Administration
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Brian Daigle (Headmaster and Teacher)
Email Brian at BDaigle@SequiturBR.com Brian received his Bachelor of Science from the School of Architecture and Design at University of Louisiana-Lafayette and his Master of Humanities from the University of Dallas. After working on the first half of his Master of Arts in Trinitarian Theology and Culture at New Saint Andrews College, Brian and his wife moved to Fort Worth, Texas where they taught at a traditional model classical Christian school. Doctoral studies include coursework at Louisiana State University in Comparative Literature. Along with various self-published works, including Street-fighting Logic: The Art of Arguing with Grandmothers and Coffeeshop Philosophers and The Road Home: A Guide to Reading Augustine’s Confessions, Brian’s work has been featured in Classis Magazine, the quarterly magazine for the Association of Classical Christian Schools. |
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Kevin Lindholm (Director of Operations and Art Instructor)
Email Kevin at KLindholm@SequiturBR.com Kevin is the lead art instructor for Sequitur Classical Academy and former adjunct professor of life drawing and color & design at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (Lafayette, LA) and Southeastern Louisiana University (Hammond, LA). He hails from sunny California with an interest in reformed theology, cultural theory and criticism, and art theory and criticism. Along with experience teaching kindergarten through graduate level art, Kevin holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree (emphasis in printmaking) from the University of Louisiana-Lafayette and a Master of Fine Arts degree (emphasis in printmaking) from The Ohio State University. Kevin’s art work is currently being considered for various publications. |
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Thomas Achord (Logic and Rhetoric School Head and Teacher)
Email Thomas at TAchord@SequiturBR.com Thomas grew up in St. Amant, Louisiana. After high school, he served in the United States Air Force for six adventurous years as an F-16 avionics technician. Mr. Achord has studied Economics under the Ludwig von Mises Institute of Auburn, Alabama and holds a bachelor's in History and Philosophy from Louisiana State University. He presently studies for his MDiv at Southern Seminary. Thomas is the general editor of The Soul and the City: A Read in Moral and Political Philosophy (available here). He has taught logic, humanities, Greek, math, economics, and government. Mr. Achord enjoys spending time with his family, worshiping the Triune God, reading widely, fishing, hunting, growing trees, and shooting firearms. Mr. Achord's long term goals are to take over the world, because he is wealthy, his artistic expressions are on display in the Louvre, and he often can be found lounging in his private yacht off St. Croix. |
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Julie Dreher (Grammar School Head and 4th Grade Teacher)
Email Julie at JDreher@SequiturBR.com Julie is the mother of two current Sequitur students and one Sequitur graduate now attending LSU's Honors College. She has homeschooled her children for more than ten years, taught in co-op settings, and tutored individual students in grammar and writing. The Drehers are members of St. Matthew the Apostle Orthodox Church in Baton Rouge, where she sings in the choir and serves on the mission council. |
Grammar School Instructors
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Serah Mitchell (1st grade)
Email Serah at SMitchell@SequiturBR.com Forthcoming... |
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Sharon Brewer (2nd grade)
Email Sharon at SBrewer@SequiturBR.com Sharon grew up in Lafayette, LA then attended Louisiana State University where she received a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Special Education. After teaching in public and private schools in the Baton Rouge area, she home schooled her own five children together with her husband. She eventually went back to teaching in a Christian classical school then tutored students in her home for several years. When she is not teaching, Sharon enjoys reading, playing tennis with her husband, spending time with her precious grandchildren, and worshiping with the saints at Grace Bible Fellowship, where she has been a member for over thirty years. Sharon is excited to be back in the classroom as a part of the Sequitur community. |
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Mikaela Hager (3rd grade and Admissions Director)
Email Mikaela at MHager@SequiturBR.com Mikaela graduate from LSU with a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education. Her involvement at Antioch Community Church has kept her in Baton Rouge where she has fallen in love with the city and its people. Her passion for discipleship led her into education, a field through which she has continually encountered God and received revelation for His heart and purposes for His people. She is eager to see how He transforms the hearts and minds of each of the students at Sequitur, as well as her own. |
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Jennifer Carpenter (4th-5th Grade)
