Administration
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Ms. Parker is a fourth-generation Arizonian. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Communication from the University of Arizona, a teaching certificate from Chapman University, and a Master’s in Educational Leadership from Northern Arizona University.
Kelli Sneed received her B.A in Elementary Education from Arizona State University in 2003. Mrs. Sneed began her teaching career as a 5
Talitha van Leeuwen received her B.A. in Elementary Education from Arizona State University with an emphasis in English. She later received her M.A. in Humanities from California State University. From 2000 – 2009, Mrs. Van Leeuwen taught Language Arts in the middle school grades at a Phoenix area public school as well as a Phoenix area classical school, where she also served as secretary of the school board. She joined the Archway North Phoenix team in the 2012-2013 school year and taught 4th grade before transitioning to her present role as the Archway North Phoenix Dean. In her free time, she enjoys a cup of coffee and a good book or anything streaming on Netflix that happens to be British.
An Arizona native, Sheila Conner received her Bachelor’s Degree in Women’s Studies from Arizona State University. She is an avid reader of philosophy, gender studies, and science fiction. Her twin daughters began their enrollment at Archway North Phoenix in Kindergarten and are now entering 4th grade as Argonauts.
Deb Powell arrived in Phoenix 21 years ago by way of Kansas, Missouri and Florida. Along the way she attended Marymount College, SMSU, and Ottawa Universities, with a focus in Business and Education. She chose retail and banking in her early career years. The last 19 years have been dedicated to our ANP Library, ESS, teaching second and third grades, which have brought her great joy! Summers afford her time for reading, knitting, and crafting. Her husband and two grown daughters are a great support.
Ms. Hopper moved to Arizona in 1992. She and her husband raised their five children in Phoenix. During their school years, Ms. Hopper was often found helping out in her children’s classrooms. she is a registered nurse. She graduated with her associate’s degree in 2011 and her bachelor’s degree in 2014 from Brigham Young University – Idaho. Nurse Hopper brings a wide variety of experience ranging from school nursing to cardiac nursing to hospice. She has a particular love of the younger generation and has been involved with many youth groups. Before becoming a nurse, she earned her accounting degree from BYU Provo. In her spare time she loves to visit her children, grandchildren, run, hike, and sew.
Lead Teachers
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Mrs. Gianforte was born and raised in Brazil. She’s been living in the USA since 2001 after she got married to her husband Tony. Mrs. Gianforte has a Business Degree and worked for many years in Bank Institutions. They have two children Enzo and Sophia, which also attends Great Hearts School. This is Mrs. Gianforte’s second year at Archway North Phoenix and is excited to be the lead teacher in first grade. Her passion for learning and for helping her own children created the desire to serve other children to achieve their full potential through our Liberal Arts curriculum. She believes that shaping the minds and hearts of our young students will lead them to a life of virtues and greater ideas. In addition to helping her students, Mrs. Gianforte enjoys hiking, any form of workout, reading, and playing with her children and her beloved Goldendoodle Chloe. Her family 
Annalise Herr was born in Denver, Colorado, but spent a majority of her years as a youth in Bainbridge Island, Washington. She moved to Tucson, Arizona in 2009 to attend the University of Arizona, where she earned her B.A. in Elementary Education. She worked in public school districts teaching 3rd, 4th, and 6th grade for four years before joining Great Hearts as a 5th grade teacher at Archway Veritas. During this time, she earned her M.A. in Curriculum and Instruction with GCU and is thrilled to be transferring to Archway North Phoenix for a new adventure with 2nd grade. While she loves teaching all subjects, she is most passionate about math and cherishes the moments when a student discovers a new way to look at numbers. In her leisure time, she enjoys golfing, reading, and spending time with family and friends.
Alyssa Courchaine is an Arizona native and graduated from Arizona Christian University with a degree in Elementary Education with a Biblical Studies minor. With three years of experience teaching 4th grade, Mrs. Courchaine has always had a passion for teaching. This passion has extended to coaching swim and dive teams as well as a summer spent teaching English, Sports, and Wilderness camps in Bulgaria. In her free time Mrs. Courchaine enjoys spending her time hiking, camping, and traveling to explore new places with her husband, dogs, and friends. She is thrilled to be joining the Archway North Phoenix family as 2nd grade teacher.
Ms. Redd is from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She taught for 15 years in the largest school district in Wisconsin. Before becoming a teacher she earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a minor in Accounting. She worked for five years at U.S. Bank as a retirement specialist. Then one day she decided she wanted to make a difference in the lives of children by guiding them through their educational journey. She completed an alternative certification program to obtain an initial five-year teaching license. Since that time she has received two Master’s degrees one in Curriculum Instruction and the other in Administration Leadership. She has taught grades K- 3rd and 5th-8th. Ms. Redd and her husband moved to Arizona in March of 2016; they didn’t know anyone in the state, but knew they wanted to move somewhere that didn’t have snow! Ms. Redd feels Archway North Phoenix is the most dedicated, inspiring, and welcoming teaching environment. She feels Great Hearts is like no other school she has had the pleasure of educating young minds.
