Maine Homeschool Exchange

Roger Smith

Dr. Smith has been practicing Internal and Pediatric Medicine since 1989. He finds joy in helping families stay healthy and fulfill God's design of family unity by using Biblical principles along the way

 Jan Smith

Jan has successfully coached hundreds of wives and mothers to reach their full potential in marriage and motherhood. From overcoming obstacles to embracing life changes, Mrs. Jan helps families navigate it all.

Michelle Collomy

Michelle is a veteran homeschool mom of twelve children. She and her husband are HOME Regional Representatives who have been homeschooling their children for 25 years. Their children currently range in age from 30 down to 12. They are active in their church, their hometown of Hiram and in the homeschool community. Michelle's greatest joy is spending time with her eleven grandchildren!                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

Cherie LaFlamme

Cherie LaFlamme is passionate about special needs children and homeschooling. She has two grown daughters whom she homeschooled for 11 years and one teenage granddaughter whom she has been homeschooling since the spring of 2020. She and Tom have been married since 2005 and we live in Lewiston with their dog Oreo.

Professionally, Cherie was once a special education teacher and has been a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) since 2012. She has worked with children with developmental disabilities since 2000, first as a 1:1 Ed Tech/BHP in special purpose schools, then as a special education teacher, and now as a BCBA. For 4 years she helped build autism programming in public schools.  She currently works for an agency that provides home and community support for children with autism and developmental disabilities and on the side she provides private consultation, mostly for preschool aged children through CDS. In her free time she loves to encourage parents and grandparents who want to homeschool their differently abled child. 

Joanna Martel

Joanna is a life educator and passionate project manager. Her 30 years in education have led her to intentionally gain the skill needed to execute these professions, work wherever and whenever these tools are needed, and strive to continually model a learning-from-mistakes mindset. Her education includes an EdD from Northeastern University in Curriculum, Teaching, Learning, and Leadership, an MSEd from the University of Southern Maine in Educational Leadership in Curriculum Coordinator and Building Administrator, and an MS from Gordon College in Biology and Secondary Education. Her work has led her to serve and work in homeschooling, non-profit, and public sectors and for the last 20 years run a consulting company, Martel Learning Group, LLC which strives to improve lives and opportunities for all through vision, planning, and execution of innovative educational ideas. She proudly serves as the president of Amagara Marungi: A better life 501©3 which works to improve the lives of rural African communities. Whether it is project management, teaching of all ages, identifying and overcoming barriers, writing or managing grants, or building curriculum, Joanna strives to help others grow through organization and innovation.

Jake Oliver

Oliver Investments, LLC is owned and operated by Jake Oliver.  Jake grew up in this community on a small farm in Nobleboro, Maine.  After returning from Eastern University where he graduated with a BA in Business Marketing and minor in Business Management, Jake worked locally in sales and eventually as a manager at a local business. He decided to return to his true passion of helping others and became a full-time financial advisor. Jake loves to help clients devise a plan for their future and is passionate about financial education.

In 2007 Jake married his amazing and beautiful wife Laura. They spent the next five years building a home in Nobleboro with lumber they sawed themselves on the family sawmill. They homeschool two bright and talented girls, Adelaide and Eve, and have a black lab named Timber. Family is the backbone of Oliver Investments, LLC, and we hope to call you a part of our family soon.  

Jake also holds an Associate Broker Real Estate license and still enjoys helping his clients find and sell homes across the state of Maine.

Meghan Ellwell

 As a former classroom teacher with experience working in both public and private institutions, I have dedicated myself to cultivating strong, self-sufficient students and equipping them with the skills and strategies needed to become independent learners. I have a specific passion and background in literacy instruction and intervention that spans close to 10 years of experience. My desire is to help parents in implementing best practices with their children at home. I focus on early intervention, and phonics-based instruction, all grounded in the Wilson Reading System. I'll teach you the simple things you can do right now to ensure reading success, and how to watch for measurable progress.

Lucy Martin

Lucy’s passion is what God says about marriage and surrender as a path to freedom. She’s a happy wife, homeschooling mom of five, licensed therapist, and certified relationship coach. She has a thriving coaching practice helping women who love Jesus have victory in marriage. She loves exploring new places and singing on The Anchor Church worship team. She has a podcast, website, and Facebook group called Easy Biblical Marriage.

Karen Richards Toothaker

Karen is an author, educator, workshop facilitator,  and speaker who specializes in  children's picture books. Her

mission is to empower parents and professionals to build

strong bonds with children that lay a foundation to help

them navigate the storms of life. In her career as an educator,

she has witnessed first hand the essential need for strong

bonds between children and trusted adults that offer

emotional support, respect, honesty, understanding, and guidance. Such relationships allow children to dream, trust, increase resilience and believe with confidence. She loves to

play, be outside, share adventures, read, and explore creative arts. She counts being an author, teacher, wife, mother and grandmother, along with living in the beautiful State of Maine as her greatest treasures.