Email Jennifer at JCarpenter@SequiturBR.com Jennifer received her Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education from Louisiana State University. She has taught on and off over the last twenty years including the homeschooling of her daughter. Jennifer and her family are members of South Baton Rouge Church of Christ where they worship and serve. She feels blessed to be a part of Sequitur and see students grow in their studies and desires for goodness and truth and beauty. |
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Hope Tuttle (4th-6th Grade)
Email Hope at HTuttle@SequiturBR.com Details coming soon... |
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Danielle Abbott (5th Grade)
Email Danielle at DAbbott@SequiturBR.com Danielle Abbott is the mother of one current Sequitur student and two future Sequitur students. She has homeschooled for 8 years. Since first discovering Sequitur just a year ago, she has sought excuses to loiter about the campus, such as bringing snacks for the teacher's lounge. Her employment, then, is a logical next step. Danielle loves Jane Austen literature, cooking for her family, and going on dates with her husband. This semester she is studying Reading the Bible as Literature at Chesterton College of Baton Rouge. Danielle and her family are excited to be a part of the Christ the Redeemer Anglican Church Planting Team. When she isn't involved in any of these endeavors, she's likely to be engaged in international espionage in some exotic locale. This year, she will be teaching 5th grade Stories of the Bible and History of Science. Danielle is excited to be a part of Sequitur and its commitment to seeking truth, as she aspires to raise three truth seekers of her own |
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Thaddeaus Swart (6th grade)
Email Thaddeaus at TSwart@SequiturBR.com Thaddeaus grew up in Northern California, where he graduated from high school and went on to attend the Joshua Wilderness Institute at Hume Lake Christian Camps. While attending JWI, he met his wife, Elaine, and followed her back to her hometown, Baton Rouge, LA. He finished his Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and Language at Southeastern Louisiana University, and has worked in Christian Classical education since 2008. Along with Brian Daigle, Thaddeaus co-authored his first book, How to Eat a Book: A Gastronome's Guide to the Classics, and thus found an outlet to combine two of his great passions—food and literature. He is blessed to most often combine those two passions in the form of making breakfast for, and reading stories to, his son, Asher. |
Logic and Rhetoric School Instructors
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Paula Haley (Math)
Email Paula at PHaley@SequiturBR.com Paula is a Rhetoric School math instructor for Geometry, Algebra 2, and Precalculus. Paula deeply loves rightly connecting concepts in math to its source, an orderly, masterful Creator God. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Louisiana State University and a Master of Divinity degree from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. As a home school mom, Paula has taught for over fifteen years and is active in her church and the local home school fellowship and athletic board. |
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Emily Ingalls (Math and Science)
Email Emily at EIngalls@SequiturBR.com Emily is a native of Baton Rouge and teaches Algebra 1 and Physical Science for the Logic School. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Louisiana State University Health Science Center in New Orleans, LA. She worked as a registered nurse in multiple fields including oncology, orthopedics, cardiology, gastroenterology and legal nurse consulting for 13 years. The past four years she has spent homeschooling and raising her four daughters, three of which are part of the Sequitur community. Emily and her family worship at Istrouma Baptist Church (Ascension campus). |
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Blayke Weatherford (Music)
Email Blayke at BWeatherford@SequiturBR.com Blayke Weatherford grew up in Denham Springs, LA. He received his Bachelor of Music from Southeastern Louisiana University and is currently pursuing a Master of Divinity with specialization in Christian Apologetics from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. In addition to teaching music at Sequitur, Blayke is a freelance pianist and percussionist, performing in a variety of styles and contexts, including classical, jazz, orchestral, and musical theatre. In his free time, Blayke enjoys spending time with friends and family. He has interests in the study of folk music and ethnomusicology, especially issues pertaining to the church and Christian worship. Blayke is a member of Istrouma Baptist Church. |
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Jeffery Moore (Latin and Recitation)
Email Jeff at JMoore@SequiturBR.com Jeff teaches 7th through 12th grade Latin at Sequitur (and 11th and 12th grade Recitation). He received a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in Psychology from Southern Methodist University with a Minor in Classical Studies. He has also earned a Master of Divinity (M.Div.) degree from Westminster Theological Seminary and a Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.) degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Jeff is Pastor of Bayou Plaquemine Baptist Church in Plaquemine, Louisiana, near the Atchafalaya River Basin where “Swamp People” is filmed. He has one adopted son, Bryan. |
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Abigail Howell (Rhetoric and Recitation)
