When the 3:00 p.m. bell sounds for the end of the school day, that’s when Steffanie Boyer’s work begins as our new After Care Director. Since starting her position in September, Mrs. Boyer has been busy planning activities and building relationships with some 50 students from kindergarten to 6th grade who stay after school each day in After Care.
The students call her “Mrs. B” and she loves the family environment at ACS. “I look forward to seeing the students every day and doing life with them,” Mrs. Boyer said. “I enjoy talking with them and hearing about their plans and dreams and what’s important to them.” She oversees several assistants who work with the students as they spend time at the playground, in the computer lab, and in the after-care building.
In addition to serving as the After Care Director, Mrs. Boyer wears a second hat as assistant to Mrs. Gail Alford, the Elementary Principal and Director of Early Education. She helps with recordkeeping, ordering snacks and supplies, scheduling of aides and teachers, and as a Early Ed flex aide.
Prior to coming to ACS, Mrs. Boyer worked as a teacher in the after-school Son Club program at the Ocean City Tabernacle, which prepared her well for the position at ACS. She has also worked caring for young children on Sunday mornings in the summer at the Tabernacle.
Mrs. Boyer grew up in Michigan, where she earned a BA in communications from Spring Arbor University. She and her husband, Daryl, a rising Christian songwriter and musician, relocated to Ocean City in 2007 with their three daughters, Carolyn, Grace, and Leah, who is in 7th grade at ACS. They worship at Fusion Church in the Somers Point campus.
Mrs. Boyer’s life verse is Romans 8:28 — “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” She said she has been blessed to see the way God has worked in her life, “using sad and broken things and making them beautiful.”