Heather Gonzales

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Heather Gonzales is the principal of Haltom Christian School. Heather and her husband, Josh, have been married thirteen years and are passionate about serving the Lord, their church family, and their community. Together they have three beautiful daughters who inspire them to cherish every moment. 

Heather holds a Master's degree in Education Administration from Texas Wesleyan University and a Bachelor's degree in English Language Arts from the University of North Texas. From an early age, she displayed a passion for education, but it wasn't until homeschooling her own children that Heather truly realized the importance of teachable moments and the profound effect a parent can have in their child's education. The Lord used this to plant the vision in Heather's heart for the inception of a school with a unique model built on parent partnership and genuine discipleship. 

At Haltom Christian School, Heather's passion is to plant and water seeds of truth in the heart of every child. She ensures each student knows why they are an ARCHER - that their aim is to love God and others, that they were each created to hit a specific target, that following Christ leads them straight to their mark. 

Heather's mission is for the Lord's purpose to be established at Haltom Christian School.  By God's grace and divine intervention, Heather is committed to coming alongside teachers, families, and students to create a meaningful and memorable educational experience that glorifies the Lord.

Amy and her husband, Craig, have been married twenty-four years and have two daughters, Cassidy and Maddy, who are just beginning their journey in life as adults. Amy enjoys spending time reading, walking, listening to podcasts, and being outdoors. Amy and her husband love to check out new coffee shops and have fun working puzzles and playing games together.
 

Amy has worked in Christian education for over ten years and has taught various grade levels. At HCS, Amy serves as a support to students, parents, and teachers by combining her love for God’s Word and education. She holds a Master’s degree in Education from Southeastern Oklahoma State University and a Bachelor’s degree in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management from the University of North Texas. 

Amy is passionate about creating opportunities across campus to inspire teachers, enhance curriculum, and establish models for student growth. She cares deeply about equipping teachers and building structures that meet students where they are in their educational journey. Amy's heart is to help students and teachers recognize and use their God given strengths to grow in confidence, fulfill their potential, and bring glory to the Lord. It is Amy's mission is to inspire teachers and students to develop a lifetime love for learning leading to a true joy for growing in God’s Word. 

Melanie Kuh serves as Haltom Christian School's Office Assistant. She has been married to her husband, Bryan, a Dallas Firefighter / Paramedic, for fourteen years. Together they have three spirited children who are each uniquely driven and fun! 

Melanie’s servant heart was refined during her nine years as a stay at home mother. Her patience and peaceful spirit provide a calm steadiness for the students and staff whom she serves at HCS. Her heart is to support our staff, families, and students so they may accomplish all things set before them. 

Melanie has been blessed to experience the academic, emotional, and spiritual growth in her children since coming to Haltom Christian. Her personal journey inspires her to help other children overcome obstacles so they may thrive fully and become everything God has created them to be.  

Melanie is passionate about sharing her testimony with others in that God always provides a way. When not working, you can find Melanie cheering on the soccer, softball, and baseball fields at her children’s games! 

Tanya Leet is the PreKindergarten teacher and Director of the Parents Making a Difference (P.M.D.) organization at Haltom Christian School. She has been married to her husband, Kerry, since 2012, and together they have three energetic children that keep them going! As a family, their weekends are filled with games, coaching, and  fun - and there isn't a thing they would change. 

Tanya holds a Child Development Associates and has over 16 years of experience in working in early education. She continues her career at HCS where she has faithfully served since the foundation of the school. Tanya believes children learn best when they are shown love and trust, and she strives to make every day a fun day of exploration for her students.

Tanya has a passion for building relationships with others, and she loves each student as if they were her own. Her mission is to get to know her students at a deeper level as she seeks to have a better understanding of who they are,  how they learn best, and how they were uniquely designed by God. Her goal is to make sure each child goes home at the end of the day feeling special, loved, and heard. 

Tanya feels blessed to call HCS her home away from home and the students and staff her second family. Tanya looks forward to helping children build a personal relationship with Jesus Christ as she grows alongside them in her own spiritual walk.

Caily Quinn is the Kindergarten teacher at Haltom Christian School. She is newly married to her husband, Thomas, who is the Associate Pastor at Calvary Chapel Fort Worth. In her free time, Caily enjoys spending time with family, drawing and painting, and being outside to enjoy God’s creation. 

Caily has been a teacher at Haltom Christian School since 2021. She has a heart for ministry and a heart for nurturing children in the way they should go. Caily's love for God's Word lead her to study biblical theology at Calvary Chapel Bible College, England, and her love for children has lead to her pursuit of a Bachelor's degree in Elementary Education at Grand Canyon University. 

