MLC fills out teaching staff

Amanda Korns, Holly Penner on board at the school

Dr. Michael James, Administrator at Mountain Lake Christian (MLC) has announced that the school has filled out its teaching staff for next year. A new face will be Amanda Korns, along with an expanded role for Holly Penner.

AMANDA KORNS
AMANDA KORNS

+ Amanda Korns will be a full-time teacher for the 2016-2017 school year. Amanda will be teaching 5th- and 6th-grade math and science, along with 7th-grade math. She will also be in charge of the resource program. The resource program at MLC assists students who are either ahead or behind their peer groups by providing additional instruction designed to help them continue to excel or to catch up to their peer groups as needed.

Prior to joining MLC, she worked as a special education paraprofessional at Mountain Lake Public School and as a classroom teacher at Excell Academy in Brooklyn Park. Amanda has a Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education from North Central University of Minneapolis, with a concentration in Literacy. She holds a Minnesota teacher’s license for K-6 General Education and 5-8 Communication Arts.

Amanda is married to Dave Korns, who is employed at Bargen, Inc.  They have one son, Roman, who is just over one-month-old.

HOLLY PENNER
HOLLY PENNER

+ Holly Penner will be expanding her role at MLC for next school year. Holly joined staff during the second semester this past year to teach an Art class for several high school artists. This year, she will teach Art all year for grades K-8, as well as another semester class for high school students.

Holly and her husband, Tim, have four children all of whom attend MLC (or will when old enough).

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