Bear Conversations Podcast

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.

Our inaugural episode of Bear Conversations features Upper School United States History teacher Laura Wilson. She reflects on the role of individual stories, how she makes history become relevant and alive to our students, and what history can teach us about our relationship with God and how we act in the world today.