Staff
Our summer program is staffed by certified teachers and a certified dietitian. Our Dean of Education is Lacrecia Smith and our Director of Education is Linda Murray.
Lacrecia is 1988 honor graduate of Buford High School. After high school she attended Albany State University and earned both a Bachelor’s Degree and a Master’s Degree in Early Childhood Education. In 2001 she represented Buford City Schools as the System Teacher of the Year. In 2002 she graduated from Brenau University with an Educational Specialist Degree. Currently she is a 2nd grade teacher at Buford elementary School and is the school’s Saturday School Coordinator.
Ms. Smith holds endorsements in the following areas: Teacher Support Specialist, Reading, and English to Speakers of Other Languages. In addition to teaching, she is a track coach for both Buford High School and Buford Middle School. She has served as the Sunday School Secretary and a Sunday School teacher at Union Baptist Church. Currently, she is the Children’s Church Director, Sunday School Superintendent and the UBC Web Page Manager while working with the New Members’ Orientation Committee and the Y.S.P.E.A.K. youth group.
In the summer of 2006, she was the Exodus Outreach, Inc. Summer Fun and Educational Program Director.
Linda Murray received her Bachelor’s Degree from Piedmont College in Middle Grades Education. She received her Master’s Degree from Brenau College in Middle Grades Education, an Administrative/Supervision Add-on from the University of Georgia, a Counseling Degree from the University of West Georgia and a Specialist Degree from Piedmont College in Curriculum and Instruction.
Ms. Murray has been teaching for 29 years in the Buford City Schools System. Currently she is the Ninth Grade Administrator and Assistant Principal at Buford High School.
At UBC she works with the Sunday School and Children’s Church staff. She is the Church Announcer and is on the calendar committee.