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LEADERSHIP
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Mr. Jared Carman, Head of School
Mr. Carman is a classical educator and a technology business owner. Blessed in his youth to attend a classical, Christian school, Mr. Carman has spent the last 30 years helping others teach and learn better. As founder of multiple tech companies, he loves to see students become leaders and doers. He served for many years as a board member of his classical, Christian alma mater. With his own children and grandchildren as inspiration, Mr. Carman continues to invest, as others have done before, in the rising generation. Mr. Carman holds an M.S. in Instructional Technology from Utah State University and a B.S. in Psychology from Brigham Young University.
Mrs. Boynton
Director of Curriculum
Mrs. Boynton identifies and creates classical, Christian materials of the highest quality, and supports and mentors teachers as they implement curriculum in the classroom.
Mrs. Boynton is an accomplished educator with 20 years of homeschool teaching experience. She earned a B.A. in English from Brigham Young University. She minored in music, served as a Board Advisory Committee Member for the Intermountain Suzuki String Institute, and performs as a bell ringer with Bells on Temple Square. Mrs. Boynton is an avid lover of literature, maintaining an extensive personal library which she generously shares with Belmont faculty and students.
Mrs. Carman
Director of Curriculum
Mrs. Carman identifies and creates classical, Christian materials of the highest quality and supports and mentors teachers as they implement curriculum in the classroom.
Mrs. Carman is an engaging and accomplished teacher who brings out the best in each student. She readily shares her love of literature, poetry, and studying how language works—she loves to learn! After completing a study abroad at the University of Neuchatel in Switzerland, Mrs. Carman received her BA in English Literature with a French minor from the University of Utah. Prior to joining Belmont, she taught for five years at another Christian school, and tutored students in English, French, and ESL. Mrs. Carman is an experienced writer, both in writing copy and blogs.
Faculty & Staff
Mrs. Ballard
Upper School Choir, Lower School Music
Mrs. Ballard is a performing artist, teacher, and collaborator of more than 17 years. She earned her MM in Piano Performance and Pedagogy from the University of Oklahoma and her BM in Piano Performance from Brigham Young University. She has won several awards for her artistry, including two-time winner of the BYU Concerto Competition and First Place in the Oklahoma Music Teachers Association Young Artist Competition. Brooke loves to collaborate and create quality, beautiful music with others. She has accompanied ballet, musical dance theater, choir, opera, and numerous instrumental and vocal soloists; sung with the BYU Women’s Chorus; and played with the BYU Philharmonic Orchestra. In addition to working at Belmont, she teaches a full private piano studio.
Mrs. Boynton
Grammar School Bible Study, History, Geography;
Math 7/6, 8/7, Latin III & IV; Bell Choir
Mrs. Boynton is an accomplished educator with over 20 years teaching students K-12. She earned a B.A. in English from Brigham Young University. She minored in music, served as a Board Advisory Committee Member for the Intermountain Suzuki String Institute, and performs as a bell ringer with Bells on Temple Square. Mrs. Boynton is an avid lover of literature, maintaining an extensive personal library which she generously shares with Belmont faculty and students.
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Mr. Carman
Classical Art
Mr. Carman is a classical educator and a technology business owner. Blessed in his youth to attend a classical, Christian school, Mr. Carman has spent the last 30 years helping children and adults teach and learn better. As founder of multiple tech companies, he loves to see students become leaders and doers. He served for many years as a board member of his classical, Christian alma mater. With his own children and grandchildren as inspiration, Mr. Carman continues to invest, as others have done before, in the rising generation. Mr. Carman holds an M.S. in Instructional Technology from Utah State University and a B.S. in Psychology from Brigham Young University.
Mrs. Carman
English, French, Latin
Mrs. Carman is an engaging and accomplished teacher who brings out the best in each student. She readily shares her love of literature, poetry, and studying how language works—she loves to learn! After completing a study abroad at the University of Neuchatel in Switzerland, Mrs. Carman received her BA in English Literature with a French minor from the University of Utah. Prior to joining Belmont, she taught for five years at another Christian school, and tutored students in English, French, and ESL. Mrs. Carman is an experienced writer, both in writing copy and blogs.
Mrs. Cox
Upper School Drama Director
Mrs. Gorrell
Primary School
Mrs. Gorrell has been sharing her love of learning with children for more than 45 years. She began her journey as a Certified Montessori educator and director of her own Montessori preschool and later worked with elementary students in various commonwealth schools. She also taught 2nd and 4th grades at American Heritage School. Mrs. Gorrell holds a Master's Degree in Teaching Through the Arts from Leslie University and believes that children thrive in a peaceful classroom environment where their curiosity is nurtured.
Miss Newman
AP Biology, Latin, Math, Middle School English,
Mrs. Jorgensen
Calculus, Geometry, Algebra II, Algebra I
Mrs. Jorgensen loves students and has a contagious enthusiasm for math. At the college level, Mrs. Jorgensen has taught students in College Algebra, Business Calculus, and Quantitative Reasoning with Integrated Algebra. At the Junior High and High School levels, she has taught students in PreAlgebra, Algebra, Geometry, Algebra II, Pre-Calculus, and AP Calculus. With a BS in Mathematics from Brigham Young University, Mrs. Jorgensen regularly puts her math expertise to good use, as a computer programmer, teacher, and mother.
Mrs. Morris
Latin; Information Technology
Well-grounded in classical, Christian education, Mrs. Morris earned her M.A. in Philosophy from Holy Apostles College and Seminary, did undergraduate work in Theology at Franciscan University, and received B.S. degrees in Economics and Accounting from the University of Kentucky. At the high school and college levels, she has taught courses in Composition, English Grammar, Latin, Literature, Logic, Math, and Computers. Prior to joining Belmont, Mrs. Morris served as Director of Curriculum at a classical school in Louisville, KY.
Ms. Nunez
Grammar School
With over 14 years of teaching experience across various grade levels, Ms. Nunez teachers Lower School and Grammar School at Belmont. She holds a degree in education from the University of Utah. Committed to creating a supportive environment where children feel seen, safe, and confident, she values the role that classical educations plays in forming the character and intellect of the student. As a mother of three, she also understands the importance of consistently supporting the child's learning journey. In her free time, she enjoys spending time in nature, reading, and making memories with her children.
Logic, Rhetoric, Latin, Middle School Science, Western Heritage
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Ms. Shenkal loves to learn, and she has studied both clinical psychology and ancient history at the University of Maryland, followed by degrees in philosophy and Medieval history at the University of Utah. She is a cheerful and inquisitive world traveler (including 5 continents and 42 countries at last count), who lived overseas in both Europe and the Middle East for a total of six years. Ms. Shenkal loves sharing the beauty and spiritual power of the Christian message, welcoming the opportunity to join the Belmont faculty. When not teaching she enjoys baking pastries, writing, line drawing, yoga, African dance, studying languages, and plowing through stacks of books on social theory, world history, philosophy, and theoretical physics.
Ms. Shenkal
Mrs. Simpson
Music, Choir
Mrs. Simpson loves to share the light of the Lord through music. She has taught music classes and directed choirs in public, private, and homeschool settings for the past 25 years and we are fortunate to have her teach music at Belmont Classical Academy. She received a Bachelor's degree in Elementary Education with a music emphasis from Utah State University. She and her husband have 6 children, a son and daughter in law, and a grandson on the way. She loves being surrounded by children, music, and gardens.
Mrs. Simpson
Music, Choir
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