Our teachers

Each of us engages students in our own way, and all of us share the same passion: to serve Jesus by teaching the children in our community.

Keisy Kretzmann

Missionaries in Training teacher & teaching assistant

Keisy Kretzmann was born and raised in the Amazon region of Brazil. After completing her primary and secondary education, she pursued theological studies at Seminário Teológico Ministerial in Santarém, Pará, and later continued her training with a certificate in Missionology from Centro Transcultural de Missões in São Paulo.

Qualifications

For more than five years, Keisy served as a national missionary throughout the Amazon region. During that time she worked with three different Indigenous communities, including six months living full-time in a remote Indigenous village, where she also taught the children and young adults in the local school. She has a deep passion for sharing God’s love across cultures. In her Missionaries in Training class she introduces children to different countries, languages, and the idea of transcultural missions. Her long-term goal is to return to Brazil and continue serving among remote river communities and unreached Indigenous peoples of the Amazon.

Experience

Missionaries in Training teacher, 2025–present
Teaching assistant, 2024–present
Living in the tribe, March–August 2013
Missionary for Arrowhead Project, 2011–2014
Centro Transcultural de Missões, 2010
Seminary, 2007–2008

Hobbies and interests

Family
Missions
Camping

BreAnne Painter

Kindergarten & 1st grade teacher

BreAnne Painter is a passionate educator with deep roots in both the local community and the global stage. She was born and raised in Idaho by two lifelong teachers, where she grew up immersed in the school environment and found her love of teaching. Her worldview is enriched by four years spent living abroad in Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. Outside of school, she enjoys life with her husband of 15 years and their 11-year-old boy/girl twins.

Qualifications

BreAnne has a Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education K–8 from Boise State University. She has five years of dedicated experience as a kindergarten teacher and a broad background working with students of all ages. Outside of the school system she spent three years coordinating a large-scale kids program at her church for ages 2 months through 6th grade. She is passionate about creating a joyful environment where students learn and thrive.

Experience

CCS classroom aid and enrichment instructor, 2024–2026
Homeschool mom, 2020–2024
Children’s Director, One Life Church, 2020–2023
Preschool teacher, 2015–2017
Kindergarten teacher, Desert Springs Elementary, 2010–2015
Elementary paraprofessional, 2008–2010
Substitute teacher, 2006–2008

Hobbies and interests

Time with her husband and two kids, her biggest blessing
Traveling all over the world, always looking forward to the next adventure
Reading, especially historical fiction
Camping and summer days up in the mountains

Linda King

2nd–4th grade teacher

Linda King is a longtime educator with a proven teaching record from Greenleaf Friends Academy. She is adept in classroom management and lesson planning, and draws on a variety of teaching methods to keep students engaged. She is skilled in motivating students while meeting diverse needs, and committed to helping students reach their God-given potential to become successful citizens and kingdom builders.

Qualifications

Linda obtained a Clear Multiple Subject Teaching Credential from Cal State University, and later her Idaho Education Credential. Upon retiring from full-time teaching, she began teaching part time to stay engaged in the education of students. She taught 3rd grade for nine years at Greenleaf Friends Academy, where she built meaningful relationships and still keeps in touch with parents. There she used Socratic discussion and questioning, collaborative learning, and hands-on, multisensory instruction to help students work to the best of their abilities.

Experience

2nd–4th grade teacher at CCS, currently
3rd grade teacher at Greenleaf Friends Academy, 2015–2024
2nd–5th grade teacher at Greenleaf Friends Academy, 2008–2013
Idaho Education Credential, 2013
Kindergarten and 3rd grade teacher, Palm Springs Unified School District, Thousand Palms, CA, 1988–1995
Bachelor of Arts and fifth-year Clear Multiple Subject Teaching Credential, Cal State University, 1988
Associate of Arts in Liberal Studies, College of the Desert, 1979

Hobbies and interests

Her family first and foremost: three grown daughters, three sons-in-law, three grandchildren and one great-grandson
Reading
Staying current and spending time with friends

Celeste Mays

Director & 5th–6th grade teacher

Celeste was born in Santa Barbara, California. She and her husband Michael met in high school and were married at 19 and 20. They love the Caldwell community and hope to grow with other families whose desire is to know the Lord. In 2019, she had a literal dream that she opened a school. After having a blood clot in her lung in 2022, she realized that life is short and it was time to start living out her mission to serve the Lord in her community.

Qualifications

She is a mama of two children, but her love of teaching originally stemmed from being the oldest of nine children. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education from The College of Idaho and holds a current Idaho certification to teach K–8 and Literacy Education K–12. She holds a Master of Science in Education from The University of Kansas, majoring in Special Education for high-incidence disabilities, and is working toward a license to teach Exceptional Children K–8 in the State of Idaho. She is also a native Spanish speaker.

Experience

Opened CCS in 2023, teaching multiple grades presently
Homeschooling her children, 2022–2023
Kindergarten teacher, Greenleaf Elementary, Greenleaf, ID, 2021–2022
Early Learning Advisory Committee member, Notus-Parma Preschool Development Grant collaborative, Notus Elementary, 2020–2021
Pre-K teacher, Grace Lutheran Church, Caldwell, 2019–2020
1st grade teacher, Notus Elementary, 2015–2017
Special Education Assistant, Riverview Academy, Caldwell, 2014–2015
Assistant cheerleading coach, Optimist Youth Program, Caldwell, 2012–2014

Hobbies and interests

Family
Camping
Music
Art
Dance

Meet them in person.

A tour is the easiest way to meet the teachers and see their classrooms.

Schedule a tour Call (208) 871-9721

912 W Linden St, Caldwell. School runs Monday to Thursday, 9:00 to 2:30.