Evergreen Christian Academy Directors, Teachers & Staff
ECA Directors
Lauren Anderson: Head of School
Lauren grew up in Evergreen and became the Head of School in January of 2023. Lauren has 3 boys all of which have been at ECA. I absolutely love leading ECA and helping our staff, students and family feel like this is another home for our school and community.
Lisa Thoennes: Assistant Director
Lisa has been with us since August of 2023. Lisa is SO gifted and talented in child development and working with staff to ensure the highest level of success for all of our students. Lisa lives in Evergreen and is very active in the Evergreen community.
Infant Room
Sharon Shroeder: Infant Room Supervisor
Sharon has been at ECA since January of 2024. Sharon has been such a wonderful gift to us! She absolutely loves children and treats them all as if they were her own. Kiddos light up when they see her!
Wobbler Room Teaching Teams
Zayra Valles: Wobbler Lead Teacher
Ms. Cheryl: Wobbler AssistantTeacher
Toddler Room
Kellie Bundock: Toddler Room Teacher
Kellie has been at ECA for over 7 years. Kellie is such a kind, loving and caring teacher. Kellie is wonderful at helping children learn to share, play and get along with one another.
Cindy Mattson: Toddler RoomTeacher
Cindy has been at ECA for over 8 years. Cindy is amazing at helping children continue to learn rules and routines at ECA.
Ms. Pam: Assistant Teacher
Little Learners Team
Preschool Teaching Team
Patience Adams
Kadence Shahan
Ms. Kadence is the Assistant Teacher in the Little Learners classroom. Ms. Kadence was our assistant teacher last year in PreK and is excited to be with the younger kiddos and helping them get prepared for Prek.
Laura Billups
Hello! My name is Laura. The kiddos can call me Ms. LB. I have taught preschool in Chicago and moved to Evergreen to raise my 3 children. I enjoy playing tennis, golf, yoga, concerts and international travel. I am excited to be at ECA with Ms. Amy & teaching music on Wednesdays
Amy Haddad
Amy is a local to Evergreen! Amy has taught at ECA since 2024. She has her undergrad in Elementary Education. She also has homeschooled all 4 of her children. We are so excited for Amy to teach our Preschool Classroom.
Ms. Kimi
Preschool Academy Teaching Team
Jessica French
Ms. Jess started at ECA in June of 2025. She has her degree in Elementary Education. She is our lead teacher in our Preschool Academy classroom. This classroom is geared toward Kindergarten readiness and has a mixed curriculum of Preschool and Kindergarten.
Alexis LaPia
Extra-Curricular Teaching Staff
Stacee Harp
Support Staff
Stacee has been with us since April of 2023. Stacee has taught in a variety of room and currently serves in the role as support teacher. We call Stacee our angel on earth. She has such a calm and loving way in which she helps children learn and grow!
Christian Education Director
Ms. Marcee: Christian Education Director: Ms. Marcee will be leading our children, families and staff with our Christian Education. Ms. Marcee will hold Mornings with Jesus on Thursdays. Ms. Marcee is also one of our Board of Directors for ECA. We all LOVE and ADORE Ms. Marcee!
Spanish Educator
Music Education
Ms. LB: Music: Ms. LB joined us in 2025 and is sharing her love of music to our infants- Preschool classrooms. She will be teaching music weekly to all of our wonderful students and will also be directing all of our performances.