Samuel Martin was born and raised in Wisconsin. After high school Mr. Martin’s first career was in radio broadcasting. He hosted a variety of shows and timeslots from Green Bay to Chicago from the mid-90’s to early 2000’s. After the birth of his first child, Mr. Martin went back to school obtaining a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Management and later a General Masters degree. Mr. Martin is a board member for the Someday Known Foundation which is an advocacy group for families of missing persons. Mr. Martin is a published poet, cold case investigator, and avid reader. Mr.Martin has four years of teaching experience and is in his second year with Archway North Phoenix. 
Apprentice Teacher
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Gidgett Herrier was born in Augusta, Georgia but spent the first decade of her life on various military bases as her father was a fighter pilot in the United Stares Air Force. Arizona was her families last stop and has remained her home. Gidgett has a BS from the University of Arizona and an MBA from Arizona State University. Prior to starting a family, Gidgett was in sales and consulting for the pharmaceutical industry. She and her husband have two children at Archway North Phoenix, the oldest entering the 6th grade and the youngest entering 2nd grade. After years of volunteering at school and being active in the PSO, Gidgett decided to take a more permanent role helping out at the school as the lunch coordinator. Being able interact daily with ANP faculty and scholars has been a wonderful experience for her and she looks forward to the new year.
Kelli Dunn was born and raised in Bellingham, Washington. She attended Seattle University on a basketball scholarship majoring in English. Kelli has lived in Arizona for 15 years and likes to escape the heat by heading back to her hometown. While she is in WA she spends time with her family and friends, builds sandcastles, swims, walks and explores new towns unseen before. Kelli’s passions are her family, animals, crafting, reading, refurbishing furniture and gardening. Her daughter Isabella, attended Kindergarten at Great Hearts last year and Kelli was so moved by the teachers passion, dedication, love, respect and overall well being of each scholar, she knew this was a place she wanted to be a part of. Kelli looks forward to helping educate and cultivate her first class of young hearts and minds. 
Ms. Nithya Ramasubramanian was born and raised in India. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in History, a Master’s degree in Human Rights, and a Diploma in Business Administration. She calls Phoenix home and has been living here for over a decade. She loves spending time with young children and has worked with children ages 14 months to 5 years in her previous role as a preschool teacher at PVUMC Preschool. She believes in continuous learning and is pursuing an Associate’s degree in Early Childhood Education from Paradise Valley Community College. Ms. Ramasubramanian likes music and reading books to children. A history aficionado, she likes to test her knowledge of trivia with Jeopardy. Her family consists of her husband, daughter, and three pets. Ms. Ramasubramanian is usually on the lookout for fun, knowledge-building experiences that also provide a global view.
Brad Golich was born in the San Francisco Bay area, but raised in Phoenix after age eight. He attended Washington High School and Arizona State University, receiving his B.S. in business finance. After college, Brad worked in general administration for several small businesses and non-profit organizations including the ASU Alumni Association. Several years after starting a family, he made a mid-life change and pursued a career in teaching. He started as a second-grade teacher at Valley Classical Christian Academy, where he taught and later served as an administrator for nine years. When the school closed, with a heavy heart, he moved on to the admissions office at Scottsdale Community College. However, he missed being in the classroom and so was excited to join the ANP community as an AT for second grade last year. He is delighted to join the fourth-grade team this year, and looks forward to helping young scholars in their pursuit of the True, the Good and the Beautiful. Brad has been married to his lovely wife Stephanie for 22 years. They have two children, both of whom graduated from Veritas Preparatory Academy and are now attending ASU. In his spare time, he likes to read, eat out, travel, but mostly spend time with his family.
Ms. Walchli was raised in Davis California a small college town. Growing up she was very active in her church and with gymnastics. From church and gymnastics she learned my love for working with children. She loves getting to know each child’s personality and working with them to find the best way they enjoy learning. She spent twelve years volunteering at her church in the preschool and other various activities. Ms. Walchli spent seven years coaching when she could no longer do gymnastics herself. She began coaching in high school and stayed with it until she graduated college from Northern Arizona University with a degree in Hospitality. Ms. Walchli worked in hotels for the past three years and she excited to return to working with children to help create a fun and safe learning environment.
Ms. Seagrave was born and raised in Ojai, California. She attended Thomas Aquinas College, earning a Bachelor’s degree in Liberal Arts in a program that uses solely Great Books and has a discussion/Socratic method of learning. Her love for and experience with great books and classical education, however, started at a much younger age as she received a classical education in both elementary and high school. Before moving to Phoenix she lived in the Midwest for 11 years, working in higher education. She worked in the Admission Department for the University of Notre Dame and then at Northern Illinois University. She loved volunteering in her daughter’s classroom as well as working with children as a troop leader. She is very excited to share her love of learning as she helps the students of Archway North Phoenix towards the incredibly rewarding pursuit of Truth, Goodness and Beauty. Rosie loves hiking, reading, running and exploring the great Phoenix outdoors with her incredible husband, two amazing daughters and crazy dog, Frankie.
