lyndon academy

Meet Our Faculty & Staff

Linda Murdock

Head of School

  • Bachelor’s, Master’s

  • Lycoming College, State University of New York

  • Years of Experience: 51

Dr. Dwight Pullen

Assistant Head of School

  • Bachelor’s, Master’s, Specialist, Doctorate

  • Auburn University, University of Georgia, Central Michigan University

  • Years of Experience: 42

Peter Murdock

COO & CFO

Dawn Schooley

Director of Admissions

“People often say, “I’ll be happy when…” Being happy does not mean to always get what you want. Happiness comes when you love what you have and you are grateful for it.”

“It is never wrong to do the right thing.”

– Mark Twain

“Live life by laughing a lot, dreaming big … when you fall, get up and run faster. Life is not about me, it’s about the people that surround me.”

“Our job is not to prepare students for something. Our job is to help students prepare themselves for anything.”

– A.J Julianin

Linda Murdock

Head of School

  • Bachelor’s, Master’s

  • Lycoming College, State University of New York

  • Years of Experience: 51

“People often say, “I’ll be happy when…” Being happy does not mean to always get what you want. Happiness comes when you love what you have and you are grateful for it.”

Dr. Dwight Pullen

Assistant Head of School

  • Bachelor’s, Master’s, Specialist, Doctorate

  • Auburn University, University of Georgia, Central Michigan University

  • Years of Experience: 42

“It is never wrong to do the right thing.”

– Mark Twain

Peter Murdock

COO & CFO

“Live life by laughing a lot, dreaming big … when you fall, get up and run faster. Life is not about me, it’s about the people that surround me.”

Dawn Schooley

Director of Admissions

“Our job is not to prepare students for something. Our job is to help students prepare themselves for anything.”

– A.J Julianin

Kevin Rein

Athletic Director & Math Teacher

Eric Burin

History Teacher

  • Bachelor’s, Master’s

  • The Bowling Green State University, Kennesaw State University

  • Years of Experience: 18

Sue Coll

Junior Kindergarten Teacher

  • Working towards Bachelor’s

  • Liceo de Artes en Puerto Rico

  • Years of Experience: 20

Janet Gillam

Language Arts Teacher

“Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Until your good is better and your better is best.”

– Tim Duncan

“Choosing to be an educator is choosing to be a perennial optimist. You’re buying into the future. You’re playing a part in the foundation of the lives of your students”

“No one should have to choose one language and culture over the other because having both is undeniably better than having just one.”

“Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.”

– John Locke

Kevin Rein

Athletic Director & Math Teacher

“Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Until your good is better and your better is best.”

– Tim Duncan

Eric Burin

History Teacher

  • Bachelor’s, Master’s

  • The Bowling Green State University, Kennesaw State University

  • Years of Experience: 18

“Choosing to be an educator is choosing to be a perennial optimist. You’re buying into the future. You’re playing a part in the foundation of the lives of your students”

Sue Coll

Junior Kindergarten Teacher

  • Working towards Bachelor’s

  • Liceo de Artes en Puerto Rico

  • Years of Experience: 20

“No one should have to choose one language and culture over the other because having both is undeniably better than having just one.”

Janet Gillam

Language Arts Teacher

“Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.”

– John Locke

Christine Hill

Math Teacher

Diana Dowd

Mandarin Teacher

  • Bachelor’s, Master’s

  • Kennesaw State University

  • Years of Experience: 16

Cindy LaSalle

Business Teacher

  • Bachelor’s, Master’s

  • Montana Tech, University of Montana

  • Years of Experience: 18

Nancy Lee

Mandarin Teacher

  • Bachelor’s, Master’s

  • Thomas Jefferson University, University of Pennsylvania

  • Years of Experience: 23

“Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching them what counts is best.”

– Bob Talbert

“The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your potential…these are the keys that will unlock the door to person excellence.”

– Confucius

“No child left behind.”

– Montana’s Office of Public Instruction’s policy

“People at birth are naturally good. Their natures are similar; their habits become different.  If, negligently, not taught, their nature deteriorates. The right way to teach, is with absolute concentration … Jade that has not been polished cannot be used. Person that has not studied cannot know righteousness.”

– Three-Character Classic poem by Wang Yinglin

Christine Hill

Math Teacher

“Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching them what counts is best.”

