Teachers
Jonathan Burt
High School Lead Teacher
High School Lead Teacher
Jon has been involved in Christian education for over twenty years – first as a board member, then social studies teacher at Kentview Christian High School, then as an Adjunct and later Assistant Professor of History at Northwest University. Jon has five degrees – three in history and two in computer science. He has managed restaurants, worked on farms and in orchards, was a carpenter for seven years, and worked fifteen years as a software cost analyst for Boeing Military. His desire is to create space for students to explore, examine, and question on their own, so that when they arrive at knowledge, they know how they got there. He believes that ownership of the steps in the journey is the true foundation for a lifetime of learning.
Jon has been a Christian for forty-four years, married for forty-one, is father to three wonderful sons, and grandfather to five.
Marina Su
Middle School Lead Teacher
Middle School Lead Teacher
Marina has been classically homeschooling her children for the last seven years and teaching any chance she gets. She has taught at an elementary co-op, helped at Akoloutheo Academy, and led children’s ministry at church. Before homeschooling, Marina taught middle school language arts for five years and earned her Master of Education in Instructional Technology. It is her joy to help goofy middle schoolers develop into young people that seek truth, beauty, and goodness.
Marina lives in Issaquah with her husband Robert, four children, and a tiny attack dog named Dallas.
Perry Jones
Literature, Writing
Literature, Writing
Perry has been teaching in the Seattle area for over 15 years. His career began in music education, but has expanded to include writing, literature, and finance. He holds both a doctoral and master’s degree from the University of Washington, as well as a bachelor’s degree from Whitman College. Throughout his career, he has split his teaching hours between a classroom setting and one-on-one tutoring. Whether in front of twenty students or working with just one, his priority is to always make learning enjoyable, believing that any subject can be made interesting if presented in the right light and manner.
When not teaching, Perry enjoys composing music, writing fiction, woodworking, and spending time with his family. He lives in Issaquah with his wife and their two children.
Analiisa Reichlin
Latin
Latin
Analiisa has known since she was very small that she wanted to be a teacher and studied both music and education at WWU. In her 20’s she discovered my inner CEO and started several companies, including the largest Kindermusik studio in the world.
She has spent many hours engaging in her passions for learning about how the brain works, writing curriculum, and teaching music, Latin, science, executive function, and Bible to preschoolers through adults. At her core as an educator is her desire for students to discover who God created them to be, and to develop life skills alongside academic knowledge, all while having fun learning.
She and her husband have been married for 27 years and have three children who were all homeschooled through high school.
Lauren Schneringer
Bible, Logic
Bible, Logic
Lauren has been teaching for the past 15 years. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Masters in Teaching (K-8). After teaching in the public school system, Lauren began homeschooling her own children. She has taught at a preschool co-op, an elementary co-op, and most recently has been co-teaching middle school science. She loves encouraging students to view themselves, each other, and the world complexly.
Lauren lives in Sammamish with her husband, Troy, her four kids, a fluffy pup named Ash, and a bearded dragon. When not spending time with kids, Lauren enjoys drinking tea, being outside, dogs, cross stitch, and playing board games.
Troy Schneringer
Finances, Health, Rhetoric
Finances, Health, Rhetoric