I was committed to be a teacher since I was 8 years old. I remember asking for teaching supplies for my birthday, making my friends sit in garage-sale wooden desks, and planning lessons for my imaginary students. In High School, I worked at a daycare during the school year, and during the summer created a camp for kids. In college, I started a preschool program in an orphanage in Mexico, and volunteered for a summer school in Jamaica. After graduating from ISU in 2014, I taught at Washington Middle school, 5th grade, for three years. Then in 2017 my husband Clinton and I brought our first son home from the hospital. We are now blessed with four children, Reef (6), Arbor (4), Kai (2), & our new little girl, Natalya. To say teaching has always been a passion is an understatement. I know the benefits of having my children in a school and social setting, but cautious of the way the public schools are headed. Solid Rock is an answered prayer – a space for our children to get a great education with a Christian foundation. Best of both worlds!

~Maria Leman