Meet Us Mondays

Meet Us Monday: Mr. Anthony Kimbrough

Our Meet Us Monday blog series is back with another ILS faculty introduction!

We are delighted to welcome Mr. Anthony Kimbrough to the ILS faculty as our new substitute teacher. Mr. Kimbrough is a retired Air Force officer who started teaching after in Florida before his family returned to the Alexandria area. Mr. Kimbrough and his wife are parents to two daughters at ILS, one in 7th grade and one in Kindergarten, and were previously a part of the Immanuel community when they were last stationed in the area and their older daughter was in the Lower School.

Please join us in welcoming Mr. Kimbrough to the ILS faculty!

Meet Us Monday: Mrs. Meredith Blankenstein

We are one week out from the start of the 2023-2024 school year, so we are continuing our Meet Us Monday blog series to introduce you to the outstanding new and returning teachers and staff who will be working alongside you and your children each day this year.

We are pleased to welcome Mrs. Meredith Blankenstein to ILS as 7th grade homeroom teacher and 6th-8th grade literature and language arts teacher. She has experience teaching in both private and public schools at the middle school age, is fluent in French, and also has taught private piano and voice lessons. Mrs. Blankenstein has most recently been working as an assistant business administrator at Trinity School at Meadow View. Her true love is being in the classroom, and she is delighted to be returning teaching.

Please join us in welcoming Mrs. Blankenstein to ILS!

Meet Us Monday: Mr. Sasha Kandybin

We are one week out from the start of the 2023-2024 school year, so we are continuing our Meet Us Monday blog series to introduce you to the outstanding new and returning teachers and staff who will be working alongside you and your children each day this year.

We are pleased to welcome Mr. Sasha Kandybin as our Music Teacher. He is an accomplished violinist and conductor with a B.M. from the Cleveland Institute of Music and just completed his M.M. from Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music. He has experience conducting and teaching music in the public schools as well as teaching in private lessons.

Please join us in welcoming Mr. Kandybin ILS!

Meet Us Monday: Mrs. Cheere Helton

We are counting down to the start of the 2023-2024 school year, so we are continuing our Meet Us Monday blog series to introduce you to the outstanding new and returning teachers and staff who will be working alongside you and your children each day this year.

We are pleased to welcome Mrs. Cheere Helton as our 4th Grade Teacher. Mrs. Helton comes to ILS from Providence Christian School of Texas (Dallas). She and her husband are parents to 3 ILS students.

Please join us in welcoming Mrs. Helton to ILS!

Meet Us Monday: Mrs. Crissy Stubbs

We are counting down to the start of the 2023-2024 school year, which means it is time to bring back our Meet Us Monday blog series to introduce you to the outstanding new and returning teachers and staff who will be working alongside you and your children each day this year.

We are pleased to welcome Mrs. Crissy Stubbs to the ILS faculty as our 1st grade teacher. Mrs. Stubbs has been a part of our Immanuel community for many years as a parent, and she
previously taught first grade at Fayetteville Christian School in North Carolina.

Please join us in welcoming Mrs. Stubbs to her new role at ILS!!

Meet Us Monday: Mrs. Kathryn Friddle

We are counting down to the start of the 2023-2024 school year, which means it is time to bring back our Meet Us Monday blog series to introduce you to the outstanding new and returning teachers and staff who will be working alongside you and your children each day this year.

As a parent to two recent ILS graduates, as well as two current ILS students, Mrs. Kathryn Friddle has been a part of the Immanuel community for many years. She now joins the staff serving as Interim Assistant Headmaster.

Please join us in welcoming Mrs. Friddle to her new role at ILS!

Meet Us Monday: Mrs. Karen Gorr

We are counting down to the start of the 2023-2024 school year, which means it is time to bring back our Meet Us Monday blog series to introduce you to the outstanding new and returning teachers and staff who will be working alongside you and your children each day this year.

Mrs. Karen Gorr will be joining the faculty as our 2nd grade teacher. Mrs. Gorr previously taught for 8 years at ILS. She and her husband are parents to two children attending ILS this year.

Please join us in welcoming Mrs. Gorr back to ILS!

Class of 2023: Mae

We have reached the end of the 2022-2023 school year! It is a particularly bittersweet time for our 8th grade students as they prepare to graduate. To help celebrate and recognize our ILS Class of 2023, we have again launched our “Meet Us Monday” blog series to introduce you to the members of this year’s graduating class.

Each week, we will share interviews with each of our 8th grade students, in which they share more about their favorite ILS memories and traditions, words of wisdom they’ve received over the years, and other reflections from their years here with us at ILS. We hope that you will enjoy these reflections, and join with us in congratulating and celebrating these students!

Class of 2023: Avery

We have reached the end of the 2022-2023 school year! It is a particularly bittersweet time for our 8th grade students as they prepare to graduate. To help celebrate and recognize our ILS Class of 2023, we have again launched our “Meet Us Monday” blog series to introduce you to the members of this year’s graduating class.

Each week, we will share interviews with each of our 8th grade students, in which they share more about their favorite ILS memories and traditions, words of wisdom they’ve received over the years, and other reflections from their years here with us at ILS. We hope that you will enjoy these reflections, and join with us in congratulating and celebrating these students!