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Lilli Camparetto, MSEd, LAT, ATC

Classes:
Physical Education (6-8)

Bio:

Lilli is an assistant athletic trainer at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, where she provides sports medicine care for varsity athletics teams including track & field, tennis, and volleyball. She double majored in Athletic Training and Dance at Anderson University (Indiana), graduating summa cum laude in 2020. Lilli pursued her graduate studies at Shenandoah University while working as the athletic trainer for Northern High School in Calvert County, MD. Through Shenandoah, she earned a Master’s of Science in Education and a graduate certificate in Performing Arts Medicine. In 2023, Lilli also earned her credential as a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist.

Lilli credits her passion for studying to her mom, Cari, who spent over 20 years homeschooling Lilli and her five brothers from grades K-12. An “alum” of both HCA and CCT, Lilli is excited to return to HCA to teach middle school PE as a way of giving back to the homeschooling community in southern Maryland. Lilli is passionate about the human body– how it can be strengthened for performance, healed from injury, and used to create art. She lives in California, MD with her husband Nate and can often be found singing in choir (or anywhere, really), dancing around the kitchen (or anywhere, really), taking long walks outside, and reading books voraciously.

Reggie McKenna

Classes:
PE (K-1) , PE (2-3), PE (4-5)

Bio:

I would like to introduce myself and thank you for the privilege of working with your children. My name is Regina McKenna AKA “Coach Reggi”. HCA has been a wonderful part of my classes since before they were officially HCA . I am an AFPA, Certified Children’s Fitness Specialist. Southern Maryland has been my home since 1993. I have been blessed with three children of my own. My ultimate goal is to provide the spirituality, confidence and knowledge to help give children the building blocks to a lifetime of health.

Cristina McOmber

Classes:
Conversational Spanish (6-8)

Bio:

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Amy Miller

Classes:
Science (2-3), Science (4-5), Science (6-8)

Bio:

Amy Miller graduated from Oklahoma State University with a B.S. in Sociology. She married her college sweetheart, Greg, after graduating from OSU, and they soon moved to St. Mary’s County where Greg began working at NASPAX and Amy began working at the Department of Social Services. Amy stopped working (for pay) when she and Greg began their family in order to stay home full time with their children. They now have two boys, Alexander and Ethan. Other than preschool at their church, Amy has homeschooled her two boys from the beginning of their schooling years. Amy also enjoys working in children’s ministries at her church, currently teaching preschool children’s church and directing their AWANA program. Amy accepted the call to follow Jesus as her personal Lord and Savior when she was sixteen, and sees serving children in her community as a step in following His call on her life.

Evelyn Moltumyr

Classes:
Introduction to Literature (2-3)

Bio:

Evelyn was born and raised on a vegetable and tobacco farm in Southern MD, along with her 8 younger brothers and sisters. Her parents taught her at a young age to know and love Jesus and seek to follow Him. Evelyn graduated from Towson State University in 1997 with a degree in Psychology and English Literature. In 1998 she married her husband Jon and they have four children, one daughter and three sons. A stay-at-home mother since her daughter was born, Evelyn began homeschooling her children in 2011. She has been involved in tutorials in Bowie, MD previously and joined HCA and CCT when the family moved to St. Mary’s county in 2019. Her favorite things to do with a homeschool group are to lead book clubs and use literature to learn about many subjects in a fun way.

When not homeschooling, Evelyn enjoys reading, gardening, cooking for her family, Bible study, knitting, and horseback riding. It’s her desire to instill in her own children and in others, a heart to know and follow Jesus.

Shawnetta McCombs

Classes:
Music (K-1) , Music (2-3), Music (4-5) , Music (6-8) , Introduction to Drama (6-8)

Bio:

Shawnetta graduated from the University of Kentucky with a B.A. in Health Care Administration as well as earning a Master of Health Care Administration from Central Michigan University. After serving eight years in the Army, she resigned her commission to become a stay at home mom. Shawnetta and her husband Chris, the pastor of Lexington Park Baptist Church, moved to St. Mary’s County three years ago with their three children. She is involved in several ministries of the church bur her primary focus is music.

Shawnetta has taught private piano lessons for over twenty years and directed children’s choir for thirteen years. Throughout life she has been involved in community theatre and participated music opportunities. Her desire is to teach life values and principles as well as God’s love through music.

Cari Morrison

Classes:
English (6-8)

Bio:

Cari Morrison graduated from Messiah College in 1990 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Early Childhood and Elementary Education. Prior to becoming a homeschooling mom by trade, she taught in Baltimore City Public Schools and at the Lexington Park Christian School (now King’s Christian Academy). She also taught for many years in various children’s ministries—Sunday school, children’s church, and the AWANA Bible program—and in the Leonardtown Baptist Church Home School Fellowship. After 21 years on a nonstop homeschooling journey, Cari “retired” in May 2022 when she and her husband Matt graduated their 6th and youngest student. She now enjoys staying connected to teaching and to the homeschooling community through the California Christian Tutorial and the Homeschool Christian Academy.

Colleen Pawloski

Classes:
Rowing Through the ABC’s (K-1), World Geography (4-5)

Bio:

Colleen was born and raised in Central PA. While she enjoyed her studies, her passion was ballet. She spent much of her youth in the dance studio. She completed her B.S. in Child Development and her M.Ed. in Early Intervention (birth -5) at the University of Pittsburgh. Colleen worked at the Young Autism Project of Pittsburgh, a research program for children with autism, for 10 years. She also provided in-home behavioral consultations to families located throughout the Eastern Coast. Prior to moving to Maryland in 2003, Colleen worked as a Program Coordinator at a private school for children with autism in Richmond, Va. In Maryland, Colleen worked for CCPS in the Special Education department providing behavioral support to the ISLE classrooms, as well as, to families in their homes.
Colleen has been married to her husband, Jamie, for over 20 years. They have two sons, ages 16 and 17. She began homeschooling her children in 2013 and continues to homeschool her youngest son currently. Her favorite memories of homeschooling are spending hours together snuggled under blankets reading. Colleen continued to share her love for literature while teaching the Brave Writer class this past year at HCA. She was also the Thursday supervisor at CCT this year.
Colleen accepted Jesus as her savior in her mid-twenties, and she went through the Rites of Chistian Initiation for Adults at Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church in 2014. When Colleen isn’t enjoying a good book, you can find her outside enjoying God’s beauty in nature, taking long hikes with her dog.

Jamie Salerno

Classes:
Introduction to Art (K-1) , Primary Art 1 (2-3), Primary Art 2 (4-5)

Bio:

Jamie Salerno has been a homeschool Mom of two amazing young adults, a 20yr old girl and 21yr old boy, who have both graduated from HCA and CCT. She married her best friend and handsome husband, Robert Salerno, 25 years ago. Jamie has always been helpful, caring, and creative, running a non-profit Autism educational and support group as well as her own mural business for two years. Jamie and her family moved to Pax River, Maryland, 14 years ago from the Dallas/Ft. Worth region of Texas where she grew up. Jamie has been teaching art with HCA for 5 years and at CCT for 4 years. During this time, she served as HCA director from 2021 to 2023. Jamie became a Destination Imagination coach for 6 years, where she gained some of her art experience, and still volunteers today. Jamie and her family have been attending various local Christian churches and have recently settled into Lexington Park Baptist Church.