Bachelors Degree in Elementary Education from Olivet Nazarene University, 1995
Masters of Arts in Education in Curriculum and Instruction from Olivet Nazarene University, 2000
ACSI Lifetime Certification

Mrs. Penny Hanania is from a small town in East Central Illinois and a graduate of Olivet Nazarene University.  She joined the Cornerstone staff in 2015 as a history teacher.  At the beginning of her career she taught public school for 6 years and then transitioned into Christian education.  She was the Jr. High Department Chair and a teacher at Medinah Christian School in Medinah, Illinois, for ten years until the school closed in 2015.  She finds it a true privilege to be able to live out her faith in the classroom.  She and her husband, David, reside in Batavia and attend Bethlehem Lutheran Church, in St. Charles.  They enjoy all kinds of sporting and entertainment events, travel, and trying new restaurants.