SCA Features

Ryan is a full-time author and content producer for his marriage and family ministry and also serves as the Acquisitions Editor for Lion Press, his local publishing company.

Previously he spent four years doing Energy Conservation Resource Management and Design and Construction Management for the Washington State Department of Natural Resources. He also ran a web and marketing business for 10 years.

He has a Bachelor of Arts in Business Management and Marketing from the University of Washington, and is currently studying for a Masters of Religion degree at Westminster Theological Seminary.

He and his wife Selena attend the Evangelical Reformed Church in Tacoma. They have four children: Dela, Clementine, Louisa and Sunny.

“As someone who was born, raised, and spent (nearly) all my life in Tacoma, I have a great desire to see good, solid Christian education in our community, which we know and love,” Ryan said.

Terry is the Executive Account Manager for 3M Company. He has been involved in the office products industry for 41 years. “God has blessed me with the opportunity to work for great companies and with wonderful people,” he said.

Terry attends Sunset Bible Church with his spouse Deborah. They have four adult children: Joshua, Matthew, Catherine and Andrew.

“I wanted to join the board because of God’s leading,” Terry said. “I believe in the mission of Sound Christian Academy. I wanted to serve, to hopefully, prayerfully, make a positive impact, to God’s glory.”

We are pleased to announce that Ruth Druliner is our new Interim Middle School Science Teacher.

Ruth comes to Tacoma from North Carolina and is stationed at JBLM with her husband.

She has previous experience as a paralegal and has an AA in Applied Science, Aerospace Ground Equipment Technology from te Community College of the Air Force in 2011. She added a Bachelor of Arts in History for Secondary Education from Grand Canyon University in 2017 and received a paralegal certificate from Duke in 2022.

We are so excited for you to meet Ruth!

We are pleased to announce that Sarah Kamalu is our new Kindergarten teacher.

Sarah is a 2022 graduate of Corban University, where she received a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education. She is currently pursuing her Master’s in Elementary Education from Central Washington University. She graduated from Curtis High School in University Place.

Sarah attends Sunset Bible Church. She worked as a substitute teacher in the Salem Keizer School District, filling in for first grade and kindergarten in 2021-22. She spent last year as a first-grade teacher in the Clover Park School District.

We are pleased to announce Anna Kessel as our new Elementary School Administrative Assistant.

You likely recognize Anna, who has been an active volunteer on our campus the last few years. Her husband, Craig, also was the Board of Directors Chairperson and just recently wrapped up his tenure on the BOD.

Anna attended Northwest Christian College and South Eugene High School. She has worked previously as a receptionist at Northwest Church as a receptionist and administrative assistant and worked at World Vision as a communications assistant.

Anna replaces Kim Young and Carrie Foster.

We can’t wait for you to meet Anna!

Have you ever wondered what the building at the top of campus was as you speed down the 64th Street hill?

It’s the A Building!

What was once an elementary school hub, complete with a playground, back in the early aughts was transformed into a storage area.

The school started to open it back up slowly over the last few years with a few classes on top of the hill.

But with surging enrollment this year, we invested money to refurbish multiple classrooms and reopen them.

The A Building’s top floor is now our Bible Hub – with Religion Department Chair Matt Richey, Middle School Bible Teacher Lydia Kellar and High School Bible Teacher Mike Lundy are all located on top of the hill.

If you haven’t had a chance to visit those classrooms, you certainly will want to climb the steps (it’s a workout!) to check them out next time you are on campus.

A huge shoutout to our new maintenance and facilities director Jacob McGehee for all the hard work he did on the building the last few months.