Email Abigail at AHowell@SequiturBR.com Abigail is a Sequitur Alumni who has taken a gap year between her high school and college education to be an Assistant Instructor at Sequitur. Abigail is a Teacher’s Aid for Logic and Rhetoric School Rhetoric and Recitation and she is helping to improve and add to our Recitation Curriculum for this year and the years to come. |
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Lee Stephenson (Logic, Humanities, Recitation, and Composition)
Email Lee at LStephenson@SequiturBR.com Lee Stephenson is a Logic and Rhetoric School math, humanities and logic instructor from Atlanta, Georgia. She received a Bachelor of Arts in history and a Master's of Commerce both from the University of Virginia, degree choices which can only be explained in retrospect and with intense consideration of the indelible grace of God. Lee continues to be an advocate for women with low vocal ranges (she's an alto) and hopes to best Mr. Fryer in a competition for lowest note belted during morning Promptus. Lee looks forward to becoming a member of Grace Baptist Church in Mid-City, to riding her orange bicycle on I-10 and to enthusiastically taking suggestions from parents, faculty and students on top hot sauce varieties. |
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Susan Foreman (Science)
Email Susan at SForeman@SequiturBR.com Forthcoming... |
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Sharon King (Science)
Email Sharon at SKing@SequiturBR.com Mrs. King is the 7th grade Earth Science and 9th grade Biology instructor. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences from Texas A&M University and a Master of Science in Biology from University of Louisiana, Lafayette. Sharon has shared her enthusiasm for science (and proper grammar) with numerous homeschool and 4-H groups over the last 8 years while homeschooling her own two children. She is thankful for discovering classical Christian education, Church of the Highlands, and the vibrant community of home educators in Baton Rouge. In addition to teaching, she loves animals, gardening and riding her bike. If you find anything that crawls or slithers, dead or alive; or looks like fungus, don’t hesitate to find Sharon so you can marvel at God’s creation together. |
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Tom Brewer (Logic, Humanities, Rhetoric, Recitation, and Composition)
Email Tom at TBrewer@SequiturBR.com Tom grew up traveling as an Army brat, joined the Army for seven years, got a General Studies degree from LSU, and returned to LSU to receive a degree in Secondary Education – English. After teaching for a couple years at Baton Rouge Commercial College, he taught high school at the Silliman Institute in Clinton, La. Tom returned to LSU in 1988, this time to be employed as a Computer Analyst doing desktop support for LSU Libraries until retiring in 2017. In 1997 Tom also helped found a Christian classical school, where he served on the board and the curriculum committee. When that school closed, Tom and his wife Sharon returned to home schooling their five children. Tom also helped produce the 1989, not-so “cult classic” film Dark Heritage. Tom and Sharon attend Grace Bible Fellowship in Baton Rouge. |
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Steve Mitchell (Cinema Studies)
Email Steve at StMitchell@SequiturBR.com Steve Mitchell is a filmmaker and instructor of cinema studies in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. For the last 30 years, he has explored the moving image artistically, educationally, and professionally. He currently produces digital cinema content for clients throughout Louisiana and serves as an adjunct faculty member of Film Production and Cinema Studies at Baton Rouge Community College. Steve received a Bachelor of Science in Mass Communications from Middle Tennessee State University. Steve went on to receive a Master of Fine Arts in Film from Syracuse University in 2004. There he studied under some of the world’s leading artists and scholars in the areas of experimental and documentary filmmaking. During his time in Syracuse, he also produced work that was featured in film festivals around the world and recognized by various awards. Originally from Nashville, Tennessee, Steve currently lives in Baton Rouge with his wife Serah and their three children, Virginia, Evie, and Thomas. |
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Ken Brown (Calculus)
Email Ken at KBrown@SequiturBR.com Ken teaches Calculus for the Rhetoric School at Sequitur. He received a Bachelor of Arts (B.S.) degree in Mathematics Education from Louisiana College and a Master of Arts (M.A) in Mathematics from LSU. He has also earned a Master of Divinity (M.Div.) degree from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary with a concentration in Biblical Languages. As a minister, Ken has pastored two churches, currently serves as both a hospice chaplain and a chaplain in the Air Force Reserve, and is currently assigned as Wing Chaplain for the 307th Bomb Wing at Barksdale AFB. During his 20 year Reserve career he has served as the Command Chaplain for both the Defense Intelligence Agency, and United States Cyber Command and has also been deployed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. He has taught Mathematics for 20 years at multiple schools and universities and was an AP Calculus reader for four years. |