June 5, 2020 Dear ZLO Families, Allow us to start this message by thanking you and our staff for a relatively seamless transition this year, as we adapted literally overnight to our stay-at-home order. To shift gears on a moment’s
A tasty way to learn fractions with Mrs. Terry!
The Pre Algebra class started the year with color! What better way to review fractions than with skittles? Each student had a bag of skittles. They counted the individual colors and the total of skittles in the bag. Their next
We’re off to a great start!
Thank you all for your patience and grace as we worked through many hurdles and last minute obstacles to getting this academic year off the ground! With your help and encouragement, classes are underway! What have our teachers said so
English for elementary grades!
Registration for Intermediate English (Grades 3/4), and Foundational Writing (Grades 5/6) remains open through the end of September. If you know of a family who could use support in these subjects, please encourage them to look into English at ZLO
ZLO Welcomes Mrs. Christine Blankenship
Welcome Christine Blankenship! A homeschooling mom herself, our newest ZLO staff member will teach decompressed algebra. Christine has years of experience as a paraeducator, speech coach and a variety of other teaching opportunities within the church and community. A lover of
ZLO Welcomes Mr. Jaron Stanage
Let’s give a warm ZLO welcome to our newest staff member, Jaron Stanage! We are blessed to have Mr. Stanage teach our elementary English classes. He comes highly recommended as someone who is engaging, calm, creative and fun. His range
Farewell to ZLO Founder & Director, Molly Crocker
The board of ZLO has accepted the resignation of Mrs. Molly Crocker. Twenty five years ago Mrs. Crocker began ZLO with a few students who needed a math class. From that humble beginning, it grew to include a larger location,
Important Registration Update – June 2020
Thank you to the families who have already registered their kids for classes. If you are planning to have your child(ren) attend classes, but have not registered yet, we encourage you to do that very soon to avoid late registration
Mrs. Charleston Retires
We are sad to accept the resignation of Laurie Charleston from our faculty. Mrs. Charleston has been part of ZLO perhaps since 1999, when a daughter was attending. She began teaching art when another of our art instructors had to step away quite suddenly.
Welcome, Mrs. Terry & Mrs. Roderick!
ZLO is happy to announce the addition of Kimberlee Terry and Jill Roderick to our faculty. Mrs. Terry’s degree is in Math Education from Bryan College in Tennessee. Since then she has taught in several schools, including one in Kenya.
New class added: Research Writing
Register Now Dr. Mangum is offering a Research Writing class to students this fall. This course takes students through the full process of academic research and writing: choosing a strong topic, finding and evaluating sources, taking and using notes, constructing