I was born and raised in the Lone Star State; specifically in Katy, TX (just west of Houston). I recently moved to Phoenix on January 1st, 2020 after my husband, Joseph Page, and I got married on December 30th, 2019. We had a very quick transition and now I am adjusting to the wonderfully different lifestyle in Arizona. In case you are wondering, yes I am now the daughter-in-law of Joe and Jean Page here at Great Hearts. Can’t have too many Pages right?
I am very excited to be joining the Archway North Phoenix staff after having been a Great Hearts parent for the past 7 years. After graduating with a degree in Child Development
Special Subjects
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Ms. Bryant graduated from the University of North Texas with a BA in Interdisciplinary Art Studies with a minor in Performance. She currently serves as the Specials’ lead teacher, 5th and 6th House coordinator, and is also the director for the 4th-6th Drama Club. She loves dancing, performing in community theatre, and making pottery in her spare time.
Eternity Hamilton was born and raised in Fountain Hills, Arizona. She graduated from Arizona State University with a BM in Music Therapy. Eternity did a full time internship as part of her degree at Brookdale Hospice and gained experience using music to heal the hearts, bodies, and minds of Phoenix’s senior population. She came to Archway North Phoenix in December 2018 and has loved teaching students music ever since. She enjoys spending time with her husband Logan Hamilton who also teacher at ANP, playing guitar, learning to use her slow cooker, and having game nights with her friends and family.
Khush Ajani was born in Mauritius, an island located east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. Although a republic now, Mauritius used to be a French colony and was even called “Isle de France”, which means, Island of France. Natives of Mauritius speak three languages, namely, English, French and Creole. She moved to Europe at the age of 18 to pursue her bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Finance, following which she was awarded a full scholarship for a Masters’ degree at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. After her firstborn son got into Archway North Phoenix, she decided to join the Great Hearts faculty team as a fourth grade and fifth grade Apprentice teacher. She loves the fact that Archway North Phoenix provides French as an academic subject from Kindergarten up and is delighted to be a part of the Specials team. Her hobbies include cooking, tea and coffee time with friends, book clubs and weight-lifting.
Exceptional Student Services
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Mr. Sneed was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. He and his family moved to Arizona in 2001. While attending Webster University, Mr. Sneed earned a BA in Legal Studies and a paralegal certification. He is currently enrolled in Rio Salado’s Post-Baccalaureate Teacher Education program for Special Education. This will be Mr. Sneed’s sixth year teaching at Archway North Phoenix; he spent four years teaching 3
Joyce Bebow was born and raised near Detroit, Michigan. She graduated from Wayne State University with a B.S. degree in Elementary Education. After moving to Arizona her first teaching job was in the Glendale School District. Then she met her husband and had two children. Her love for her family and her passion for learning came together as she homeschooled her children. Her understanding and knowledge as well as love for classical education grew as she taught for many years at Valley Classical Christian School in a first grade class as well as in a first and second grade combination class. In joining the Archway Classical Academy North Phoenix team for its inaugural year in 2012 she kept her enthusiasm for learning and her delight in teaching children flourishing. She is looking forward to many more years teaching young scholars at the new campus of Archway Classical Academy North Phoenix.
Jessica Hay is delighted to begin serving the North Phoenix Prep community as Exceptional Student Services Coordinator-Lead. She graduated from Grand Canyon University with a Bachelor’s of Science in Elementary Education and a double minor in German and Music Education. She received her Master’s of Science degree from Lewis and Clark College in Special Education: Deaf and Hard of Hearing. She has taught as a general educator and a special educator in a variety of settings including public school districts, educational school districts, and private schools, and has been working in the field of education since 1997. She has worked for the last three years as an Exceptional Student Services Coordinator at Cicero Preparatory Academy. In her spare time, Jess loves walking her Shih-Tzu puppy and gardening in her backyard garden. She also enjoys reading, cooking, and playing the piano.
Ms. Macaluso graduated from Northern Arizona University in 1992 with a B.S. in Elementary Education. Although she felt the passion of relating to elementary school aged children during my student teaching which had followed my graduation, she felt a draw toward a young student in the class that had a severe speech impairment and we grew very close. After student teaching case to a close, Ms. Macaluso decided that she had found her calling and began teaching full-time at Saguaro Behavioral Health Center for Exceptional Education. This was a much smaller class which included both learning disabled and special needs students. Ms. Macaluso thrived in this environment. Although at the time she could not see it, she does believe that this experience with these wonderful students was given to her in preparation for what was to come later in her life as she would soon understand. Today she is a proud mother of two beautiful daughters-one with autism (this is the event she referred to being prepared for earlier). This brings her interest in children and their education and well-being to a whole new level as you might imagine. This is what led her to Great Hearts. Having the desire to continue with this path, I am happy to be a part of the ESS team here at Archway North Phoenix.