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 Dreher teaches fourth grade at Sequitur and is the mother of three Sequitur students. She has homeschooled her children for ten years, taught in co-op settings, and tutored individual students in grammar and writing. Before children, she received a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Texas at Austin, ran a Manhattan photography agency, and worked at Commentary magazine. The Drehers are members of St. Matthew the Apostle Orthodox Church in Baton Rouge. |
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 Details coming soon... |
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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 Details coming soon... |
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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 Rhetoric School math instructor for Geometry, Algebra II, and Precalculus. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Louisiana State University and maintains her CPA license. Paula has a Master of Divinity degree from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. As a home school mom, Paula has taught for over ten years and is an active leader in the local home school fellowship and athletic board. |
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Blayke Weatherford (Music)
Email Blayke at BWeatherford@SequiturBR.com Details coming soon... |
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Jeffery Moore (Latin and Recitation)
Email Jeff at JMoore@SequiturBR.com Jeff teaches Latin for the Logic School and Rhetoric School at Sequitur. He received a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Psychology from Southern Methodist University with a Minor in Classical Studies. He has also earned a Master of Divinity (MDiv) degree from Westminster Theological Seminary and a Doctor of Ministry (DMin) degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. As a minister, Jeff has served in diverse cultures and communities for the past 14 years, including inner-city Dallas and Baton Rouge, his hometown. He has also taught Latin and History classes at multiple Christian schools. Jeff is currently 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 Details coming soon... |
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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 Forthcoming... |
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Tom Brewer (Logic, Humanities, Rhetoric, Recitation, and Composition)
Email Tom at TBrewer@SequiturBR.com Forthcoming... |
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Steve Mitchell (Cinema Studies)
Email Steve at StMitchell@SequiturBR.com Details coming soon... |
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Ken Brown (Calculus)
Email Ken at KBrown@SequiturBR.com Details coming soon... |