• Corrie Ward Hoyle graduated Magna Cum Laude in 2000 from Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, VA.  She double majored in Latin and Classical studies and was a member of the college's honors program.  While in college, Mrs. Hoyle was the recipient  of a Randolph-Macon Merit Scholarship as well as the Robert Eppes Jones Scholarship in Classics. Upon graduation she received prizes in Classical Studies and Greek and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. 
• Mrs. Hoyle spent the summer of 1998 in Athens, Greece working as a student archaeologist at the Agora (an ancient marketplace lying at the foot of the Acropolis).
• After graduation Mrs. Hoyle taught Latin in Chesterfield County, Virgina.  She traveled between schools, maintaining an active chapter of the Virginia Junior Classical League at each school.  Her Latin students took the National Latin Exam and attended the Virginia Junior Classical League convention.
• Mrs. Hoyle currently teaches private Latin classes out of her home and is very happy to be joining the eMagistra team.

On a Personal Note ...

• Corrie lives with her husband Jamin and two children (Noah and Lily) in North Potomac, Maryland.
• When not teaching Latin, Corrie is busy homeschooling her children and taking them to karate and ballet classes.  Corrie and the kids are also active members of a homeschool co-op in Montgomery County, Maryland.

Lynna Brooke W. Sutherland
Owner and Creator of the eMagistra Program

Lynna Sutherland and her husband Matthew began eMagistra in June of 2004.  As a 2001 graduate of Randolph-Macon College where she was a student of the Classics Department and the Education Department, Mrs. Sutherland received many requests to tutor and teach Latin.  Because of her full time position teaching second and third grade at Beaverdam Elementary School in Hanover County, Mrs. Sutherland had difficulty finding the time to meet with students in a one-on-one setting often enough to provide a quality course of Latin study.  The option of a web-based course, however, was an idea that provided the flexibility needed for Mrs. Sutherland to offer a quality program of instruction and families to be able to learn on their own schedule.

• Lynna Sutherland was a three-year recipient of the Robert Eppes Jones scholarship in Classics while attending Randolph-Macon College.
• Mrs. Sutherland passed the Tek.Xam - an assessment of computer and technology skills offered through the Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges. 
• Mrs. Sutherland graduated second in her class, Magna Cum Laude as an honor student from Randolph-Macon College.
• At the time of her graduation, she also received awards for outstanding academics in Education and in Latin.
• Mrs. Sutherland served for three years as co-Technology Coach for Beaverdam Elementary School, a position that involves training and supporting other teachers in their use of technology in education.
• Mrs. Sutherland organized and lead a monthly Latin Club which she founded in 2002, attended by more than 50 third, fourth and fifth grade students at Beaverdam Elementary School.  In 2005, the National Mythology Exam and the Exploratory Latin Exam were taken by more than 15 students from the Latin Club.
• Mrs. Sutherland was nominated by her peers to be Beaverdam Elementary School's 2004-2005 Teacher of the Year.
• Mrs. Sutherland has training and experience in a wide variety of areas applicable to education, such as: Brain Research, Learning Styles, Project CRISS (a program of tools and strategies for reading comprehension across the curriculum) Website Development and Database Management

On a Personal Note ...

• Matt and Lynna Sutherland were married in December of 1999.
• The couple attends All Saints Reformed Presbyterian Church located on Grove Avenue in Richmond, Virginia.
• They reside in Mechanicsville, Virginia near Lynna's childhood home.
• Matt is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University with a degree in Business Economics.  He is an Inventory Analyst with McKesson Medical-Surgical. 
• After the 2004-2005 school year, Lynna left her teaching position to become a full-time mom to the couple's new-born son, Luke Anthony Sutherland, born in June 2005.
• Emma Caroline Sutherland joined the family in August 2006.
• Ruth Susanna Sutherland joined the family in February 2008.