Faculty & Staff

Mr. Martin has served 16 years as a public school educator teaching business education to middle school and high school students. He also coached Pequea Valley to their first State Championship in soccer. He has been a Principal in private Christian education for the last 12 years.

Mr. Martin is passionate about helping students grow both academically and spiritually. “The goal of teaching is to prepare kids to be ambassadors for Christ who excel at what they do while at the same time understand their purpose.

Mr. Neral loves to see how different perspectives on education benefit students. His teaching experience in Greater Philadelphia and Salt Lake City, as well as his time teaching in the heart of London, has led to a unique perspective on school structure and instructional priority. While in Utah, Mr. Neral earned a Master’s Degree in Teacher Instructional Leadership from the University of Utah, where he learned modern school leadership practices to help drive schools forward.

Mr. Neral enjoys helping students improve as readers, writers, speakers, and thinkers in his English classes. English students are consistently challenged to read and analyze interesting, age-appropriate texts. In Computer Science classes, Mr. Neral loves to dispel the myth that computers and creativity are opposite. After learning the fundamentals, thinking programmatically and designing digitally should be done with a creative lens. It’s a joy to see students create what is uniquely theirs!

Mrs. Boghdadi graduated from St. Francis University with a Bachelor of Science degree and earned a Master’s degree from the University of Nebraska. After working 8 years in the medical field, the Lord called her out of that role to stay home and raise her 2 beautiful (now teenage) daughters and has been married to her husband, Ramy for the last 19 years. She was formerly employed as a Lead Teacher at a Christian Preschool for 4 years before collaborating with the founders to launch Riverstone!

Mrs. Boghdadi watched her children grow and thrive in Christian education for the past 10 years which fueled her passion for working in a school. She desires to be in an environment “where God can be glorified in all that we do and say. I pray that God will do His work through me.” When Mrs. Boghdadi isn’t on campus, she enjoys physical fitness, reading, long walks with her dog, coffee breaks with girlfriends, eating-out and movie nights with her family.

Mrs. Eldredge is excited to return to teaching high school math after taking a break when her daughter was born in 2023. After earning her bachelor degree in Secondary Math Education from West Chester University in 2016, she dove right into teaching, first at a charter school and then at a public school. Her heart and enjoyment for high schoolers grew exponentially in those early years of teaching. She has also served with the Westside Community Center’s After School Program since the start of her teaching career, where she now serves on staff as the Academic Coordinator. With experience working with all different needs and abilities, Mrs. Eldredge is eager to join Riverstone, where she can openly live out her faith and encourage her students to strive for the excellence that Jesus has shown us through His life.

Mrs. Eldredge enjoys making a sometimes difficult subject such as math engaging for all students. She prioritizes growing critical thinking and communication skills in her students, rather than them just memorizing and repeating a set of rote skills. She values quality questioning, discussion, and the use of visuals and technology to deepen understanding.

Mrs. Eldredge resides in Downingtown with her husband, daughter, dog, and cat. She enjoys family outings, especially if it involves going to a local coffee shop, reading, creating beauty within her home, listening to music, and finding a unique piece at a thrift store! One of her favorite passages in Scripture is Psalm 16: “You make known to me the path of life; in Your presence there is fullness of joy, at your right hand are pleasures forevermore (v. 11)”

Ms. Hammitt has been teaching dance for the past 6+ years. She received her BFA in Dance from Belhaven University, where she experienced the positive impact of a Christian education. After graduating, Audrey moved up to West Chester to dance professionally with Glorify Dance Theatre as a soloist and to teach at local dance studios and theaters, such as West Chester Dance Works and Uptown Knauer Performing Arts Center.

Audrey is passionate about highlighting the parallels between life, art, academics, and faith in Jesus, and she seeks to provide her students with opportunities to recognize and express the Lord’s work in their own lives. She is excited to join the RUCA family for the 2025-2026 school year and to embody Acts 17:28 as she teaches MS Bible and Theater & Drama. When not teaching or dancing, you can find Audrey outside on a walk, catching up with a friend, reading a book, journaling, or coming up with a funny pun.

Mrs. Lindtner is excited to join the RUCA team and to teach high school theology and apologetics.  Ms. Lindtner has spent the last 25 years working in churches as a youth and children’s pastor.  She is currently a student pastor at Willowdale Chapel in Jennersville where she works with 5th – 8th grade students.  Ms. Lindtner has a Masters of Divinity from Palmer Seminary and is currently enrolled in a Doctorate of Ministry program through Gordon Conwell Seminary where her focus is on ministry children, youth and young adults.  She loves being able to connect with students and talk about God and is passionate about encouraging young people in their relationship with Jesus Christ.  Ms. Lindtner is married and has 2 high school students.  Asher is a senior at another school and Hannah is a junior at Riverstone.  When she is not busy with ministry and driving her teenagers to various places, she enjoys reading, hiking and naps with her dogs!