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Featured Student Work

High School Vocalists

Listen to this incredible piece of music performed by Nadia (10th) and The Fates (pictured below), an Odyssey group of vocalists including Bella (11th), Natalie (12th), and Lexi (11th). You should also check out The Fates rendition of “Mexico,” Read More...

Civic Engagement: Student Protests

Student organizers, Bella Wells-Fried, 10th, and Kaiya Nilsson, 9th, led Odyssey 4th-12th grade students and area schools Hangar Hall and French Broad Academy, in a march from campus to Pack Square on Friday, April 20th. There they met with Read More...

Odyssey High School students produce LGBTQ rights film “Not a Choice”

During our Mini-Mester, a two week break from academic classes in which students dive into independent study and immersive collaborative projects, high school students worked in four teams to produce four unique films inspired by “The greatness of a Read More...


High School Teachers

2018-19 High School Faculty

Pictured (from top left): Kristin Erhard, Spanish I; Grant Yost, Mathematics; River Guerguerian, Music; Gabe Johnson, English; Andrew Rabin, science; Ellen Ray, Social Studies; Melissa Myers, Read More...

Gabe Johnson

High School Homeroom & English Teacher Gabriel Johnson completed a B.F.A in Literature at UNC-A in 2001. As a young man, Gabe pursued his Read More...

Andrew Rabin

High School Homeroom & Science Teacher Andrew Rabin has lived in Asheville since 2014, and he has been a high school science teacher since Read More...

Ellen Ray

High School Homeroom & Social Studies Teacher Ellen is thrilled to bring her passion for history, philosophy, literature, and politics to the Odyssey community. Read More...

Grant Yost

High School Homeroom & Mathematics Teacher Growing up in the mountains of eastern Tennessee, Grant Yost has always had an affinity for being outside. Read More...

Pana Columbus

PreK Team Teacher and High School Drama Teacher Pana Columbus is thrilled to be nurturing and supporting the youngest members of Odyssey’s community in Read More...

Keith Knox

High School Social Design Teacher Keith Knox is the descendant of many hard-working ancestors who made Asheville and surrounding areas their home. He has Read More...

Kristin Erhard

High School Spanish Teacher Kristin is delighted to be returning to teach High School Spanish I at Odyssey for the 2017-18 school year. After Read More...

Melissa Myers

High School Spanish and College Readiness Teacher Melissa has been teaching Spanish for over ten years at the college and high school level. While Read More...

Mallory Nuckols

Visual Design Teacher Mallory Nuckols grew up in Central Virginia and moved to Asheville, NC in 2009 where she attended Warren Wilson College, receiving Read More...

Paul Forrest

Fifth and Sixth Grade Homeroom, Math & Language Arts Teacher Paul grew up in Atlanta and graduated from the Paideia School before attending Emory Read More...

River Guerguerian

Music Director and Teacher River brings to Odyssey his rich and extensive experience as a multi-percussionist, composer, and educator. Born in Montreal, Canada to Read More...

Michele Torino Hower

K-12 Dance Teacher Michele Torino Hower believes dance is an essential part of a child’s whole education. With a deep interest in embodiment as Read More...

Nicholas Rake

Nicholas Rake moved to Asheville from Southeastern Ohio in 2004. For the last 5 years, he has been freelancing in IT and has worked Read More...

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