Myles was awarded a Bachelor's Degree in Meteorology from Penn State in 1982.  He spent more than 35 years chronicling weather patterns and has always been interested in the science.  He taught in the Walled Lake School system and incorporated weather systems into their environmental education curriculum. Myles has also played chess for many years and has taught chess in public schools.  His goal has been to teach students to apply the critical thinking methods used in chess to the decisions (and choices) students make in their daily lives.

Betty has been teaching art for over 14 years.  She is the owner of Monart School of Drawing in Taylor and co-owner of Art and About.  She loves creating art in many different media, but her passion is teaching students skills and techniques and then seeing their enthusiasm and sense of accomplishment when they create something of which they are proud.  She lives and works in the downriver area and in her spare time loves to spend time with her young grandchildren. She also enjoys traveling and photography. 

Ron has a Bachelor of Science degree in Management and is a retired Computer Analyst.  Ron has spent years building projects for his daughter and granddaughters and around the Brandt family home.   Ron has been invaluable the last couple of years at Harbor, assisting other Woodworking instructors or teaching his own class.  He enjoys working with young people who are interested in learning new skills.    Ron has been happily married for 50 years with 3 grown children and 9 grandchildren. 

Stacy is excited to be working with our Kindergarten students.  She has a BS in Elementary Education and a Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership. After working in the public schools as an elementary teacher for 15 years (6 of those years as a first grade teacher) she switched careers to become the Kid’s Minister at her church, which she has been doing for the past 5 years. She has 4 children of her own who went to public school, but her youngest insisted on being home-schooled after the 6th grade. Stacy has enjoyed this chance to be more involved in the education of her youngest child and absolutely loves homeschooling! 

It’s difficult to imagine Harbor Homeschool without Kelly Hunt.  An exceptional teacher, Kelly has a BA in Early Childhood Education and regularly engages her young students in hands-on activities that are as fun as they are educational.  She has a special love for her Kindergarten students and enjoys challenging them to grow and develop socially and academically.  She has two children of her own who also attend Harbor. 

Rodney is a Mechanical Engineer with two Masters’ degrees in Engineering fields.  He enjoys working with tools, especially while spending time on his carpentry hobby.  He has spent many hours over the years in his garage woodworking shop teaching his own boys how to use tools safely and working with them on their own projects.  He is spending vacation time from his job at Ford Motor Company to introduce woodworking and the safe use of power tools to our older Harbor students. 

Our Science-loving Lab instructor, Nicole, received her BS in Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences from the University of Michigan. She also earned a Master of Science in Medical Physics from Wayne State University.  Nicole has been homeschooling her own children for several years and enjoys sharing her favorite subjects with her kids:  Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology! 

Kelly received her BFA at Wayne State.  Her experience as an actor, singer, and teacher has brought her to such cities as Detroit, New York, Los Angeles, Volterra, Italy and Frankfurt, Germany. In LA, she became a long-standing company member at the Knightsbridge Theatre, where Kelly directed and appeared in many productions. Her film career includes an award for best actress in the film Click Three Times from the New York Independent Film Festival. As an educator, Kelly has taught Shakespeare, Commedia dell’Arte, Improvisation, Dance, Musical Theatre, Creative Writing, and Film Production classes in over 50 schools and home-school groups in Los Angeles. 

Kim has been a Registered Nurse for 29 years and recently furthered her education with a BS from Eastern, graduating summa cum laude. She is the Children’s Ministries Director at her church, where she teaches character development to kids on a weekly basis. She has experience with writing an original children’s musical, performed by an entire cast of kids. She herself is a musician and has over 20+ years of experience playing a variety of instruments. For the past 18 years, Kim has taught music and conducted a local Homeschool Children’s Recorder Band. Kim has a love for homeschooling families and has homeschooled both her daughters from preschool through high school before they went on to very successful college careers. 

Lindsay is a home educating mom to three girls and teaches a variety of very popular classes at Harbor.  She has been teaching at home for five years and within the Downriver community for three.  She is a fan of Classical Education and also the Charlotte Mason “gentle art of learning” philosophy of education.  She enjoyed her time at university taking classes in education and the visual arts. In her spare time she is usually seen reading or working in her nature journal. 

Nick is our very popular karate instructor.  He is a Black Belt and Certified Instructor through the World Tang Soo Do Association.  He has been training in the Korean martial art of Tang Soo Do for 15 years and is the owner and chief instructor of the karate school, Metro Michigan Martial Arts.  He is an enthusiastic teacher and thoroughly enjoys sharing the many elements of this martial art with his students. 

Catherine is a certified elementary teacher with a proven track record of commended performance teaching grades K-12.  She loves children and has a passion for educating and an unwavering commitment to motivating students toward success.  Catherine has a particular passion for the arts and has been teaching art in some form or another since 1989.  Catherine's Ceramics classes are in high demand and they end up wait-listed every semester.