Mr. Ron Colangelo I am the Director of the Anchor Academy, a small learning community committed to an alternative educational approach to drop-out prevention and credit retrieval. This is my 31st year in education and have had the pleasure of being the Director for the past 4 years. I received my undergraduate degree from Boston University and my masters degree from Nova Southeastern University. I coach football and weightlifting. My interests include sports, travel and golf.
Ms. Kay Zahn, Home School Liaison. This is my first year with Anchor Academy, and I have the privilege of providing individual counseling to students on an as-needed basis, including crisis counseling. I also coordinate and/or facilitate small groups based on needs assessment, including grief support, divorce support, smoking cessation, and self-esteem. In addition to counseling duties, I provide community and agency referrals for Anchor students and their families. Additionally, I teach a weekly elective class to all Anchor students entitled Personal, Career & School Development Skills. I have my master's degree in social work (MSW) from USF, and a BA in Interdisciplinary Social Sciences also from USF. I have been with Sarasota County Schools for eight years now, previously as a district-level safe school liaison and as an elementary and middle school counselor. When I'm not at work, I enjoy being in the great outdoors kayaking, hiking, backpacking, and camping. I recently joined the Sierra Club and hope to become more involved in helping to protect the environment. My daughter recently turned 21 and is a junior at UF, majoring in microbiology.
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Ms. Jackie MetcalfI am the Science teacher for the Anchor Academy. I am in my fifth year of teaching and my first year as a member of the Anchor Academy team. I earned my Bachelor's Degree in Molecular Biology at the University of West Florida and a Master's Degree in Secondary Science Education at the University of South Florida. Along with teaching, I am the Head Girls Weightlifting Coach and a Strength Coach at Sarasota High. I am also involved with the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life as the Marketing and Promotions Chairperson.
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 Mr. Bob Perkins Mr Perkins is a Math teacher in the Anchor Academy Performance Based Diploma Program. This is my 12th year at Sarasota High School and 4th year as a faculty member in the Anchor Academy overall this is my 15th year teaching. I received my Bachelors Degree from the University of Florida and am a product of the Sarasota County School system, Class of 1984 Venice High School.
Other duties that I have at Sarasota High School is Head Football Coach. This will be my 7th year as Head Coach of the Sailors. I have also coached Girls Basketball, Weight Lifting, and Track and Field. I have been married to Maureen Perkins for 17 years and have two wonderful children, Hannah (13) and Beau (11) both of which attend Pine View School.
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Mr. Judd McKean is Anchor's English teacher. I began teaching in 1979 at a great alternative high school called New Directions here in Sarasota County. Like the Anchor Academy, New Directions focused on teaching individual students one on one. It, also like Anchor, was enormously successful but the Superintendent at the time deemed it too expensive and eliminated the program.
I left New directions in 1994 to fish commercially for ten years but got tired of killing fish and was lucky enough to be hired into the Anchor Program three years ago. The good work we do with kids is really satisfying and I would not want to teach anywhere but here.
 Mr. Edward Sera, Social Studies Teacher Anchor Academy.I have been teaching social studies since 1997, starting at the middle school level for six years and then at Sarasota high for the last three years. I am the social studies teacher for the Anchor Academy. We offer World History, American History, Economics and Government.
I graduated from USF in 1997 with a BA degree from the College of Education in the field of Social Sciences. I went back to USF and in 2000 I earned a Masters' Degree from the College of Education in the field of Educational Leadership.
I also coach several sports at Sarasota High, I am an assistant coach for the girl’s basketball team and an assistant coach for the football team. I am the head coach for the Sarasota High boys track team.I have been married for fifteen years and have two daughters who are in first and second grade.
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