Westside Christian Academy
Esther Kershaw is an experienced educator currently serving as a Humanities Teacher at Westside Christian Academy since August 2021 and as a High School English Teacher at Agape Christian Academy since August 2019. Additionally, Esther Kershaw has been an ESL Teacher at The Refugee Education Center since September 2018, where lesson plans are tailored to meet student needs, and writing and critical thinking skills are connected to vocational practices. Previous experience includes a position as a High School English Student Teacher at City Middle/High School and a Barista role at The Fish House, where customer engagement and service expansion were emphasized. Esther Kershaw also gained marketing experience as an intern at GARDINER, contributing to various publications and organizational tasks, and worked as a Bindery Operator at The HF Group, LLC. Esther Kershaw holds a Bachelor of Education degree in English Language and Literature from Calvin University.
Westside Christian Academy
Westside Christian Academy is an inter-denominational classical and Christian school with a Grammar School for Pre-K-6 and an Upper School for Grade 7 through 12 in Cleveland’s western suburb of Westlake. Our mission is to integrate biblical truth with academic excellence so that our students will become leaders who are committed to impacting the world for Jesus Christ. We partner with Christian parents in raising their children "in training and instruction of the Lord" (Ephesians 6:4) Using a classical curriculum and methodologies, our academic program includes a strong emphasis on grammar, logic, rhetoric and Latin as well as history, science, mathematics and the arts. Through a lens of a Biblical worldview grounded in the Old and New Testament Scriptures, we teach children to think and learn for a lifetime, cultivate Biblical character and leadership, and strive to shepherd a child’s heart, not just behavior. The student-teacher ratio is favorable with class sizes that average 12. WCA is a member of the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) and The Association of Classical Christian Schools (ACCS).