Michael James
Position: Principal/Educator
Phone: 458-220-4880 - cell
Email: m.james@madroneadventistelementary.org
Certifications
Search & Forensic Investigations
Wilderness Living - Tom Brown, Jr. Tracker School
Native Horsemanship - Curtis Wright
Self-Defense - DanZan Ryu Kodenkan Jujitsu, Apache Wolverine Fighting, CQC USA WWII
Education
Highest Degree: BS Recreation emphasis in Youth Leadership
Major Field: Education - Multi-subject, endorsements in Physical Education, History/Geography, Bible/Religions
College Where Earned: Pacific Union College
Biography
Mr. James is a man of many talents due to his intrigue with life and learning. While still in grade school, he and his brother started T&M Lawncare Services. Mr. James ran the entire business alone once his brother moved onto high school. Mike has been a wilderness survival instructor, Native horsemanship instructor, and self-defense instructor. He's also worked as the Wilderness Department instructor and later the director of the department for a decade at Camp Wawona, Yosemite National Park.
Mike graduated from Pacific Union College with a Recreation degree, emphasizing in youth leadership and later added a multi-subject teaching certificate. Among the work he pursued during college and after consisted of: construction, tree feller, and aspiring arborist. He then spent 10 years teaching in classrooms around California, Alaska, New Mexico’s Navajo reservation, and Colorado before moving back to the Oregon territory of is youth.
During his travels and places of employ, he was asked to start up his adventure series trainings as a business. On one of these trainings, he met his wife, Trishonna. It was during one of his wilderness survival courses that he enlisted her help in teaching the group about awareness by camouflaging into the natural surroundings of the Trinity Mountains. They continue to enjoy spending time in the beauty and depths of creation.
Lyana Wallace
Position: Pre-K/Kindergarten teacher
Email: l.wallace@madroneadventistelementary.org
Chris Harwood
Position: Administrative Assistant/Teachers Aid
Phone: 408-813-7053 - cell
Email: charwood@madroneadventistelementary.org
Education
Highest Degree: BA
Major Field: Health Administration, RN
Biography
Ms. Chris is an amazing addition to our team here at Madrone. Not only is she a teaching aid and administrative assistant, but she is also a nurse and mentor to the students. Chris worked as a nurse for 42 years in California, before retiring and moving to Oregon with her family. After the passing of her husband Chris felt a need to help her community. As a local church member she felt moved to start volunteering and filling the need for more help at the school. That turned into becoming good friends with the teacher and falling in love with the students. Chris now has worked for the school fulltime since 2019.
Liva Trethewey
Position: Substitute Teacher's Aid