Beverley Bucknor

Writer

Beverley E. Bucknor has worked in the Atlantic Union area since 1980 and on the Teacher Bulletin Committee since 1987. She has enjoyed the teaching ministry serving in various configurations of multigrade and single grade classroom schools. She is presently working as the principal of Northeastern Academy. These venues have provided many opportunities to use her creativity. Throughout the years of serving in the Teacher Bulletin, Beverley has written several units and developed many art projects.

Helen Hovanic

Writer

Helen Hovanic has been in the teaching profession for 25 years. During those years she has taught Spanish at various Academies as well as Atlantic Union College. Her teaching has covered grades K-12 and college level. In addition to authoring the Spanish units for the Teacher Bulletin, she has authored Spanish Study Guides for grades 7-12 for Home Study International.

She is married to Dr. Gregory Allen Hovanic. She has two married daughters and two granddaughters. She enjoys traveling, gourmet cooking, and reading. She’s still active in the classroom, teaching Spanish for grades 9-12 and enjoying every bit of it.

Lillian Mitchell

Writer

Lillian is the principal of Greater New York Academy, located in Woodside, Queens, New York. Prior to this assignment, she served as the principal of Whispering Pines Seventh-day Adventist Elementary School. She graduated form Andrews University with a Master of Arts degree in Education. Her interests include reading, sewing, crocheting and traveling. Lillian is married to Orette Mitchell who pastors in the Greater New York Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. They are the proud parents of three children, Henry, a graduate of Andrews univeristy; Charisse, a graduate of Loma Linda University School of Mediine who is married to Maxwell Branadon; and Joy-Anne, a graduate of Pacific Union College. Henry is married to the former Gyssel Cruz who is the daughter of Jose Cruz who also pastors in Greater New York Conference. Henry and Gyssel have made Lillian and Orette doting grandparents of Henry-Jose and Liliana. Lillian has been listed in Who's Who Among Americas Teachers and Who's Who Among American Women. She has also been the recipient of the Zapara Excellence in Teaching Award. Lillian enjoys teaching - especially young children, but is now really fascinated with the teenagers of Greater New York Academy.

Larry Robbins

Writer

Larry Robbins is a teacher at A.W. Spalding Elementary School in Collegedale, Tennessee.  He teaches a combination class of Language Arts/History to the 8th grade.  He has been teaching for 31 years and has a BA in History from Atlantic Union College.

Larry has been married for over 37 years to his wife Martha and they have three grown sons and three grandchildren who all live in the Collegedale area.  Larry states that humor plays a big part in his everyday life and work.

Dana Waterman

Writer

Dana is currently raising her two girls, tutoring students, writing curriculum for North American Division Teacher Bulletin, and substitute teaching. Dana received her B.S. degree in Elementary Education from Atlantic Union College and her M.Ed. in Teacher Leadership with an emphasis in Curriculum from the University of Southern Maine. She taught grades five and six for six years at Pine Tree Academy and was a student elementary teacher in the Marshall Islands. She enjoys reading, writing, researching, and spending summers on the lake swimming and boating with her husband and two daughters.