Grade Six - Noreen Crowley
Noreen Crowley was born in New York City and raised in the surrounding suburbs of Yonkers and Long Island . She earned her B.A. in Environmental Studies (summa cum laude) from St. John's University in Queens , N.Y. She discovered Waldorf education in 1996 at the Waldorf School of Garden City, where she participated in a Foundation Studies Program.
Shortly after relocating to Florida in 1998, Noreen taught math and science at a charter school. As the school expanded, she envisioned and created a middle school program. However, her heart was still with Waldorf education. Hence, she pursued and received her Waldorf teaching certificate from Antioch New England Graduate School . After teaching at a developing Waldorf school in Florida, Noreen and her family made the decision to relocate to Decatur to join a more established school community. Her son, Kevin, enthusiastically attends the seventh grade at WSA. Her daughter teaches second grade in Florida, and her husband, Daniel, works in multiple capacities at the Waldorf school, including in the kindergarten. Noreen is excited about their choice and the area and cannot wait to plant a vegetable garden. They enjoy the close proximity to the mountains and the opportunity for hiking and camping.
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Grade Seven - James McClurkin
 Born and raised in the Maryland suburbs, Jim McClurkin graduated Magna Cum Laude from the State University of New York at Buffalo with a B.A. in European Literature. He later earned his M. Ed. from Antioch New England Graduate School with a dual certificate in public and Waldorf education. Jim is in his 19th year of teaching, 13 of those years with middle school students. He joined the WSA faculty in 1999 as a sixth grade teacher, and graduated that class in 2002. He also graduated a class in 2004. Prior to teaching, Jim's varied work experiences have included carpentry, roofing, string band musician and bicycle messenger. He has lived in England, biked through Western Europe, and hitchhiked and walked through Guatemala and Mexico . He has been to 48 of the 50 states in America . Studying the subjects that he teaches is Jim's primary recreation. He also enjoys reading, music and jogging. Jim notes that "my work and travel experience seem to have cultivated an appreciation for virtually any way of being that I encounter in the children I teach."
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Grade Eight - Emily Tremoureux
 Emily Tremoureux was born and raised in Nevada City, California, in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains . There she attended a Waldorf school founded by her mother. Emily studied in Denmark for a year before attending Vassar College, where she graduated Summa Cum Laude with a B.A. in Education and Drama. She received her M. Ed. degree and her Waldorf teaching certificate from Antioch New England Graduate School. After two years of teaching kindergarten at the Rudolf Steiner School in New York City, Emily became the teacher of the first grade class in 2000 at The Waldorf School of Atlanta and is currently their eighth grade teacher. She previously served as the school's Faculty Chair for three years, providing leadership to the faculty and the school community. Emily is working on a major house renovation, and enjoys singing and costume design.
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