.  She has three children and one grandchild. Most of her career has been spent with multi-grade education and she has taught every age through 12th grade.  She is greatly interested in everything and is always eager to learn new things.  This past year she has explored the world of bones and has started a collection of animal skulls, bones, and teeth to examine with her eager, enthusiastic students.

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.