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Art Reed has more than twelve years of Saxon teaching experience at a rural high school in Enid, Oklahoma. Using John Saxon's math books, he taught high school mathematics from Algebra ½ through Calculus . He was instrumental in raising the school's average math ACT scores from 13.4 to 21.9 in just four years. The school's scores were above the national average of 20.2 – and this was more than fifteen years ago! Besides exceeding the national averages in math ACT scores, the high school also had more than ninety percent of their seniors taking math courses that were above algebra one. Additionally, the actual number of high school students taking the ACT tests had tripled! During the past nine years, Art Reed has become well known for his sound curriculum advice to homeschool parents. He has come to be known as an experienced curriculum advisor for John Saxon's math textbooks from Math 76 through Calculus and Physics . Homeschool parents using Saxon math textbooks have come to ask for him by name to seek his valued advice and assistance. He has established the same professional reputation among school administrators and teachers for his assistance in helping them establish a quality Saxon math program within their school districts. Art Reed was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1936. He attended private Lutheran schools in Chicago through high school, graduating in 1954. In the fall of that same year, he enlisted in the United States Army. He spent more than twenty-seven years in the U.S. Army. Art and his wife Judy have been married for more than forty years. They reside in Enid, Oklahoma, as do their two daughters and their families, which include five grandchildren.

Pam Lopes lives in Fredericksburg, VA with her husband, Chris, and their three children. Pam was raised in Hersey Pennsylvania, She graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a degree in Broadcast Journalism. After a year in television, she enjoyed a career in Christian radio as an Announcer and Program Director for 8 years before she married. Pam joined CC in 2003 with two other families in Fredericksburg to establish the FIRST Virginia CC community. She is part of the CC Audio Team and has voice recorded and produced the Memory Work CD's for Cycles 1-3. Pam has been a Foundation's Tutor and Director, an Essential's tutor, and a Challenge A Director. Last year, Pam became part of the Program Manager Team as the PM for Challenge A. Passionate about home-based education, Pam looks forward to teaching her children through high school as a member of a CC community. One day she hopes to achieve a degree in Biblical Counseling. Last summer, Pam was diagnosed with breast cancer and has been on a journey of recovery and healing. She has been through months of chemotherapy and is now having radiation treatments. Her prognosis is good and she looks forward to Celebrating God's goodness with her family and friends once her treatments are completed. She desires to give glory to God for His faithful provision during this trial. Pam sees this journey as ordained by the Lord to teach adn discipline her, but also to show her the immeasurable depths of God's love and forgiveness.