Meet the new faces of Tunstall

Sergeant First Class Mark Vance is the new JROTC teacher. He has previously taught JROTC for 13 years and Vance served 24 years in the Army, he also graduated from Fort Hays State University.  Vance chose to come and teach at THS because he heard the JROTC program was really good. He also loves the staff here and how much they care about the school.  A struggle for Vance this year has been ke...

Ms. Lisa McAlister is another one of the many new additions to the English department this year. She is currently teaching English 10 and also taught Creative Writing last semester. McAlister got her undergraduate degree in English from Belmont Abbey College and her master's degree in English Literature from UNC Charlotte. She taught homeschool for 22 years and public education for 6 years.   M...

Another new addition to the English department is Ms. Victoria Credle and she is teaching English 9 this year. This may be her first year at THS, but this is her 5th year teaching. Credle earned her  bachelor's degree from Elizabeth City State University, got her teacher certification at East Carolina University, and now she is at Averett University getting her masters in administration and supervisi...

Ms. Bowker is an Averett University graduate who teaches ninth grade Honors English, ninth grade English, and tenth grade English. She is in her second year of teaching. Apart from teaching, she enjoys reading, traveling, shopping, and spending time with her pets.   Bowker talked about how she enjoys teaching high school students because she loves the kids at Tunstall. “It was kind of lik...

Ms. Montana Midkiff is a Radford University graduate who teaches Art I, II, and III. This is her first year teaching as well as her first year teaching at Tunstall. In her free time, she enjoys taking care of the plants she has in her home. “I probably have like 100 plants in my house. I love plants,” Ms. Midkiff said. Midkiff explained that she likes teaching high school students because she enj...

Ms. Laura Gunn is one of the many new faces who has joined the English department this year. She is currently teaching 10th and 11th grade Honors English and has been teaching English for 21 years. She earned her degree in secondary education at Texas A&M University, her masters degree in curriculum instruction and assessment at Walden University, and is currently working on another graduate deg...

Mr. Cameron Hairston is the new inclusion teacher and he also teaches a support class. For inclusion he goes into other teachers' classrooms to help students out and for support class students get the opportunity to come into his classroom for extra time to work on assignments. Hairston is in his first year of teaching, he got the job maybe 10 days before school started.  When Mr. Boles offered him the opportunity, ...

Mr. Moore is an algebra teacher at Tunstall who graduated from Appalachian State University. He has been in the education field for 15 years. When he isn’t teaching, he can be found playing golf, woodworking, and exercising.  Moore explained that his favorite part about teaching students in high school is that he has the opportunity to make a difference. “I just try to make a difference,” he stated...