Rebecca holds a bachelor's degree in elementary education from High Point University, where she was awarded the Dan B. Cooke Educational Award for Outstanding Student Teacher. While teaching with Guilford County Schools for eight years, Rebecca received the Silas Abraham Peeler Elementary Educator Award from the Guilford County Council of PTA. In 2013, she completed the AOGPE Orton Gillingham Associate Level training.

A first grade teacher at FCDS, Rebecca is also affiliated with the High Point Council of International Reading Association and was president in 1998. She was inducted into Delta Kappa Gamma Society International in 1999 and the High Point University/Central Carolina Chapter of Phi Delta Kappa International in 2000. In 2007, she was inducted into Who's Who of American Teachers. She was elected president of the High Point University/Central Carolina Chapter of Phi Delta Kappa International in 2009. Rebecca also serves on the board of the Winston-Salem Children's Chorus and is president of the parent association. She is a member of the Operators for the Piedmont Opera Company. Rebecca and her husband Robin have a daughter, Allison (FCDS 2014).

Jenni earned her master's degree in curriculum and instruction from the State University of New York at Cortland after earning her bachelor's degree magna cum laude in arts for children from the State University of New York at Brockport. Jenni also earned a membership in the Alpha Chi National Honor Society. She holds K-6 teaching certificates in both New York and North Carolina. While attending SUNY Cortland, Jenni substituted for three school districts in K-12. During that time she also spent six years working at a garden nursery. In 1999, Jenni came to FCDS as a pre-k assistant and ASAP II teacher, then moved to third grade one year later. Jenni and he husband Mark have a daughter, Alexis, who attends FCDS.