Middle School Faculty

Meet Mrs. Foust

Mrs. Foust grew up in rural Indiana. She is the daughter of a Baptist preacher and her mother is a teacher and musician. She is a graduate of Indiana University with a B.S. in Education and a major in English Literature.

She also did post graduate work at I.U. She has taught Jr. High language arts to inner-city youths in Indianapolis. She has worked with Head Start and was the director of a large pre-school in Virginia. Since moving to Florida in 1990 with her husband, Michael, she has taught in Christian schools. Mrs. Foust had the interesting experience of taking one complete class from kindergarten through 5th grade. She joined the VCS staff in 1999. Mrs. Foust teaches 6th grade Bible, and the Language Arts courses in 6th through 9th grades.

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Meet Mrs. Shelby

Barbara Shelby, a native of Long Island, NY, received her degree in Horticulture (Biological Sciences) in 1989 from the Univeristy of Florida.  She spent the first few years after graduation working in medical research. 

She later took post-graduation education courses to be able to teach Middle and High School Science.  She left the classroom for 5 years to home school her own children and returned to the classroom in 2009 to help Venice Christian School round out our high school science program.  

When she's not teaching, Mrs. Shelby and her husband, Mark, enjoy purusing their passion for music and drama.  She has 2 children, Erin and Kelly.  Erin is a student at State College of Florida and Kelly is a high school student at Venice Christian School.

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Click HERE for Mrs. Shelby's 7th Grade Science syllabus

Meet Mrs. Zimmerman

Lisa Zimmerman was born and raised in a small town in central North Carolina, growing up literally at the end of a dirt road.  She relocated to Florida in the summer of 2000, finishing her high school years here.  Since then, she has felt the Lord's call on her life to teach children, not only about life, but about Him and His love.

Mrs. Zimmerman earned her B.S. in Elementary Educaiton, with a minor in Religion from Southeastern University in Lakeland, Florida.  She is, herself, a product of 17 years of Christian education, and has truly seen the benefits of learning about the Lord and experiencing His touch on her life from an early age.  Since graduation from SEU, Mrs. Zimmerman has been privileged to spend two years employed by her church, teaching up to fifty 4th-5th graders each weekend.  This was a tool the Lord used to kindle her passion for middle grades.

Mrs. Zimmerman and her husband, Travis, reside in Sarasota with their "babies", Motor (a 4-year old orange and white cat) and Cameo (a 3-year old calico).

Mrs. Zimmerman teaches 6th grade Science, 6th grade History and 6th, 7th, 8th grade Bible.

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Click HERE for Mrs. Zimmerman's 6th Grade History Syllabus

Click HERE for Mrs. Zimmerman's 6th Grade Science Syllabus

Click HERE for Mrs. Zimmerman's 7th Grade Bible Syllabus

Click HERE for Mrs. Zimmerman's 8th Grade Bible Syllabus

 Meet Mrs. Albert

Claudia Albert is a native Texan, minored in Education and holds a B.A. in History from the University of South Florida. She has completed all the required education courses and is working towards taking the state certification exam. She is passionate about History and believes the Lord has called her to serve and minister to the students at Venice Christian School.

Since moving to Florida in 1989 with her husband, Glenn, they have been involved in missions, youth and children ministries and have enjoyed raising their family in Venice. They have two sons and a daughter: Raleigh attends college in Fort Myers, Katelynn and Donald recently graduated Venice High School.

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Click HERE for Mrs. Albert's 8th Grade History Syllabus

Meet Mrs. Dolby

Mrs. Marcia Dolby grew up bare-footed in North Miami Beach exploring parks, the Atlantic coastline, and assorted waterways while cheering on the great Miami Dolphin team of the 1970’s. Her love of learning and desire to teach took her to Asbury College in Wilmore, KY where she earned her B.S. degree in elementary education in 1981. After teaching 5th graders at Lakeland Christian School for four years, she began teaching “across the dining room table" as the Lord gave her five children and a Presbyterian pastor to nurture.

In recent years as a foster mom, the Lord taught her much about the emotional needs of children and how they affect the learning process. She brings to VCS a love for children, an insatiable love of learning, and a vigorous desire to glorify God in all of life.

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Meet Mrs. Gadomski

Lisa Gadomski has been teaching high school Spanish since the 1980's.  Mrs. Gadomski graduated from Temple Heights Christian in Tampa and later attended Edison College.  She is a first generation American from Cuban descendants.  She is married to Art Gadomski (over 30 years) and they have four children.  She has been serving in Christian ministry for most of her married life in the capacity of Christian school teacher, pastor's wife, church secretary, ministry support, etc.

She also created and developed an Elementary program that has been successful in introducing students to the Spanish language in a fun and interactive way.  She has a passion for the Spanish language and teaching.  Mrs. Gadomski has been with Venice Christian School since 2006.

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Meet Mr. Johnson

Jack Johnson originates from Knoxville, located in the heart of the Volunteer State of Tennessee.  He holds various professional certifications from Comptia (A+, Network+, Security+) and is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer.  His 13 years of experience in IT have traversed diverse environments, including the fields of medicine, architecture, hospitality, construction and education, in positions ranging from help desk support up to network operations management.

Whether at work or at home, Jack is supported amply and often humbled by three godly women: his wife, Kathleen, and two daughters, Hannah and Monica.  In his playtime Jack enjoys burning the midnight oil in academics, wasting brain cells in solving computer evils, exercising his musical prowess on a drum set, and being the provider and recipient of love, prayer and downright silliness with his family and friends.

Jack's ministry at VCS is to simply make his God-given gifts available in support as subordinate to what God is doing through the parents, the teachers and the staff for the students and for one another -- basically, wherever, whenever and however Christ directs in His training us for eternity.

Mr. Johnson teaches the Middle School computer classes. 

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Click HERE for Mr. Johnson's 6th Grade Computer Syllabus

Click HERE for Mr. Johnson's Computer Policy