CORE INSTRUCTORS

Beth Augsburger, Pre-Algebra, Algebra 1, Geometry 

Mrs. Augsburger has 25 years of teaching experience and is state certified to teach Math K-12. She has a Bachelors of Science in Education from Eastern Mennonite University and a fifth year of graduate studies in Math Education at the University of Washington. She has been a classroom math teacher and has taught and/or tutored middle school and high school math students. She has served as a learning styles consultant, been involved in curriculum research and development and has been a private tutor for many years. Currently, Mrs. Augsburger is a private math tutor and home schools her two children.

Sam Augsburger, Physics

Mr. Augsburger holds undergraduate degrees in Biology, Theology, and Education from Eastern Mennonite University and a Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Washington.  He has taught physical science, chemistry, and physics at the high school level.  He is currently the director of the Motion Analysis Laboratory at Shriners Hospital for Children.

Mrs. Bradshaw has taught at Trinity Christian Academy for 13 years.  She has experience teaching third grade, middle school Latin, and high school French and English.  She has a B.A. in English with a French minor from Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama.  She is married to David Bradshaw who teaches in the Philosophy Department at UK.  They have one daughter who is a graduate of Trinity.

Lenore Breeden, U.S. History, Civics & Government

Mrs. Breeden has a B.A. in history and English from the University of Kentucky.  She taught middle school Bible for a year and high school history for five years at Trinity Christian Academy.  She homeschooled her three daughters through elementary school and taught in an area homeschool program.  Mrs. Breeden hopes to instill in her students some of her own passion for history.

Jennifer Ferguson, Onsite Manager, Study Halls

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Robert Littrell, Chemistry

Dr. Littrell is a pharmacist who received his Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Pharmacy degrees from the University of Kentucky (UK) College of Pharmacy in 1988. Robert then served for 15 years as a faculty member at the UK College of Pharmacy. During this time he taught multiple classroom courses on topics ranging from basic science to advanced pharmacology and therapeutics.  He also provided practical and clinical instruction to graduate and post-doctoral level students. Robert currently serves as Chief Executive Officer for Artemetrx Healthcare Resources, Inc, a company founded in 2003 based on intellectual property developed in the course of Robert’s academic work at UK. Using data analytics and clinically sound outreach programs, Artemetrx enables large employers to provide cost-effective and affordable healthcare to their employees and their families.  Robert is a homeschooling father of two with one child in the BUAC Core Program.

Susan Ormsbee, ACT / SAT / PSAT / College Prep

Mrs. Ormsbee is a graduate of the University of Kentucky.  She has 30 years of experience as a teacher, educational administrator, and testing coordinator/counselor in both public and private schools in Virginia, Indiana, and Kentucky.  Since 1992, Mrs. Ormsbee has been actively involved in the central Kentucky homeschool community  by coordinating standardized testing for hundreds of homeschoolers and by teaching and administering programs for high school students in leadership and academic pursuits, including college and career preparation.  Her two daughters, Annie and Katie, were homeschooled through high school. Mrs. Ormsbee also works with the women’s ministry and with financial counseling at her church.  She has been happily married for 30 years to her high school sweetheart, Lindell, who is a research director and a professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Kentucky.

Grant Robbe, Algebra 2

Mr. Robbe holds an undergraduate degree in Math Education from Liberty University with some additional college studies in engineering.  He has taught a broad range of math courses on the high school level in Kentucky and Caracas, Venezuela.  Grant currently works at Toyota Motor Manufacturing in Body Operations Quality Projects.  He and his wife, Kathy, have 2 children that they homeschool.

Susan Samples, English 1, 2, and 3/4

Mrs. Samples has a B.A. in English from the University of Kentucky and a M.A. in Education with an emphasis in Secondary English from the University of Kentucky.  She is state-certified to teach secondary English.  Mrs. Samples taught eleventh grade English at Lexington Christian Academy for three years.  For the past nine years, she has taught English, writing, and literature to many area home school students.

Lorry Smith, Anatomy and Physiology

Mrs. Smith is a graduate of Midway College, Emory University, and Georgia State University.  She holds a Masters of Science in Nursing with a critical care clinical specialty and an education focus.  She currently teaches part-time in the Department of Baccalaureate and Graduate Nursing at Eastern Kentucky University, shere she has been teaching for twenty years.  She and her husband, David, have two college age sons and a daughter attending BUAC.

Kimberly Taylor, Biology and Physical Science

Mark Tucker, Pre-Calculus