Shelly Matthews, Principal (matthews@lamcda.org)

With a degree in education from Ball State University and a four year old son ready for school, I approached Lutheran Church of the Master to use space to start a preschool in the fall of 1996. With twelve children, two days a week, the school began. God has blessed His endeavor here. I keep listening for how my place in this amazing journey is supposed to look. I have enjoyed my role as preschool teacher, director, art and physical education teacher, and as principal these last fourteen years.

My family includes my husband, Paul, of twenty-four years, Forrest, a recent graduate of the CdA Charter Academy, and Parker, a current junior at the Academy. When I'm not at LAM, I am usually outside playing tennis, cycling, enjoying the lake, or laughing with my goats!