Staff

List of 5 members.

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  Justin Houston 

  Director of Summer Programs, Eleventh and Twelfth Grade Dean of Students, Upper Division

  Grad Year: 1998

  Bio

  Justin is currently in his 20th year as an educator at Berkeley Preparatory School. He is a native of Tampa, FL and graduated from the University of South Florida with an undergraduate degree in Physical Education and a Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies. In addition to being the Director of Summer Programs, he is also the Dean of Students for grades 11 and 12, head middle division football coach, and the proud parent of three children who are all currently enrolled at Berkeley.
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  Joshua Beckwith 

  Sixth Grade Academic Dean, History, Middle Division

  Bio

  Josh Beckwith is entering his 14th year as Summer Programs Sports Director. He is a native of Seminole, Florida, and a graduate of Seminole High School, where he was an All-American swimmer and swim team captain. He graduated from Emory University, where he also captained the swim team, and he holds a Master’s degree in Elementary Education from Vanderbilt. Josh has eleven years of swim coaching experience, including four years with Berkeley’s varsity swim and dive team. He coached the Berkeley middle division girls soccer team for fourteen years and is presently in his 18th
  year as a Middle Division Global Studies teacher at Berkeley. Josh also serves as the sixth-grade Academic Dean. Josh has been a teacher for 23years, five of which were spent in Japan.
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  Shayna Goodman 

  Theatre, Lower Division

  Grad Year: 2016

  Bio

  Shayna Goodman '16, the director of the Summer Arts Institute, is a proud Berkeley alumni who is thrilled to return as the lower division theatre teacher. Shayna earned a Bachelor of Art in Theatre Arts from Florida State University and a Master of Science in Education from John’s Hopkins University. She is so happy to be able to combine her passion for the arts with her love for childhood development and education. She is dedicated to providing a rich and engaging experience for all participants and helping students foster their artistic and intellectual growth. 
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  Michele McKenna 

  Pagidipati Center for Science, Engineering, and Technology Teacher, Second to Fifth Grade, Lower Division

  Bio

  Michele McKenna joined the Berkeley faculty in 2005 and has been a Summer Programs faculty member since 2006. She is in her eighth summer leading Summer of Excellence, having been closely involved with this very popular lower division enrichment program for many years prior to that. She is a Florida native, a graduate of Leto High School, and received her bachelor’s degree from Florida State University. She currently teaches in the Center for Science, Engineering, and Technology (C-SET)at Berkeley. Michele has also worked in kindergarten, first grade, second grade, the learning center, and as a member of the technology team. She has presented on using technology effectively in the classroom at the Future of Education and Technology Conference, the Florida Council of Independent Schools annual conference, and the Florida Kindergarten Council annual conference. Her son, Brandon, graduated from Berkeley in 2017, having been a student at Berkeley since pre-kindergarten.
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  Andrea Smith 

  Auxiliary Programs Associate

  Bio

  Andrea Smith is excited for her first year in Summer Programs. While working toward her Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice at the University of Baltimore, she interned and later worked for the Police Athletic League (PAL), leading after-school and summer programs for kids in her own community. Upon graduation, she worked for many years in the Department of Health and Human Services linking families to resources needed to achieve healthy and happy lives. Most recently, she was appointed to the position of District Court Commissioner for the Maryland Judiciary where her judicial decisions helped temporarily create a safer community. Looking for a way to foster an immediate and lasting positive impact through her work, she moved to Tampa with her husband and their two children and began working at Berkeley in August of 2022.