RCS Honors Long-Serving Teachers and Staff
Picture by Mike Kady
Pictured (from left): Superintendent Emeritus Bruce D. Johnson, Jackie Wilson-Moog, RCS Board Treasurer Cathy Breslow and Dr. Al Hearne, Superintendent
On Saturday, April 22, Redwood Christian Schools celebrated long-serving teachers and staff at their Faculty-Staff-Board Dinner, which has been held annually, except for Covid, since 1970-71, their founding year.
RCS Superintendent Dr. Al Hearne served as Master of Ceremonies as the close to two hundred present employees and board plus spouses attended.
Jackie Wilson-Moog, who retired after twenty-four years serving as teacher and coach, graduated from RCHS in 1983, winning the South County Ladies Basketball Scoring Championship on the last night of the season, then graduated from BIOLA in 1987. She was hired by RCS for the 1987-88 school year, taught two years elementary PE and four-year Junior High PE and High School United States Government, married husband Bruce in 1987, had three children, took a break to be a Mommy, and returned to RCS to teach full-time elementary PE continuously since the 2005-06 school year! All three of their children graduated from RCHS: Ashley (2011), Cordon (2014) and Claire (2017). She was known for her stating multiple times to multiple people: “I love elementary P.E. - I absolutely love my job. I can’t believe they pay me to play with kids.” Mrs. Moog asked Superintendent Emeritus Bruce D. Johnson, who was the Director of Athletics when she was in high school and, as Superintendent when she graduated from college and hired her, was asked by her to introduce her and tell her story to all those present, stating “I am truly honored to introduce Jackie Wilson-Moog tonight. I have always been a huge fan of Jackie’s dating back to her junior high and high school days when she excelled at sports while holding the line with her fellow classmates always living a life consistent with her faith and her parents, who are two of her biggest supporters.” Mrs. Moog was inducted into the Castro Valley Sports Foundation Hall of Fame in 2018 as both a player and coach.
Other honorees included Steve Gillette, introduced by retired fellow teacher Stan Edington, for his forty years of ministering at Redwood Christian Junior High/Middle School and High School. Two staff members, Dale Huemoeller, former Redwood Christian Elementary (RCE) Principal and current Director of Athletics (introduced by RCE Principal Megan Sinisi), and Mrs. Marlene Grunow, the founder of RCS’ successful JumpStart program more than twenty-five years ago and still flourishing (introduced by RCS Superintendent Dr. Al Hearne). Middle School/High School teachers Mrs. Lisa Suth (introduced by Dale Huemoeller) and Mrs. Janet Vincent (introduced by Superintendent Hearne) were honored for twenty years of service. Other staff members were honored for completing their first year and thereafter in five-year increments.
Superintendent Hearne summarized the entire evening stating that “bringing the Redwood Christian Schools family together multiple times each year reminds all of us the value of each individual’s contribution to the ministry of honoring our Founders Vision fifty three years ago to bring families together to provide children Christ-centered education which is able to equip students for daily living and eternal life.”
For more information about Redwood Christian Schools, please visit www.rcs.edu and plan to attend an upcoming Parent Information Night. Please also call (510) 889-7526 for an information packet. Tuition grants are available for eligible families.
