The Beginnings of Greyfriars Logic
In 2011, the Bridge Tutorials began as a once-a-week tutorial for 7th and 8th graders, growing out of two informal family co-ops. Then in 2013, the Bridge expanded to include 6th grade.
Our program offers History (including Geography and Church History), Literature and Aesthetics, Writing (Grammar and Diagramming), Latin, Math, and Science classes--all taught from a Christian worldview. Each class has a weekly syllabus that shows what is covered in class and what should be done at home. To better follow the classical model, we are set up so that all Logic students study the same time period in History and Literature with Aesthetics being integrated into this time period.
From inception, our program has had informal ties to Greyfriars Classical Academy (GCA), both in personnel and in vision. In the 2015-16 school year, Bridge Tutorials more formally linked arms with GCA and with our "sister" organization, 7Pillars Tutorials (K-5), to become Greyfriars Classical Tutorials. We trust that this change will better enable us to assist Christian homeschooling families.
Our program offers History (including Geography and Church History), Literature and Aesthetics, Writing (Grammar and Diagramming), Latin, Math, and Science classes--all taught from a Christian worldview. Each class has a weekly syllabus that shows what is covered in class and what should be done at home. To better follow the classical model, we are set up so that all Logic students study the same time period in History and Literature with Aesthetics being integrated into this time period.
From inception, our program has had informal ties to Greyfriars Classical Academy (GCA), both in personnel and in vision. In the 2015-16 school year, Bridge Tutorials more formally linked arms with GCA and with our "sister" organization, 7Pillars Tutorials (K-5), to become Greyfriars Classical Tutorials. We trust that this change will better enable us to assist Christian homeschooling families.
Staff & Tutors
Ashley Trice
Headmistress |
Jennifer Milvain
Director, 8th math Jennifer Milvain, a native of Tennessee, earned a Bachelor of Business specializing in Accounting from Charles Sturt University in Australia. Jennifer and Nigel have three children, Kaitlyn, Scott and Stephanie, who all attended Greyfriars for middle school and high school. Since 2008, Jennifer has taught in this community. She has a passion for Christ and desires to teach middle school students to see the beauty of God at work through their studies. The Milvains are members at Christ Covenant Church in Matthews, where Jennifer serves in Childrens’ Ministry.
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Cassie Browning
7th Writing |
Joby Fowler
Bible Survey |
Catie Jackson
8th Latin |
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TBA
Monday Art |
Lori Lawing
Aesthetics Lori Lawing graduated from Chapel Hill with a degree in public speaking. She competed in oral performance of literature on UNC’s traveling speech team. Married to Morrie Lawing, pastor of Christ Church, ARP, in Denver, NC, they educated their five children at home until entering high school. All of their children are graduates of Greyfriars Classical Academy where she has taught aesthetics for over a decade. Previously, she taught Shakespeare to groups of up to 30 children (ages 3-15) and has written eight condensed scripts of Shakespeare’s plays for her classes’ annual productions. She currently teaches homeschool classes for all ages in the Lake Norman area as well as teaching at Greyfriars. Mrs. Lawing has a passion for teaching, especially the beauty of aesthetics.
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Barbara Lockman
8th Literature Barbara Lockman worked as a freelance writer in Charlotte for more than 30 years, contributing to a wide variety of publications as well as authoring three books of local historical interest. A graduate of Lynchburg College (Virginia) with a BA in English, she has taught literature and writing at Resurrection Christian School, United Faith Christian Academy, and has served as a Greyfriars Logic tutor for the past seven years. She also teaches American History and Literature at Greyfriars Classical Academy. Mrs. Lockman is passionate about great literature and has a home library of more than 1,000 books. She and her husband Jim, a commercial photographer, have an adult daughter, Arden, and enjoy the love and antics of their five grandchildren. They attend Resurrection (formerly Lutheran) Church in Charlotte.
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Cade McDonald
6th & 7th Latin, 7th History, 8th Writing |
Leah Mancini
7th Math, 6/7/8 Science Leah Mancini was raised by missionary parents in Mexico City, Mexico. She lived in Mexico for 13 years before moving to Istanbul, Turkey, where she spent her 4 years of high school. She attended Liberty University and graduated with a B.S. in Cell and Molecular Biology. Her passion for teaching science began in college, and she finds so much joy in helping others learn about God through developing a deeper understanding of His creation. During her time at Liberty she met her husband, Jeremy. Jeremy and Leah are beginning their ministry together here in Charlotte at a new church plant, Redeemer Church. Jeremy has begun his seminary training with plans to continue in a life of full-time Gospel ministry with Leah.
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Ashley Mink
6th History Ashley Mink grew up in Greensboro, NC and loved school and books from the start. At the University of Virginia, where history abounds, she was a History major and Young Life volunteer leader for four years. After a couple of years working on Capitol Hill, she moved to Charlotte where she worked in human resources, in retail, at RTS, and with Young Life, which is how she met her husband, Jason. They’ve been married for 20 years and have three great kids: Juliana, 19; Phoebe, 16; Thomas, 14. The
family attends Uptown Church, where Ashley serves in children’s ministry. Ashley homeschooled her kids for seven years and this will be her sixth year as a tutor at GCT Logic, where she loves to get students excited about history. |
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Carriel Posvar
Administrative Assistant |
Amber Snapp
7th Literature, 7th Writing |
Paige Suclupe
Intro to Latin, 6th Math |
Beverley Oates
8th Writing, 8th History |
Donna Wilson
6th Literature, 6th Writing |