Eben Heasley, Third Grade Lead Teacher
50 Bell Road, Room 226
Asheville, NC 28805
eben.heasley@evergreenccs.org
Phone: 828.298.2173
FAX: 828.298.2269
Eben Heasley has a BA in Cultural Anthropology and studied Elementary Education at UNCA. Prior to coming to Evergreen in 2003, he had been independently tutoring students in a range of subjects within the Asheville area. He spent three years providing backcountry education for the Appalachian Mountain Club and thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail in 1995. A self styled musician, writer, thespian, board gamer, outdoorsman, carpenter, cook, candle-maker, husband, father, and oh yes, elementary school teacher, he has his fingers in more pies than he can truly appreciate the flavor of.
“If you keep walking while doing the simran [remembrance of the destination], the destination will come to you by itself.” - Kirpal Singh
Melissa Breck, Third Grade Associate Teacher
50 Bell Road, Room 226
Asheville, NC 28805
melissa.breck@evergreenccs.org
Phone: 828.298.2173
FAX: 828.298.2269
Melissa is originally from Connecticut and attended Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana to study Anthropology and Sociology. After graduating in 2004, Melissa moved to Boston before taking a "gap year" to travel to Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, Mexico and the Caribbean. After returning to the States, Melissa moved to Cincinnati and worked as an AmeriCorps volunteer for a non-profit organization to assist "at risk" youth. Melissa has also worked as a health educator for Planned Parenthood and taught HIV prevention classes for high risk populations at large public schools, juvenile detention centers and substance abuse treatment centers. Melissa found her new home in Asheville in 2008 and worked as a youth leader for the YMCA and at Evergreen in the EverAfter program and as a substitute teacher.
In 2010, Melissa completed her Master of Arts in Teaching at UNC Chapel Hill and immediately moved back to the mountains. In her spare time, Melissa enjoys traveling, hiking, gardening, art projects, West African dance and volunteering in the community.
Chris Weaver, Third Grade Lead Teacher
50 Bell Road, Room 228
Asheville, NC 28805
chris.weaver@evergreenccs.org
Phone: 828.298.2173
FAX: 828.298.2269
Chris has sixteen years of elementary classroom teaching experience. He has taught in Colorado, Seattle, at Isaac Dickson Elementary in Asheville, and since 2006 at Evergreen. He has a B.A. in Religious Studies from CU-Boulder and an MA in Education from the University of Washington. He also spent four years as a camp director and two years as program designer for a camp-based program for teenagers in foster care. Chris loves to facilitate experiential, child-centered, and child-directed learning whenever possible, and he also facilitates participative processes for groups of adults. He and his wife Rhett Hudson have two sons, Aidan and Noah.
Deidre Barrett, Third Grade Associate Teacher
50 Bell Road, Room 228
Asheville, NC 28805
deidre.barrett@evergreenccs.org
Phone: 828.298.2173
FAX: 828.298.2269
Deidre attended Warren Wilson and UNCA, and taught preschool at Rainbow Mountain Children's School. Now she takes great pride in being one of the founding teachers of Evergreen. This will be her 20th year in the education field! She is a bookworm and long time resident of our beautiful Asheville, NC. She is grateful each and every day to live such a blessed life with her son and sweet dog, Julip, and to spend her days at a job she loves.
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