Bear Conversations Podcast

Our final episode of the first season of Bear Conversations features a conversation with Donna Dunn, long-time Upper School science teacher and department chair. She talks about why she loves teaching science in a Christian liberal arts school.

Our fifth episode of Bear Conversations features Dan and Lindy Broyles, Middle School and Upper School math teachers. They talk about their love for teaching math and sharing their faith with students, and how in their journey to Bear Creek, God led them to Africa and back.

Our fourth episode of Bear Conversations features grade 6 teacher Hannah Lash. She discusses what she enjoys about the curiosity of sixth-grade students. She also shares about her personal passions, including drama, and her first experience as a kindergartner in a community production of the musical Grease.

Our third episode of Bear Conversations features grades 5 through 12 Physical Education teacher and Boys Varsity Basketball Head Coach Tyler Mendezona. He discusses how athletics fits into a Christian liberal arts education and how character is revealed and developed through participation in athletics and physical education.

Our second episode of Bear Conversations features Middle School Latin and Logic teacher Marianne Scrivner. She talks about how the classical model of education offers an integrated approach to learning that connects subject areas and develops students who think critically about what they are learning and communicating. Marianne expounds on the purpose of language and challenging her students to capture the ideas expressed by an author’s use of language.