Ms. Rhonda Irish is the academy English teacher. She earned her B.A. in elementary education and English at U of M, and her M.A. in curriculum and teaching at MSU. She retired from Clarkston Community Schools, where she taught K-5 Gifted Support, Kindergarten, fifth grade, and sixth-eighth grade general and advanced English language arts. She went on to teach sixth-eighth grade English language arts and seventh-eighth grade social studies at St. Pius X in Flint Township until they closed their doors in June, 2020. She is married to Gary Gavulic and they have two grown children and 8-year-old twin grandchildren. Besides spending time with family, she loves to learn, fish, swim, write, explore, create, and play.