Our Faculty
OCA faculty members are highly qualified educators who strive to help their students unite a passion for Christ with excellence in academics. Every member of the faculty signs a statement of faith, aligning themselves with the calling from God to educate from a biblical worldview.
Bankston, Krystal
Jr/Sr High Teacher krystalbankston@oca.oakwoodbc.org
Barker, Samantha
Preschool Teacher samanthabarker@oca.oakwoodbc.org
Befus, Tim
Jr/Sr High Teacher timbefus@oca.oakwoodbc.org
Brown, Belinda
3rd Grade Teacher belindabrown@oca.oakwoodbc.org
Cook, Myra
Music/Drama Director myracook@oca.oakwoodbc.org
Edwards, Bryan
Jr/Sr High Teacher bryanedwards@oca.oakwoodbc.org
Foster, Jennifer
Preschool Teacher jenniferfoster@oca.oakwoodbc.org
Givens, Kraig
Jr/Sr High Teacher kraiggivens@oca.oakwoodbc.org
Green, Celina
P. E. Teacher celinagreen@oca.oakwoodbc.org
Kinard, Katie
Kindergarten Teacher katiekinard@oca.oakwoodbc.org
McDaniel, Janice
1st Grade Teacher janicemcdaniel@oca.oakwoodbc.org
McDonough, Madi
6th Grade Teacher madimcdonough@oca.oakwoodbc.org
McDonough, Matthew
Jr/Sr High Teacher matthewmcdonough@oca.oakwoodbc.org
McDonough, Stacy
Preschool Teacher stacymcdonough@oca.oakwoodbc.org
Michaelian, Kari
6th Grade Teacher karimichaelian@oca.oakwoodbc.org
Mount, Erin
Kindergarten Teacher erinmount@oca.oakwoodbc.org
Pickard, Stephanie
1st Grade Teacher stephaniepickard@oca.oakwoodbc.org
Pryor, Brittany
Preschool Teacher brittanypryor@oca.oakwoodbc.org
Purser, Laura
College Advisor/Band Director laurapurser@oca.oakwoodbc.org
Scarbrough, Jessica
Jr/Sr High Teacher jessicascarbrough@oca.oakwoodbc.org
Shamblin, Emily
4th Grade Teacher emilyshamblin@oca.oakwoodbc.org
Silva, Lauren
3rd Grade Teacher laurensilva@oca.oakwoodbc.org
Stoker, Monica
4th Grade Teacher monicastoker@oca.oakwoodbc.org
Trundle, Brooke
2nd Grade Teacher brooketrundle@oca.oakwoodbc.org
Whitescarver, Stephanie
2nd Grade Teacher stephaniewhitescarver@oca.oakwoodbc.org
Williams, Stacy
Jr/Sr High Teacher stacywilliams@oca.oakwoodbc.org
Wooten, Mitchell
5th Grade Teacher mitchellwooten@oca.oakwoodbc.org
Accreditation
Oakwood Christian Academy is fully accredited by North American Christian School Accrediting Agency (NACSAA), National Council of Private School Accreditation (NCPSA), the American Association of Christian Schools (AACS), and the Georgia Association of Christian Schools (GACS) which is a charter member of Georgia Private School Accrediting Commission (GAPSAC).
Accreditation is a means whereby the American Association of Christian Schools can assist member schools in building stronger Christian schools. AACS is a national/international accreditation body.
The accreditation program of the Georgia Association of Christian Schools has been recognized and approved by the following Georgia state boards and authorities:
The Georgia Board of Education has approved the Georgia Private School Accrediting Commission (GAPSAC) of which the Georgia Association of Christian Schools is a charter member. All schools provisionally or fully accredited GACS are entitled to benefits, including transfer of grades and credits to public schools, on the same basis as students from public schools. No additional tests over and above those required by public school students have to be taken by students from GACS accredited schools, nor additional measures whatsoever will be required.
Graduates of schools that are candidates for accreditation provisionally accredited or fully accredited by the Georgia Association of Christian Schools are eligible for HOPE Scholarship on the same basis as are graduates from public schools in Georgia. Application for these scholarships may be made through the Georgia college or university to which the student has applied.
The Georgia Board of Regents has approved graduates from GACS provisionally or fully accredited schools for entrance to colleges of the University System of Georgia (USG). However, individual colleges of the USG may place additional requirements, over and above those required for graduation by the Georgia Board of Education, on all students (from both public and private schools) applying to a particular college. Usually, these requirements are based on the “Freshman Index” which is a combination of SAT scores and course grades from the student’s cumulative grade point average (GPA).
For this reason, we recommend that any student planning to attend a college or university of the USG to contact that particular college or colleges no later than the beginning of their junior year of high school to be assured the student is on track to meet admission requirements. Information on the Freshman Index may be requested from any college or university of the USG.