Department: Middle & High School

Irsi is excited to be joining the American Christian School family and is grateful to God for opening this new chapter in her life. She has worked in Christian education for over 15 years and considers it a blessing to serve students and families in a Christ-centered environment. Irsi is married to her best friend, Rick, and together they are celebrating 22 years of marriage. They have two sons, one a senior at Montclair State University and the other a junior at Eastern Christian HS.
The Montero family has always placed a high value on Christian education, which led Irsi to first volunteer as a school parent before her calling grew into a career. They are members of Christ Church, where they actively serve in both the teens and children’s ministries—a role they truly love. Irsi finds great joy in supporting students, staff, and families as they grow in faith and learning. Now, as an adult, she is also pursuing a longtime dream of completing her bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Marketing. Outside of ACS, she enjoys cooking, baking, and all things related to nutrition and fitness.
Fun fact: Irsi loves turning her favorite family recipes into healthier versions that still taste delicious!

Carolyn is passionate about helping students enjoy the sciences, especially chemistry. She wants students to understand God’s Creation through the study of science. Carolyn is happily married to Peter Bartek. They have three children: Victoria, Peter and Jacob. The Bartek family has a rescue dog named Perry. Carolyn is a graduate Dover Area High School in Pennsylvania. She has a BS in Chemistry and a PhD in Organic Chemistry. She attends Grace Church. Carolyn has taught 3rd grade Sunday School class for many years. She has been involved in a West Virginia mission trip for the last 2 years. Carolyn enjoys running, hiking and has recently taken up golf. She has been a chemistry teacher at American Christian School for 10 years, and is committed to supporting Christian Education.

Stephanie has always had a love for the English language and enjoys sharing that passion with her students. From classic novels, to Shakespeare, to contemporary poetry, she finds the richness in it all.  When she is not teaching, she enjoys spending time with family, friends and being on the lake.

When not teaching math, Rebecca is hanging out with her husband, Ben, and her daughter, Phoebe. The Lambert family loves playing board and card games and doing puzzles. Rebecca loves going on hikes with the family dog, Laika. Often while working on a knitting or embroidery project one of her three cats are trying to steal her yarn. On Sundays, she joins her extended Lambert family members at First Baptist Church. While studying computer science at a community college, Rebecca fell in love with teaching mathematics in the tutoring center. This led to her BA in mathematics. After tutoring thousands of students, she co-authored the curriculum used at ACS with her business partner, Dr. Phillips. She lives and breathes math at ACS, and this allows her to fully support its students to ensure that they have a transformative educational experience.

Mr. Ressa was raised in a loving Christian home but did not accept Jesus Christ as his personal Lord and Savior until he was 15 years old while on a Youth Group Missions Trip to Gary, Indiana in 1995. Keith graduated High School in 1998 and attended several community colleges before transferring to Liberty University in 2001. Mr. Ressa graduated Liberty University in 2004 with a Bachelors in Science and began post-graduate work in 2005 and teacher certification in 2006. Mr. Ressa taught History and Bible at Hunterdon Christian Academy from 2006-2008, before pursuing a Masters Degree at Liberty from 2008-2010. After receiving his Masters, Mr. Ressa accepted an opportunity to work in sales and marketing in the private sector from 2010-2013. In 2013, Mr. Ressa made the decision to enlist in the U.S. Army and served as an Infantrymen as part of the 10th Mountain Division in upstate New York from 2014 to 2017. After receiving his honorable discharge in 2017, Mr. Ressa decided to use his Post-9/11 GI Bill to begin his PhD. work at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland in 2018-2019. Due to several family emergences in 2019, Mr. Ressa moved back to the United States and continued his PhD. work at Liberty University. Mr. Ressa has been a proponent of Classical Christian Education for over 15 years and is thankful to teach at American Christian School where such a philosophy of education is championed and promoted.

Wendy is a graduate of Towson State University and also has an advanced certificate to teach English as a foreign language. She is passionate about learning languages and helping others to communicate well in other languages. Wendy is married to Rob and they have raised five boys together. Fun facts: She can speak portions of 5 languages and has traveled to 17 different countries.