It is Caily’s mission to ensure that each child that enters her classroom experiences the love of Christ and leaves with the desire to know Him more. Her heart is for every student to enjoy coming to school and to help them find a love for learning as they grow in spiritual wisdom and academics. She wants each child to feel loved while at school and leave her classroom each day with a smile. 

Caily is excited to be used by the Lord at HCS to teach and help grow His little children! She looks forward to witnessing the growth of each of her students as they explore learning with a fun and interactive approach.

Angela has been married to her husband since 2013. Together they have a caring and

loving daughter and a funny and free-spirited son. Angela and her family love spending time together doing outdoor activities, serving at their church, and spreading God's love in their community. During softball and baseball season, most of their weekends are spent supporting their children on the field. 

After graduating high school,  Angela got her Registered Dental Assistant license and served in the dental field for over 6 years.  While working at a pediatric dental office, Angela found her passion for serving children. She was inspired to pursue her education degree, and the Lord opened a door for her to become a teacher at HCS in the fall of 2022. She is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education at Grand Canyon University.  

Angela’s goal is to make a difference in every person that crosses her path. She would like to help parents and children find their Godly purpose in everything they do as they glorify and honor God. Angela wants all her students, parents, friends, and family to live a healthy life spiritually through a relationship with Jesus Christ.

Angela wants to be a role model to everyone at HCS by living a purposeful and Christ-centered life, honoring and glorifying our one true living God and Savior. She loves helping children grow in their faith as she continue God’s work in making disciples for His Kingdom. 

Katie and her husband, Robert, are passionate about serving the Lord and leading their two children as followers of Christ. Their oldest is a 4th grader at HCS who is passionate about studying God’s Word and having fun adventures. Their youngest is a Kindergartener who loves helping others and aspires to become a teacher just like her mom. As a family, they love spending evenings around the fire pit with their goats, Dallas and Abilene, and their pet duck, Rain Boots.

Katie discovered her passion for teaching from leading Sunday school and teaching preschool at her home church. She holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree from Tarleton State University and has twelve years of preschool teaching experience as well as 3 years of experience tutoring elementary aged students in public schools.

Katie's goal is to inspire her students to grow closer to the Lord through loving guidance, prayer, and studying God’s Word. Her desire is to encourage a life-long love of learning and prepare her students for the beautiful future our Father has planned for them.

The Lord led Katie to Haltom Christian School to encourage and be encouraged. She

knows learning and growth is a life-long process and wants to surround herself with teachers, students, and families that are passionate about growing closer to our Heavenly Father. She is so excited to see how the Lord will use her to nurture, guide, and inspire the next generation. Katie feels a great sense of honor to continue to serve the children and families of Haltom Christian School.

Emily Morey is the 3rd grade teacher at Haltom Christian School. She comes from a family of 10 and grew up caring for children. She enjoys helping in her family and working closely with people of all ages. 

Emily has a bachelor's degree in Elementary Education with an endorsement in English as a Second Language from Texas Tech University. She served as a missionary teacher for 10 years at Nicaragua Christian Academy in Managua, Nicaragua. She experienced a wide variety of teaching opportunities providing English instruction to students from Kindergarten through 12th grade.

Emily’s greatest desire in education is to make disciples for Christ who will go out and make more disciples. Her goal is to shepherd children in every area of their lives so they can be all that God has called them to be. Emily longs to see children truly understand their value and the great love their Heavenly Father has for them.

At HCS, Emily’s mission is to help students come to know God more. She is excited to encourage students to use the gifts and abilities they have been given to lead others to know and follow Christ.

Marilyn has been married to her wonderful husband, Jim, for 38 years and they are the parents of two grown sons. Now that the nest is empty, they enjoy traveling, visiting family, and finally getting to watch what they want to watch on T.V.! Marilyn loves growing flowers and vegetables, pulling weeds, and battling the birds and bugs for the fruits of her labor. When it’s 105 degrees outside, she is in the air conditioning either reading, doing jigsaw puzzles, or watching British T.V.

After receiving her B.A. from Texas A&M – Commerce, Marilyn taught public school for a couple of years. Once she and Jim had their first son, however, they made the decision to homeschool and never looked back. Throughout that journey, God provided many opportunities to teach not only her own children, but others as well through church, homeschool co-ops, and homeschool academies. With each step in the journey, the Lord revealed how He was growing her – equipping her to teach, expanding her heart for children of all ages, and privileging her to be part of pointing them to Christ. That last part is the most important, and is always her goal no matter what subject is being taught.

Proverbs 16:9 says that “the heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps,” and the opportunity to serve at HCS is just the latest step on the path God is unrolling into Marilyn’s future. She is excited to serve the students and families here and to impart her love of reading, language, and communication to her classes in the expectation that they will become lifelong readers and enthusiastic communicators of God’s love to a dying world.

