Grades 4-8 Instructional Support Specialist

Debby Arnold is a graduate of Samford University where she received her Master’s in Elementary Education. She joined the Prince of Peace teaching family in 2009 after having taught at St. James in Gadsden, Alabama. Her enthusiasm for teaching can be detected a mile away. Perhaps her greatest teaching talent is her ability to truly discover each child's deepest love and foster opportunities for that interest to be developed to an even deeper level.

PreK and After School Care

Instructional Support Specialist

Barbara Sanders is a graduate of Troy University with a double Bachelor’s of Science in Special Education and Elementary Education. She is certified to teach children ages preschool through twenty-one years. Barbara also has a Master’s of Education in Learning Disabilities. Barbara also pursued a Master’s of Religious Education at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. She has a Reading Recovery Endorsement from Georgia State University. During the spring of 2017, she attended and received a certificate in the Orton-Gillingham method of teaching reading. Barbara has experience in both public and parochial teaching in Alabama, Louisiana, and Georgia. She has taught within the general education classroom, self-contained, resource, and inclusion settings with experience in grades Kindergarten through twelfth. Barbara’s experience in and out of the classroom has confirmed her calling to be an educator. Her patience, flexibility, and love for learning are reflected with students, as well as co-workers.

Kindergarten Aide

Gwen Skinner is a retired attorney. She is a native of New Orleans, LA, having moved to Hoover, AL with her late husband in 1991. She has been a parishioner of Prince of Peace Parish since that time. Gwen has served as a part-time aide for First Grade and Kindergarten teachers for over thirteen years. Her commitment to Prince of Peace School is based on a desire to perform whatever tasks her teachers require, whether working directly with a student or doing the behind-the-scenes prep for students’ special projects.