An organization’s strengths come from its individual team members.
LHJNA is fortunate to have a deeply caring, passionate, and experienced staff.
LHJNA’s Staff
Mrs. Sarah De Bruin
Teacher
This is Mrs. De Bruin’s ninth year as an English and history teacher at
LHJNA. In addition to serving as the faculty advisor for our chapter of the National
Junior Honor and the National Honor Societies, she will be teaching a high school
English class, a middle school study skills class, American Government, and Yearbook.
Mrs. De Bruin holds a BA in Art History and French from SUNY Buffalo, a BS in
Foreign Language Education from Buffalo State Teacher’s College, and an MEd in
Reading Education from Towson University. She is currently pursuing certification from
the Atlantic Seaboard Dyslexia Education Center as an Academic Language Therapist in
order to gain the expertise needed to remediate dyslexia.
Ms. Olivia Flynn
Teacher
Ms. Flynn, a LHJNA alumni, is a returning teacher and will be an
instructor for English, History, and Pre-Algebra. She has an extensive background in
special needs from years of case and medical management in human services and as a
special needs tutor. In human services, she also coached adults with disabilities to help
attain employment while developing and teaching several employment focused classes.
Ms. Flynn assists and instructs recreational scuba diving classes as a certified PADI
professional. She has a BA in History from the University of Maryland Global Campus.
Olivia.Flynn@lhjna.com
Mrs. Ana Galvan
Teacher
Mrs. Galvan is a returning staff member. Galvan has a BS in
Interdisciplinary Studies from Tarleton State University and is Bilingual Certified. Prior
to joining LHJNA Mrs. Galvan taught in Charles County; before that, she taught
elementary school in Texas. Mrs. Galvan joins us as our Spanish I and Spanish II teacher.
ana.galvan@lhjna.com.
Mr. Michael Hallett
Teacher
This is Mr. Hallett’s thirteenth year at LHJNA. Mr. Hallett will teach
Statistics and Geometry. He is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy and
served in various nuclear propulsion and surface warfare billets before retiring in 1989.
He then taught secondary mathematics in California and Maryland for over twenty years.
He holds a BS in Engineering, an MBA, and an MEd in instructional technology.
michael.hallett@lhjna.com
Mrs. Jeanne Pirtle
Teacher
Mrs. Pirtle is a returning teacher. She has taught English and Social
Studies in public school, history and English at the college level, and worked over 11
years in museum education programming. In addition, she is a published author and has
received several awards for exhibits and programming from Maryland Historical Trust
and St. Mary’s County. She holds a BA in Social Sciences from Washington State
University and a Master’s in teaching from Notre Dame of Maryland University. She
teaches MS ELA, HS American Literature, HS British Literature, 8th grade American
History and HS Current Issues.
Jeanne.pirtle@lhjna.com