Oscar Romero has been blessed and happily married to his wife, Rebecca, for 28 years. Together they have raised six children with the youngest just graduating high school and ready for college. Oscar and Rebecca enjoy spending quality time with their grandchildren, and Oscar also enjoys playing racquetball, golf, basketball, and solving sudoku puzzles. Oscar and Rebecca feel privileged in having formed great fellowships within the families at Calvary Chapel Fort Worth. 

Oscar is a Navy veteran who holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology with a minor in chemistry. He studied Industrial Engineering at the University of Texas at El Paso and worked in the electric motor industry for over 25 years. During this time, Oscar was blessed by the Lord in having become a co-patent holder.  For some time, Oscar desired to teach, and the Lord opened a door for him to become a certified teacher. He served as a high school science teacher and found the true blessing it is to be a teacher and guide students to excel. 

Oscar's desire is not only to have the students learn academic content, but to enjoy and be inspired by how the Lord's scripture shows itself to be true. Teaching in public schools became very challenging for him as his heart is to teach truth in a Christ-centered life. Oscar believes that God is in everything. The Lord moved him from El Paso three years ago and allowed him to become a teacher at Haltom Christian School to serve as a helper, indeed bondservant, for God's glory.

Myriam Parra is the PreK & Elementary Specials Teacher at Haltom Christian School. She is filled with joy to have a 9 year old son and a wonderful husband, Marvin, who supports her in everything the Lord calls her to do. God lead the Parra family to Haltom Christian School even before it first opened its doors, and here they have been blessed with a great education for their son and an opportunity for Myriam to serve the Lord and be apart of the Archer family.

Myriam has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Child Development and Family Studies from California State University of Long Beach. She has more than 20 years of experience working with children and families including teaching kindergarten readiness programs and at child development centers.  Myriam has also been a servant in children’s ministry and missions for many years, and she loves to share the Word with God’s little children. Her goal is to follow the path that the Lord has chosen for her and to do everything in love as she serves here at HCS.

Myriam loves exploring God's creation, listening to little ones count and sing in Spanish, and seeing students express themselves and their hearts through their artistic creations.  She passionately follows the calling that the Lord has placed in her heart -  to serve Him faithfully wherever He places her. Myriam is excited to see God’s hand at work in the lives of all who come through the doors at HCS!

Sarah Wallace is the P.E. teacher at HCS. She has been married to her husband, Tim, for thirteen years, and enjoys living life in the country on their farm. Sarah and Tim are blessed with three boys together who continuously inspire her to live life to the fullest and love others wholeheartedly. Sarah loves spending every opportunity adventuring God's creation outdoors, cheering at her boys' multi-sports events year round, and actively competing in triathlons across the U.S. 

Sarah holds a Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education from Western Governor's University where she graduated with national honors. Sarah discovered her truest passion for teaching through the gift of growing her own children academically, emotionally, physically, and spiritually. Sarah's pursuit of becoming an educator deepened meaningfully by the growth of her children, the inspiration of her Mama, and the experience of teaching children in schools and children's ministry.

Sarah is passionate about strengthening every child's understanding in finding their unique purpose and immeasurable worth in Christ's love for them.  She has an exhilarating zest for the endurance of athletic challenges, personal fitness, physical exercise, wholesome nutrition, and exploring how vast God's goodness stands in the foods and functions He created for our bodies. Sarah is driven to create and foster authentic relationships among children and their families as she inspires children to deepen their knowledge of making healthy choices for their bodies. 

Kathleen is a Bible teacher this year at HCS. In her free time, she enjoys reading, gardening, picture framing, and taking walks. However, Kathleen's greatest joy is spending time with the joys of her life -  her daughter and her three beautiful and outgoing grandsons who love the outdoors, sports, animals, adventure, and spending time with their grandma. She loves spending meaningful time with her daughter as they gain strength together from the Lord and from each other. 

Kathleen began her love for serving while teaching children in Calvary Chapel Fort Worth Kidz Church. From there, she developed a love for impoverished children while serving in the afterschool program with Love Never Fails International teaching godly character lessons, helping with homework, ministering to hurting hearts, and participating in group activities where God was always present. After serving in Love Never Fails, Kathleen taught special education classes in FWISD. This love for children led her to the mission field with LNFI’s global work in Mexico where you will find orphans receiving God’s love who now have a real family. 

Kathleen wants to be an important part in the life of a child because she has great joy investing her time in those who fill her heart with laughter and so much joy. She teaches children so that she can learn, knowing each one is precious to God. Teaching God’s word to children at HCS will enable Kathleen to be obedient in what God is calling her to do, so that He will continue the good work He is doing in her.