– Bob Talbert

Diana Dowd

Mandarin Teacher

  • Bachelor’s, Master’s

  • Kennesaw State University

  • Years of Experience: 16

“The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your potential…these are the keys that will unlock the door to person excellence.”

– Confucius

Cindy LaSalle

Business Teacher

  • Bachelor’s, Master’s

  • Montana Tech, University of Montana

  • Years of Experience: 18

“No child left behind.”

– Montana’s Office of Public Instruction’s policy

Nancy Lee

Mandarin Teacher

  • Bachelor’s, Master’s

  • Thomas Jefferson University, University of Pennsylvania

  • Years of Experience: 23

“People at birth are naturally good. Their natures are similar; their habits become different.  If, negligently, not taught, their nature deteriorates. The right way to teach, is with absolute concentration … Jade that has not been polished cannot be used. Person that has not studied cannot know righteousness.”

– Three-Character Classic poem by Wang Yinglin

Amanda Lough

Math Teacher

Goldie Robinson

Art Teacher

  • Bachelor’s, Master’s

  • Yeshiva University, Columbia University

  • Years of Experience: 11

Bobbie Spamer

Social Studies Teacher

  • Bachelor’s, Master’s

  • Piedmont University, Georgia Southern University

  • Years of Experience: 3

Denise Stanford

Science Teacher

“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.”

– Benjamin Franklin

“Art has the role in education of helping children become like themselves instead of more like everyone else.”

– Sydney Gurewitz Clemens

“Education is the key to unlocking the world, a passport to freedom.”

– Oprah Winfrey

“Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think.”

– Albert Einstein

Amanda Lough

Math Teacher

“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.”

– Benjamin Franklin

Goldie Robinson

Art Teacher

  • Bachelor’s, Master’s

  • Yeshiva University, Columbia University

  • Years of Experience: 11

“Art has the role in education of helping children become like themselves instead of more like everyone else.”

– Sydney Gurewitz Clemens

Bobbie Spamer

Social Studies Teacher

  • Bachelor’s, Master’s

  • Piedmont University, Georgia Southern University

  • Years of Experience: 3

“Education is the key to unlocking the world, a passport to freedom.”

– Oprah Winfrey

Denise Stanford

Science Teacher

“Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think.”

– Albert Einstein

Kelly Webb

Language Arts Teacher

  • Bachelor’s, Master’s

  • Mercer University, Walden University

  • Years of Experience: 22

Karen Bird

Paraprofessional

Sandy Delenick

English Teacher

  • Bachelor’s, Master’s

  • McDaniel College/Loyola College

  • Years of Experience: 44

Giselle Fresnillo

Enrichment Teacher

  • Currently working towards my Bachelor’s in Elementary Education.

  • Years of Experience: 5 years’ experience in Early Childhood.

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you’ll go!”

– Dr. Seuss

“I want to be that teacher that when my children look back on their education they feel love in their hearts, have a smile on their face and can truly say they knew I cared.”

“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched—they must be felt with the heart.”

-Helen Keller

“I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God’s help I shall succeed”

– Vincent Van Gogh

Kelly Webb

Language Arts Teacher

  • Bachelor’s, Master’s

  • Mercer University, Walden University

  • Years of Experience: 22

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you’ll go!”

– Dr. Seuss

Karen Bird

Paraprofessional

“I want to be that teacher that when my children look back on their education they feel love in their hearts, have a smile on their face and can truly say they knew I cared.”

Sandy Delenick

English Teacher

  • Bachelor’s, Master’s

  • McDaniel College/Loyola College

  • Years of Experience: 44

“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched—they must be felt with the heart.”

-Helen Keller

Giselle Fresnillo

Enrichment Teacher

  • Currently working towards my Bachelor’s in Elementary Education.

  • Years of Experience: 5 years’ experience in Early Childhood.

“I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God’s help I shall succeed”

– Vincent Van Gogh

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At Lyndon Academy we believe immersion is the best way to learn. And that holds true if you are considering joining the Lyndon Academy family. That is why we offer tours that allow you to see our students and faculty in action. We want you to immerse yourself in the Lyndon way so that you might get a small taste of the amazing experiences that happen within our walls.