About Us
At Awaken Life Christian Academy, our love for Jesus fuels our commitment to love and empower every child. We partner with families to provide a Christ-centered education for Kindergarten through 6th-grade students.
Our unique approach combines various learning models and styles within small, family-like settings, allowing us to meet each student where they are and guide them toward their fullest potential.
Discover how our dedicated team and comprehensive programs can elevate your child's education.
Meet the Team
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Daniel and Joy Willett
DIRECTORS
Joy Willett has a degree in Music Education and has over 20 years of experience teaching voice and piano, as well as leading choirs at the Junior High, High School, and College levels. She has experience teaching High School Choir in the public school system, as well as experience in home schooling her own children. In ministry, she has over 15 years of experience as a Music Director and Worship Leader, as well as a songwriter and recording artist. She has led many church choirs, ensembles, youth choirs, and directed many theatrical productions over the years.
Joy and her husband Daniel are co-founders of Awaken Life Church and have been the Senior Pastors for over 10 years. Their ultimate goal is to empower people to embrace and embody the fullness of their identity in Christ Jesus, as revealed through the transformative power of God’s love and grace.
They wholeheartedly affirm that our Heavenly Father exceeds all expectations, surpassing our wildest imaginations. As shepherds of their congregation, their mission is to illuminate the depths of God’s love and grace, unveiling His extraordinary affection towards His children. It is through His unfailing loving-kindness that individuals are led towards repentance and awakened to their authentic identity in Christ Jesus.
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Alicia Frye
Lead Teacher
Alicia Frye has her Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education. She has been a teacher in the public school system for 7 years. Prior to that, she spent several years in a charter school doing a variety of roles. While in these environments, she witnessed students have a lot of growth, however, many were missing something she views as extremely important. That piece was the desire and knowledge of how to learn.
The current education system is great at teaching students how to memorize facts and procedures to “pass the standards”. This does little to create lifelong learners and leaves many students feeling like failures when they struggle. Alicia knows the importance of lifelong learning and has a passion to see kids not only learn skills that they will use to be successful in school, but also learn how to be a lifelong learner that will help them to be successful in every part of their life!
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Nancy Palmer
Teacher Assistant/Ministry Leader
Nancy began working with a specialized therapy group as a case manager assisting & providing translation services for Hispanic families & assisting them to receive appropriate therapy for their children with disabilities.
Passionate about working with children, Nancy enjoys supporting their growth and development as Co-Director of Children’s Ministry at Awaken Life Church. She also has a lifelong love for singing and has participated in choir from middle school all the way through her time at the Latin American Bible Institute.
She is also a dedicated mother of two girls, a 4 and 10 year old, & has been married to her husband of 12 years.
