Merida Brooks

Merida Brooks is the former superintendent at Westminster Christian Academy (LA), where she served in various capacities for 29 years.  She helped build WCA into a multi-campus school of 1,100-plus students. She is married to Sam, her high school sweetheart. They have five children, all of whom were born in 6 years, and yes, at one point they were all teenagers at the same time! She considers this her greatest training and preparation for her time in the classroom and serving as a school administrator. Merida serves on the board of Summit Ministries. She teaches at ladies Bible studies and retreats, parenting workshops and in-service training for Christian school faculties and staffs. Her approach is extremely hands-on and practical from her years of experience raising 5 children, loving 17 grandchildren - plus hundreds of children she did not birth.  She enjoys riding the Blue Ridge on the back of their Honda Goldwing, hunting alligators in the Louisiana swamplands, gardening, visiting family, teaching and studying God’s word, and spending time doing anything with her best friend, Sam.