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Alicia and her husband, Larry, have been married for twenty-four years and have homeschooled their children for sixteen years. After serving as missionaries to the Gaucho people in southern Brazil for over nine years, they have been in the Orlando area for six years, where they are planting a church in much the same way as they did in Brazil. Alicia holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Microbiology and teaching certificate in secondary sciences from Mississippi State University. She feels blessed to be able to teach science from a creationist and Biblical perspective, believing in the importance of helping students have fun as they learn to understand the orderly universe that God created, how they relate to it, and how they can defend their faith intellectually in the secular world.

Mary Cole has been performing for many years. She launched her theater experience at the early age of six when she appeared as a dancing and singing orphan in the Appalachian State University production of Little Orphan Annie. A recipient of the South Eastern Theatre Conference award for "Best Actress" in 1992, Mary has held leading roles in the productions of Steel Magnolias, Shakespeare's Ladies, A Midsummer Night's Dream, You Can't Take It with You, Tom Jones and various other shows. A former dance team member, she has continued her choreography and fitness training through today. An avid mentor with a passion for dance, Mary instructed for 3 years at a local dance studio that offers progressive dance and fitness classes. In addition, she recently choreographed Circle Theatre’s 2010 Spring Musical, Bye Bye Birdie.

Cathy Cox has 25 years experience designing and costuming for series, network specials, commercials, features, printwork, and theme parks. Clients include Superboy, The Mickey Mouse Club, In Search Of, Altered, Ab Lounge, Checkers, Chevy, Coca-Cola, LIFE, Sony, Hasbro, Hardees, Disney, SeaWorld and Busch Entertainment. She loves to create costume pieces out of found objects and to help others explore the designer within. She lives in Winter Park, FL with her Husband John and two children.

Laura Miller graduated from and worked at the University of Minnesota using her Bachelor's Degree in Biology and passion for art as a technical research assistant and has several publications that include her art and illustrations. She has illustrated two books recently and loves to relax painting plein air whenever possible! Congruent with her love of science and art, she has three large nature murals in three business locations in Orlando where she shares her gifts with others. Laura began homeschooling with Circle in 2001, and has enjoyed teaching art in various CCS programs for the last seven years. Laura is very excited to continue to inspire in our children the love of our Master Creator, the expression of His nature in character in art, and a passion for nurturing their God-given creativity!

Jake Theriault is a high school junior at Circle Christian School. Jake began making his own movies at the age of eleven, and became interested in stop-motion animation as an outgrowth of the filmmaking process. Jake began publishing many of his stop-motion videos on YouTube in 2006, and now has over 100,000 hits in all. Jake enjoys bringing his vast Lego collection to life, and is excited about the prospect of showing students how to bring their own toys to life through the magic of stop-motion animation.