About

Meet the Teacher: Natalya "Sasha" Carpenter

Natalya Carpenter graduated from Bucknell University with her B.A. in Creative Writing and Russian Studies and summa cum laude distinction. She speaks, reads and writes advanced Russian. Miss Carpenter has experience teaching and tutoring ESL/ELL learners, special-needs and adopted students. For the 2019-2020 academic year, Miss Carpenter taught English and History for primary and secondary students in the classroom and remotely, for a hybrid, Christian home school program. She also possesses experience in online course creation and design.

Miss Carpenter was adopted from Russia, has a mild form of Cerebral Palsy and has multiple, special-needs sisters adopted from different countries. She has experience as a student in private Christian school, public school as well as a liberal arts higher education. Her background and personal experiences inform her approach to education and drive her desire to help every student engage in a rewarding and enjoyable learning experience.

Mission

Natalya's Classroom is a Christian-based private tutoring service, offering creative and alternative approaches to learning with compassionate consideration of every child's individual strengths and challenges.

Natalya's Classroom aims to be a welcoming environment for every learner, which seeks especially to include and serve special-needs students, ESL/ELL learners, adopted students, students with learning disabilities, home-school students or those who need additional, individualized instruction. Natalya's Classroom began when Miss Carpenter recognized a "gap" in typical public, private, or home schooling options for the aforementioned kinds of students. With one-on-one insturction and by working together to the best of the student's and teacher's abilities, Miss Carpenter hopes that learning can be a rewarding and productive experience for all.