At Decatur Heritage, our teachers will bring God’s Word to bear on all aspects of classroom content and process. Following the example of Jesus, they strive to model effective learning in a relational context. By so doing, they will help students to see truth as incarnate in Christ, not as something sterile or removed from a personal context. To do this, the redeemed personality of the teacher is of primary importance.
All faculty members are professing Christians, degreed, and meet AdvancEd standards for qualification. They possess an average of 14 years of teaching experience and an average tenure at DHCA of 5 years. Of the 37 full and part-time faculty, 49% have advanced degrees.
Administration and Staff
| Steve Hall | Head of School | shall@dhca.org |
| Jeremy Scott | Dean of Academics and Educational Technology | jscott@dhca.org |
| Mike Holiday | Assistant Dean to the Upper School | mholiday@dhca.org |
| Sandra Howard | Assistant Dean of Academics | showard@dhca.org |
| Melissa Ross | Guidance | mross@dhca.org |
| Carole Janorschke | Upper School Administrative Assistant | carolej@dhca.org |
| Heather Sasser | Finance Director | hsasser@dhca.org |
| Terri Mashburn | Financial Administrative Assistant | tmashburn@dhca.org |
| Lisa Barnett | Advancement Director | lbarnett@dhca.org |
| Connie Murray | Admissions Director | cmurray@dhca.org |
| Ty Patterson | Dean of Students and Student Activities | tpatterson@dhca.org |
| Holly Thompson | Athletic and Advancement Administrative Assistant | hthompson@dhca.org |
| Steve Meek | Building Maintenance Supervisor | smeek@dhca.org |
| Kim Parker | Health Room | kparker@dhca.org |
| Scarlet Bolan | Food Service Director | sbolan@dhca.org |
| Teresa Hall | Media Center and Camp Heritage | thall@dhca.org |
| Barbara Wright | Technology Support | bwright@dhca.org |
| Yvonne Holiday | Administrative Assistant | yholiday@dhca.org |
Lower School Faculty
| Noelle Barron | K5 | nbarron@dhca.org |
| Kathy Coffey | 1st | kcoffey@dhca.org |
| Paizley Peebles | 2nd | ppeebles@dhca.org |
| Brenda Smith | 2nd | bsmith@dhca.org |
| Emily Chenault | 3rd | echenault@dhca.org |
| Debbie Crews | 3rd | dcrews@dhca.org |
| Laura Beth Kirkpatrick | 4th | lkirkpatrick@dhca.org |
| Sandy Schofield | 4th | sschofield@dhca.org |
| Heather Siewert | 5th-6th | hsiewert@dhca.org |
| Hannah Vinton | 5th-6th | hholloway@dhca.org |
| Jessica Wickwire | 5th-6th | jwickwire@dhca.org |
| Bethany Eze | Music | beze@dhca.org |
| Jason Marshall | PE | jmarshall@dhca.org |
| Julie McGough | PE | jmcgough@dhca.org |
| Melissa McCulloch | Reading and Writing Specialist | mmcculloch@dhca.org |
| Amy Tubbs | Art | atubbs@dhca.org |
| David Walker | Band | dwalker@dhca.org |
Upper School Faculty
| Christine Ake | Math | cake@dhca.org |
| Jennifer Densmore | Math, Science | jdensmore@dhca.org |
| Bethany Eze | Music | beze@dhca.org |
| Ali Herndon | Spanish | aherndon@dhca.org |
| Amy Hill | English | ahill@dhca.org |
| Mike Holiday | Bible | mholiday@dhca.org |
| Sandra Howard | Science | showard@dhca.org |
| Karen Keith | Science | kkeith@dhca.org |
| Jason Marshall | PE | jmarshall@dhca.org |
| Julie McGough | PE | jmcgough@dhca.org |
| Rhonda Miller | Math, Science | rmiller@dhca.org |
| Ty Patterson | Bible | tpatterson@dhca.org |
| Sean Richardson | History | srichardson@dhca.org |
| Jeremy Scott | Bible | jscott@dhca.org |
| Sandy Stephenson | Bible, History | sstephenson@dhca.org |
| Angie Teichmiller | English, History | ateichmiller@dhca.org |
| Holly Thompson | Bible, Science | hthompson@dhca.org |
| Amy Tubbs | Art | atubbs@dhca.org |
| Laura Tuttle | English | ltuttle@dhca.org |
| David Walker | Band | dwalker@dhca.org |
| Irina Washburn | Russian | iwashburn@dhca.org |