Mr. Bob Gorham - Band ...
Mr. Gorham has been teaching band in Tacoma for 32 years. His gentle encouraging manner brings out the best in his first year 5th grade students as well as his Academy Concert Wind Ensemble. Mr. Gorham directs six bands on campus. Highlights of the band program include: two community concerts in our sanctuary, field trips to Seattle City Center at Christmas, an annual trip to Leavenworth, hosting the Commencement Bay Band Festival, performing at the Puyallup Fair, retirement communities, and several community events through out the year. Our band students compete each year at the Commencement

Bob Gorham

Mr. Stan Seely- Science Department Chairman and High School Life Sciences Instructor...
Mr. Seely has been teaching biology for 43 years. The majority of his teaching has been at the high school and college level but since coming to Life Christian in 1996 he has taught all the way from elementary enrichment classes through marine biology and anatomy & physiology classes at the senior level.

Stan Seely

• Teaching in a Wycliffe mission school in the Amazon for a year.
• Spending six weeks assisting in research at the University of Washington Medical School on a Heart Association grant.
• Receiving the outstanding teacher of the year award from A.C.T.S. for the state of Washington.
• Starting the Knowledge Bowl program at L.C.A and watching his team take the Tacoma City Championship in 2005 and tie for the regional championship in 2006.

However, Mr. Seely's biggest joy and accomplishment comes each time he meets or hears from any of his over 10,000 former students that they still remember him and tell him that he has made a positive difference in their lives.

Rev. David Christian Kirkman - Math & Sciences...
The meaning of the name describes the life of our man, "David~Christian~Kirkman," beloved of God, follower of Christ, a man of the church. His life and careers are founded on the rock of his faith. First a Christian accountant, God called Mr. Kirkman to missions. He earned a BA with a triple major in Bible, Patoral Theology, and Christian education.

He then spent eighteen years as a Village Missioinary and senior pastor. Following that he delved into a second lifelong yearning and earned a BS with a dual major in physics and chemistry with minors in math and education. He is a member of Sigma Pi Sigma, (physics honor society), Kappa Delta Pi, (education honor society). And was awarded the Silver Crucible Award in chemistry.