Joy Smith

Joy teaches Argumentative Writing and Research at The Academy. She graduated from Union University as an English major with a minor in History. She is a homeschool mom of 24 years. Joy has been a parent of Academy kids since 2017 and is both excited and honored to be a tutor. Her favorite activities are reading, cooking, spending time with family, and learning new things. This learning usually takes the form of more reading, experimenting with new recipes, listening to podcasts, or watching documentaries. In 2021, learning took the form of tutoring the Argumentative Writing and Research class. She has thoroughly enjoyed the privilege of teaching these wonderful students and challenging them in their writing abilities. Her favorite authors are J.R.R. Tolkien, Jane Austen, Edith Wharton and Dorothy Sayers. She has been married to her husband Clay for 30 years, and they have 7 children, 5 sons and daughters in law, and beautiful foster grandchildren.