Laramie has been a steady fixture on MVC’s campus - first as a student and, for the last twenty-five years, an influential and inspiring teacher. In his roles leading both the Language and Literature Department as well as the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program (DP), Laramie has emerged as a teacher-of-teachers whose dedication and influence extend far beyond his classroom.

Miss Dunlap-turned-Mrs. Tarr was MVC’s longest serving faculty member, having completed 43 years teaching chemistry in 2021. Kent’s 28 years spent in MVC’s math department encompassed his and Marsha’s secret-from-the-students courtship and subsequent marriage in 2002. In addition to their excellence in the classroom, the Tarrs' enduring legacy is their unwavering devotion to the loving care of hundreds of boarding students from around the world - during their years as students at MVC and well beyond.

Paul & Glenda Lyons served together at MVC from 1975 until 2000. Paul taught sociology, health, and drivers education while coaching and serving as Athletic Director; Glenda worked in the Business Office; and their children, Kipp and Kelle, attended and graduated from MVC. Paul and Glenda also served Christian schools in Washington, Taiwan, and Southern California over the course of their fifty-year career.

Dr. Uyeda is a general surgeon who has served as a medical missionary in Papua New Guinea for nearly a decade. She works at Kudjip Nazarene Hospital, a 150-bed mission hospital in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea. At Kudjip Sheryl often works for extended periods as one of the few — sometimes only — surgeons on site, treating a range of patients from trauma to obstetrics to pediatrics,  and training local doctors in surgical skills.
 

Dr. Dehner served as the vocal arts instructor at MVC from 2002-2018 and again from 2020-2022. During his tenure, he led choir students literally around the world representing our school and sharing the light of Christ through song. Since leaving MVC, Dr. Dehner has been the Director of Choral Studies and Associate Professor at Oral Roberts University in Oklahoma.

Dr. Deana L. Porterfield is the 12th president of Seattle Pacific University and the first woman to lead the institution since its founding in 1891. Since beginning her tenure in 2023, she has launched SPU140, a strategic plan positioning the University for enrollment growth, renewed Christian identity, and long-term sustainability. Under her leadership, SPU has already seen consecutive years of new student growth and fresh momentum around its mission.

The Myers’ decade of service at MVC in the 1990s - Ron as coach, athletic director, and teacher/Holly as teacher, coach, and office staff -  left an indelible mark on our athletics programs and school as a whole. Ron oversaw construction of Mustang Stadium and inaugurated our football program. His holistic and Christ-centered approach to youth sports can be heard in his own words on a recent episode of MVC Athletics’ Mind of a Mustang podcast.

From their time as MVC students under the leadership of founders R.O. and Nell Price to today, living adjacent to campus and visiting often for prayer meetings and special events, Stanley and Esther Jesse have invested their hearts and lives in Monte Vista Christian School. Stanley worked at MVC from 1962 to 1974 in a variety of capacities while Esther taught elementary school. They raised their family within sight of 2 School Way and remain an important connection for many alumni and former employees around the world...