Faculty & Staff
The Christian Academy of the Cumberlands is a Member of the Association of Christian Schools International accreditation agency. CAC follows all of ACSI's regulations for teacher certification including being certified in their subject area.
Principal: Darci Bernabei, dbernabei@cacknights.com
Bookkeeper: Kelly DeChristofaro, kelly@cacknights.com
Secretary: Amanda Dearmon, adearmon@cacknights.com
Kindergarten: Kaysee Squire, ksquire@cacknights.com
Assistant: Debbie Nelson, dnelson@cacknights.com
1st: Marsha Phipps, mphipps@cacknights.com
2nd: Amanda Street, astreet@cacknights.com
Tracy Bryant, tbryant@cacknights.com
3rd: Melody DeBruyn, mdebruyn@cacknights.com
4th/5th: Ali Cecil, acecil@cacknights.com
McKinsey Shupe, mshupe@cacknights.com
Assistant: Danielle Davis, ddavis@cacknights.com
6th-12th
History: Courtney Blaylock, cblaylock@cacknights.com
Math: Martha Christopher, mchristopher@cacknights.com
ELA: Pat Koehl, pkoehl@cacknights.com
Science/Wellness: Samantha Wyatt, swyatt@cacknights.com
P.E.: Mary Ann Kotus, mkotus@cacknights.com
Spanish: Angelica Milford, amilford@cacknights.com
Special Areas:
Music: Amanda Street, astreet@cacknights.com
Lost Arts: Lori Cole, lbranstetter@cacknights.com
P.E.: Teresa Frey, tfrey@cacknights.com
Library/Art: Tiffany Melton, tmelton@cacknights.com
Preschool Director: Melynda McElroy, mmcelroy@cacknights.com
1-year-olds: Pam Flynn, pflynn@cacknights.com
Sara Parks, sparks@cacknights.com
2-year-olds (A): Kellyn Moseley, kcapps@cacknights.com
2-year-olds (B): Tiffany Aric, taric@cacknights.com
Shelby Parrigin, sparrigin@cacknights.com
3-year-olds (A): Ariana Duke, aduke@cacknights.com
Sue Langdon, slangdon@cacknights.com
3-year-olds (B): Becky Jones, bjones@cacknights.com
Jeanna Sparks, jsparks@cacknights.com
4-year-olds (A): Donna Thackston, dthackston@cacknights.com
4-year-olds (B): Beckie Cox, bcox@cacknights.com
Brionne Sherrill, bsherrill@cacknights.com
Aftercare: LeAnn Verstynen
Christian Academy of the Cumberlands
325 Braun Street
Crossville, TN 38555
(931) 707-9540
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Our Philosophy
We believe educating the whole child necessitates three important forces in the child’s life: a Christ-centered home, church, and school. The working together of all three of these provides a much greater assurance of rearing up young men and women who will make a positive impact and difference in our world for Christ. We believe education is a partnership. Students function best when there is consistency between the home, church, and school. Therefore, it is our role to be an extension of your home and church (Deuteronomy 6:6-7 & Ephesians 6:4).