Partner: Harding Academy
ELL Grades 4th - 5th, Girls & Boys
Harding Academy is a co-educational day school serving kindergarten through eighth grade. It is a unique learning community committed to its mission: To educate and inspire young people to become thoughtful, creative, lifelong learners and self-disciplined, responsible, caring citizens. Visit their website at www.hardingacademy.org.
Site Director: Brigida Derrick
Brigida Derrick was born in Caracas, Venezuela and recently returned to Harding Academy after a brief stint in upstate New York. Brigida, one of the founders of the Time to Rise / Paso y Paso program has been a longstanding member of the Harding Academy community. She has a B.S. in Mass Communications from Middle Tennessee State University and M.A. in education from Cumberland University. If interested in hearing more about our Paso y Paso program, you may contact Mrs. Derrick at derrickb@hardingacademy.org / 615-418-6719.