Staff

Meet Our Faculty

Karl Graustein:

Headmaster
Joined SSCS July 2008, 16 years experience in Christian schools
BS – Mathematics, Wheaton College, 1993
MA – Educational Leadership, Regent University, 1997
Certification – Lifetime Professional Educator, Association for Christian Schools International (ACSI) in Administration and Secondary Math and Bible Teaching
Author of Growing Up Christianwww.growingupchristian.com
Church home – St. Simons Community Church

 

    

Shari Darrith

7th Grade

Charter Member *

Joined SSCS Teaching Staff Winter 1995

21 years teaching experience

BA – Math and Religion, Duke University, 1974

Professional affiliations – Phi Beta Kappa (honor society)

Church home – St. Simons United Methodist Church

sdarrith@sschristianschool.com

   

 

     

Kim Fuller

Second Grade

Charter Member *

Joined SSCS Teaching Staff Fall 2003

13 years teaching experience

BS – Elementary Education, University of Oklahoma, 1986

Church home – St. Simons Community Church

kfuller@sschristianschool.com

  

 

 

 

 

 

Deborah Hawthorne

Third Grade

Joined SSCS Teaching Staff Fall 2003

22 years teaching experience

BS – Early Childhood Education, Georgia Southern University, 1987

State Certified in Early Childhood Education

Certified – Teacher Support Specialist

Church home – St. Simons Community Church

dhawthorne@sschristianschool.com

     

Mary Catherine Hendrix

8th Grade

Joined SSCS Teaching Staff Fall 2004

16 years teaching experience

ME – Early Childhood Education, Georgia Southern University, 1995

BS – Early Childhood Education, Frances Marion University, 1989

State Certified – Early Childhood Education

Church home – St. Simons Community Church

mhendrix@sschristianschool.com

    

Diana Josey

Fifth Grade

Charter Member *

Joined SSCS Teaching Staff Fall 1998

15 years teaching experience

BS – Early Childhood Education, University of Georgia, 1986

State Certified – Language Arts (grades 4th-8th)

Church home – St. Simons Community Church

djosey@sschristianschool.com

 

Marie Counts

First Grade, Joined SSCS Teaching Staff Fall 2009

8 years teaching experience

BS Early Childhood Education Georgia Southern University Certified by the Association of Christian Schools International

Church home - Waycross Primitive Baptist Church

mcounts@sschristianschool.com

 

Helen Moore

Fourth Grade

Joined SSCS Teaching Staff Fall 1997

16 years teaching experience

BS – Early Childhood Education, University of Georgia, 1986

State Certified – Early Childhood Education

Church home – St. Simons Community Church

hmoore@sschristianschool.com

   

Denise Willis

Kindergarten

Joined SSCS Teaching Staff Fall 2011

4 years teaching experience

BS – Early Childhood, University of Georgia

Certified by the Association of Christian Schools International

Church home – St. Simons United Methodist Church

dwillis@sschristianschool.com

Joan Brewer

PreK-K Assistant

Joined SSCS Teaching Staff Fall 2011

Church home – Redeemer Presbyterian

jbrewer@sschristianschool.com

 

Leigh Truett

PreK-K Assistant

Joined SSCS Teaching Staff Fall 2011

Church home – St. Simons Community Church

ltruett@sschristianschool.com

 

   

Leigh Ferguson

Art

Joined SSCS Teaching Staff Fall 2007

10 years art education experience

BFA Cum Laude – Savannah College of Art and Design

Church home – St. Mark’s Episcopal

lferguson@sschristianschool.com

**Charter Member – Involved with the school since its inception in 1994.