Jaime Smith

Jaime Smith has been teaching English to children and adults since 1997, when she began teaching 5th and 6th grade Language Arts at The Harker School in San Jose after earning a B.A. in Linguistics from U.C. Berkeley. Since then, Jaime has earned an M.A. TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) and an M.S. Education with an emphasis in online teaching and learning. She has taught for institutions such as San Jose State University, Cal State East Bay, Englishtown.com, and the Art Institute Online, and has trained teachers both locally and internationally.  A lifelong learner, Jaime decided to continue her education by earning a college counseling certificate at U.C. San Diego, and has recently opened a small educational consulting practice. She has helped students pursue traditional freshman and transfer admissions, research community college options, and consider alternative paths via GED or CHSPE tests. Jaime is proud to be listed on the SENG Honor Roll of Outstanding Educators.

At OnlineG3.com, Jaime is known to her students as Headmistress Guinevere.  She teaches language and literature classes at G3. She is also the President and CEO of Online G3, Inc.

Benjamin Smith

Ben Smith has been hiding from all adult responsibility since 1999, when he joined Electronic Arts as a Customer Support Representative.  Unfortunately, while lying low in Redwood City Ben stumbled into a real career, eventually spending 9 years guiding externally produced games to market within the EA Partners team.  In 2014, Ben decided it was time to join Guinevere at OnlineG3 and left the corporate world. All that video game stuff has, after all, been a real departure from Ben’s scholarly training at U.C, Berkeley, where he had earned a Bachelor’s degree in Molecular and Cell Biology (Genetics emphasis) and a Minor in Education, while just narrowly missing a double major in History by a single course.  After a 15-year hiatus from education, Ben is delighted to now be the principal history and science teacher at Online G3, continuing to expand our multidisciplinary offerings. Forced to abandon his outside-the-house hobbies during the pandemic, he decided to go back to school, earning a Master’s degree from Gettysburg College in American History in December of 2023.

At OnlineG3.com, Ben is known to his students as Headmaster Galahad.  He teaches history, science, and business classes at G3. He is also the Vice President and COO of Online G3, Inc.

Tara Johnson

Tara Johnson has a passion for learning, and for facilitating learning for others. She has been involved with gifted education since she was a child, and has re-immersed herself throughout the educational journeys of her children, and now grandchildren. She has taught writing and editing at the college level, as well as here at G3, and taught preschool. She worked in public relations and advertising, first for a major food company, and later for an advertising agency, as well as running a freelance business, writing for clients that ranged from non-profits to pet food companies. She has a BA in English from the University of Puget Sound and completed graduate work in Rhetoric/Composition at The Ohio State University.

At OnlineG3.com, Tara is known to the students as Iris, messenger of the gods. She joined G3 in 2015 to help facilitate communication and all the behind-the-scenes processes that are needed to run a vibrant, online learning community. 

Kaytlin Smith

Kaytlin Smith, the original Online G3 student, holds a B.A. in English from the University of California at Davis. She has been involved with Online G3 since its invention– thanks to having Headmistress Guinevere for a mom– taking classes as part of her homeschool curriculum until passing the California High School Proficiency Exam at the age of 13. Two college degrees later, Kaytlin now works as Online G3’s administrative assistant to ensure every course runs smoothly. She is currently working on an MA in English at the University of Wyoming, with eventual goals to write professionally. In the meantime, she has written several of Online G3’s blog posts, writes and produces a podcast, and will take any chance to brag about her B.A. thesis about The Haunting of Hill House. Kaytlin also enjoys a mass variety of hobbies, including ballet, figure skating, cosplay, and competing in pageants. She is always happy to recommend a horror novel or two, provide writing advice, or talk about the latest Marvel film release.

Who is Guinevere?

The idea of Guinevere’s Gifted Group was born in 2008, when Jaime Smith began teaching a writing class for her daughter’s homeschool co-op.  She chose to use a little-known program from Prufrock Press called King Arthur’s Academy.  The children quickly took to the fanciful plots and imagined themselves as students in a magical boarding school, with Headmistress Guinevere as their instructor.  The live co-op then evolved into an online literature group, and now into Online G3.

  • G3 classes have all been absolutely AMAZING for my student, who’s been taking them since the beginning!  The online community helps make learning fun and interactive.  Headmistress Guinevere and her students are all so smart that class discussions are always on a high plane.  Thank you, G3!

    Parent
  • As a homeschool mom with 2 teenage boys, we've worked through a lot of courses, curriculum, and online classes, and Online G3 is the best we've found.  Teaching online takes a special skill set to make the classes meaningful and Online G3 has figured out exactly how to do this along with the added benefit of students finding peers who inspire them to be their best.

    Parent
  • Anyone who has ever asked the ‘what about socializing with other kids?’ question that homeschoolers always get, has never seen the interaction with the OnlineG3 students, both in the classes and in the forums.

    Parent
  • I just wanted to pass on to you how pleased I have been with the quality of O's classes this past year. As you know, O has completed 4 classes over the past 12 months at Online G3. He has always been homeschooled, this past year was the first time that he has ever taken classes taught by someone other than a parent. On more than one occasion, O told me that his favorite part of his day was either working on an assignment for class, or participating in an OnlineG3 class.

    Parent
  • I have two children who have taken an assortment of G3 courses over the years. Both kids started out rather shy and reserved and found their voices in the live classroom where instructors facilitate respectful communication. I want parents who might be considering Online G3 courses to know that there is something magical and unique going on here.

    Parent
  • I have been a homeschool Mom for more than ten years and my four children have taken classes offered by a number of other vendors. The quality of the instruction, the careful selection of readings and online resources, and the expert classroom management offered by G3 all stand out to me.

    Parent
  • Peer relationships can develop in the classroom and outside it via the moderated private forum available to every G3 student. Subscriptions to Brainpop and Discovery Education are provided as well.  Most of all though, my kids have fun learning with G3 and look forward to weekly class meetings.

    Parent
  • Every activity is designed to promote understanding of course materials; there is no “busy work”. Creating a historical magazine cover and writing a sonnet about cats are examples of activities my daughter has enjoyed this term. Headmistress Guinevere, Headmaster Galahad, and their entire staff are devoted to making learning both fun and meaningful.

    Parent
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