Mrs. Tonya Anderson, eighth grade language arts teacher, came to LCMA in 1995. She has taught 6th through 10th grades in Virginia and Florida. As a long time Polk County teacher, she has taught at Crystal Lake Middle School, Kathleen High School, Lake Gibson Middle School, and she came to LCMA from Southwest Middle School where she taught alpha language arts and alpha geography for nine years. She has received the Outstanding Young Women of America award twice during her teaching career. Not only was she very active in the training of middle school teachers for Polk County, a presenter at the National Core Knowledge Conference in Orlando, but she has also served as cheerleader sponsor, yearbook advisor, and Honor Society advisor at the various schools where she taught. Outside of the classroom she enjoys spending time with her family at the beach and watching movies. Her hobbies include reading, scrapbooking, and collecting Longaberger baskets. She is very active in her church and works with the youth group in their Lads/Leaderettes to Leaders program.