SHOALS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL - Key Persons


Angeline Strawbridge

Job Titles:
  • Business Manager

Barry McFall

Job Titles:
  • Athletic Director / Coach / Math Instructor

Burbank, Christa

Job Titles:
  • Financial Administrator
  • Lunchroom Staff Member
  • Secretary

Chad Hess

Job Titles:
  • Pastor of Woodmont Baptist Church
Chad Hess is the pastor of Woodmont Baptist Church. He is the former SCS campus pastor, Bible teacher and assistant football coach. He is married to Janna Stone Hess. Janna serves in the Shoals area as a nurse practitioner. They have two children: Stone an SCS student, and his younger brother Hollis. Chad has been an active part of Shoals Christian for many years.

Charman Brock


Christina Marks

Job Titles:
  • Instructor

Chuck Owens

Job Titles:
  • Head of School

Cody, Allison

Job Titles:
  • Lunchroom Staff Member
  • Teacher

Cole, Ginger

Job Titles:
  • Lunchroom Staff Member

Davis, Stephani

Job Titles:
  • Instructor
  • Lunchroom Staff Member

Didi Vardaman

Job Titles:
  • Director of Admissions & Development

Edwards, Jamison

Job Titles:
  • Lunchroom Staff Member
  • Campus Pastor / Bible Teacher

Fisher, Kirby

Job Titles:
  • Lunchroom Staff Member

Flippo, Larry

Job Titles:
  • Instructor
  • Lunchroom Staff Member

Flippo, Mimi

Job Titles:
  • Lunchroom Staff Member
  • Instructor - K4

Gentle, Stacy

Job Titles:
  • Instructor
  • Lunchroom Staff Member

Gobble, Sarah

Job Titles:
  • Lunchroom Staff Member

Hammond, Sharon

Job Titles:
  • Lunchroom Staff Member
  • Instructor - 2nd Grade

Hannah Grace

Job Titles:
  • Instructor
  • Lunchroom Staff Member

Irelan, Alla

Job Titles:
  • Instructor
  • Lunchroom Staff Member

Jamison Edwards

Job Titles:
  • Campus Pastor

Jessica Wood

Job Titles:
  • Instructor - 1st Grade

John Simmons

Job Titles:
  • Professional
John Simmons is a Professional Engineer and owner of Southern Environmental Engineering. He and his wife Tina are parents of two SCS alums, Victoria ('14) and Isabella ('17). John is an active member of Woodmont Baptist Church.

Johnson, Brenda

Job Titles:
  • Instructor
  • Lunchroom Staff Member

Kathy Finch

Job Titles:
  • Member of Woodmont Baptist Church
Kathy Finch is a member of Woodmont Baptist Church. She is married to Randy and they have one son, Andrew, who graduated from SCS in 2009. Kathy taught math for SCS from its inception in 1997 and also served as principal and academic dean for a short time.

Killen, Lauren

Job Titles:
  • Instructor
  • Lunchroom Staff Member

Lane, Laurie

Job Titles:
  • Instructor
  • Lunchroom Staff Member

Lewey, Melanie

Job Titles:
  • Lunchroom Staff Member
  • Band Director

Marks, Christina

Job Titles:
  • Instructor
  • Lunchroom Staff Member

Mary Kate Mills

Job Titles:
  • Academic Dean

McFall, Barry

Job Titles:
  • Athletic Director
  • Lunchroom Staff Member
  • Teacher

Mills, Mary Kate

Job Titles:
  • Lunchroom Staff Member
  • Academic Dean

Mimi Flippo

Job Titles:
  • Instructor - K4

Owens, Caroline

Job Titles:
  • Instructor
  • Lunchroom Staff Member

Owens, Chuck

Job Titles:
  • Head of School
  • Lunchroom Staff Member

Pate, Jennifer

Job Titles:
  • Instructor
  • Lunchroom Staff Member

Paul Higginbotham

Job Titles:
  • President of the Computing Group
Paul Higginbotham is the President of The Computing Group. He is married to Kari Nicole Higginbotham and they have 5 children. The oldest three, Luke ('25), Moises ('26) and PJ ('28) have been attending Shoals Christian since the fall of 2016. They are active members at Chapel.

Penny Camp - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Board
Penny Camp, board chair, is a member of First Baptist Church, Killen. She is married to Michael, and they have two sons in school at SCS, Samuel ('24) and Matthew ('25). who have attended SCS since K4 and K5. She serves as the Executive Vice President/Chief People Officer at Bank Independent.

Quimby, Sara

Job Titles:
  • Lunchroom Staff Member
  • Teacher

Saylor, Shauna

Job Titles:
  • Instructor
  • Lunchroom Staff Member

Scott Barber

Job Titles:
  • Lead
Scott Barber is the lead pastor at Redeemer Church of the Shoals, PCA. He and his wife, Leesa, are parents of three daughters: SCS alumnus Elizabeth ('20) and current students Sydney ('23) and Caroline ('26).

Sharon Hammond

Job Titles:
  • Instructor - 2nd Grade
  • Teacher - 2 Nd Grade

Shewbart, Rodney

Job Titles:
  • Lunchroom Staff Member
  • Youth Minister

Shope, Sharon

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant
  • Lunchroom Staff Member

Simmons, Nicholas

Job Titles:
  • Instructor
  • Lunchroom Staff Member

Spires, Angela

Job Titles:
  • Instructor
  • Lunchroom Staff Member

Storie, Rachel

Job Titles:
  • Librarian
  • Lunchroom Staff Member

Summers, Amanda

Job Titles:
  • Bookkeeper
  • Lunchroom Staff Member

Underwood, Kelly

Job Titles:
  • Instructor
  • Lunchroom Staff Member

Uptain, Amy

Job Titles:
  • Lunchroom Staff Member
  • Teacher

Wood, Jessica

Job Titles:
  • Lunchroom Staff Member
  • Instructor - 1st Grade