Faculty

James Meierdierks

Principal

Mr. Meierdierks teaches Jr. and Sr. High math. He is a 2012 graduate from Heartland Baptist Bible College with a B.A. in Secondary Education. He joined HBA in 2014. He has a love for education. He counts it a blessing each day to be given the opportunity to fulfill his passion. Teaching is not just a ministry he takes part in, but it is his way of life.

Cheyenne Bishop

Kindergarten Teacher

Miss Bishop teaches Kindergarten at HBA. She graduated from Heartland Baptist Bible College in 2022 with a B.A. in Christian Education: Missions. She has fostered her love for children through working with special needs children, teaching Sunday school, working a bus route, tutoring, and student teaching. She grew up as the oldest of eight children, so she has been "teaching" since she was a little girl. She has professional experience as an in-home aide for children with physical and special needs. Miss Bishop enjoys inspiring her students to develop a love for learning and a desire to honor the Lord.

Emily Lalman

First and Second Grade Teacher

Mrs. Lalman teaches the 1st and 2nd grade classes. After graduating in 2013, she taught at several bilingual schools overseas. She loves seeing the excitement on the students' faces when they discover something new and interesting. Mrs. Lalman is deeply grateful for the opportunity to continue serving the Lord through teaching in a Christian school.

Ashley Harrill

Third and Fourth Grade Teacher

Mrs. Harrill teaches third and fourth grade. She first began teaching in California before the military moved her family to Oklahoma in 2019. She has always loved teaching and is thankful for the opportunity to invest in each student and help them grow in the Lord.

Briana Faulkner

5th and 6th Grade Teacher

Miss Faulkner grew up in the mountains of North Carolina. During her childhood, she enjoyed reading and exploring and she later instilled this love in her little brothers. After graduating from Heartland Baptist Bible College with a B.A. in Elementary Education in 2019, she taught High School English for one year. She later followed her parents to Ohio, but in 2022 God led her back to Oklahoma City. It is here that she has served on the bus ministry and in the 4- and 5-year-old children's department at Southwest Baptist Church. She looks forward to sharing the wonders of God's Word and the world He created with the fifth and sixth graders at HBA.

Kaitlynn Lindsey

Junior High and High School

Miss Lindsey teaches the Junior High and High School students at HBA. She graduated from Heartland Baptist Bible College in 2023 with a B.A. in Secondary Education. She loves teaching and is thankful for the opportunity she has been given to influence the lives of her students for Christ. Her desire is to see each of her students grow and become the person that God wants them to be.

Daisy Stocker

Secretary

Mrs. Stocker graduated from Heartland Baptist Bible College with a 4-year bachelors in Missions/Christian Education in 2013. After getting married in 2017, she taught for a year at Gateway Baptist Academy in Gilbert, AZ, and served in various ministries at Desert Gateway Baptist Church. Three years later, God moved her family back to Oklahoma City where they joined Southwest Baptist Church and became bus captains in the bus ministry. In 2023, Mrs. Stocker began serving at HBA as the school secretary and substitute teacher. She enjoys investing in the students and being a help at the school wherever needed.