Tall Oaks Classical School
A Classical and Christ Centered Education
“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.” Proverbs 9:10
Administration
Don Post Headmaster
Mr. Post attended college at Virginia Tech where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Statistics. Following his training in the U.S. Army Reserves, he worked for five years as a civil engineer building highways. Several years later, Mr. Post received his Master of Divinity degree from Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson, Mississippi. He has pastored a church in Landrum, South Carolina, and planted a church in Huntington, West Virginia.
Having always been committed to formal Christian education, Don attended Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia and received a Master of Arts in Teaching. Several years later, along with a half dozen people, they began a classical and Christian school in 1995. Mr. Post served as the headmaster there until coming to TOCS. During this time, he was also elected to the permanent board of the Association of Classical and Christian Schools. In 2000, after 30 years in the Army Reserves, Mr. Post retired as Chaplain.
Mr. Post is married to Barbara and has five children (one is deceased) and seven grandchildren.
Administration| Mr. Donald Post | Headmaster |
| Mrs. Dory Zinkand | Principal |
| Mrs. Janet Baumann | Director of Admissions & Community Life |
| Mrs. Dawn Briggs | Finance/Accounting |
| Mrs. Lisa Crowe | Administrative Assistant to the Headmaster and Principal |
| Mrs. Jennifer daPonte | Administrative Assistant to the Headmaster and Principal |
| Mrs. Dorothy Hinckley | Finance (Receiving) |
| Mr. Harold Naylor | Director of Stewardship |
| Mrs. Charlot Sanders | Administrative Assistant and Finance |
| Mr. Mark Unruh | Athletic Director, Facilities Manager |
| Mrs. Beth Weber | Special Projects Staff |
Faculty
| Mrs. Darnell Abdullah | 8th Period Supervisor |
| Ms. Tamara Allen | 8th Period |
| Mr. Eugene Armstrong | Computer Programmer teacher |
| Mrs. Fola Babatunde | 4th / 6th Grade Math & 6th Grade Bible |
| Mrs. Andrea Baines | School Nurse |
| Miss Bethany Bohn | 7th Grade Drama teacher, Drama Club |
| Mrs. Resna Brunson | 2nd Grade teacher |
| Mrs. Cheryl Buckalew | Librarian |
| Mr. Timothy Carroll | Music (Strings), Music Appreciation teacher |
| Mrs. Holly Chaffee | 2nd Grade Aide |
| Mrs. Laureen Davison | Spanish & College Prep teacher, Jr./Sr. Trip Coordinator, School Newsletter |
| Mrs. Maria Donnelly | Biology, Chemistry, 6th Grade Science |
| Mrs. Lisa Dunham | Music (Brass) teacher |
| Mr. Dakota Fuller | History, Economics & Civics teacher |
| Ms. Julie Gianakon | Latin teacher |
| Mr. Rick Gray | World Cultures and Missions teacher |
| Mrs. Robin Gray | Algebra I, II and Geometry teacher |
| Mrs. Jenny Hardcastle | 3rd Grade teacher |
| Mrs. Marji Harding | Music (Woodwinds) teacher |
| Ms. Liz Hauser | 4th Grade teacher |
| Mrs. Lori Heddinger | 5th Grade teacher |
| Mrs. Kathryn Lort | Chorus and Music |
| Mrs. Julie MacDonald | 2nd Grade Aide & 8th Period |
| Mrs. Cynthia Marshall | 5th Grade teacher |
| Mr. Karl Mason | Dialectic Language Arts teacher & American Literature teacher |
| Mrs. Cathy Mercer | School Nurse |
| Ms. Heather Palmer | 3rd Grade teacher & 3rd Grade Aide |
| Mrs. Susan Palmer | 4th Grade and 3rd / 4th Latin |
| Mr. Jonathan Pitts | Physical Education teacher |
| Mrs. Barbara Post | Kindergarten teacher |
| Mrs. Deborah Pozsonyi | 1st Grade Aide |
| Mrs. Jennifer Rippon | ESL teacher & 7th Grade Science teacher |
| Mr. Stephen Rippon | Literature, Argumentation & Debate and Rhetoric teacher |
| Mrs. Christina Schneider | Logic, Pre-calculus, Calculus, and Physics |
| Mrs. Dianne Silver | Web Design teacher |
| Mrs. Barbara Sypher | 1st Grade |
| Mrs. Akiko Turley | Music (Piano) teacher, Piano Accompanist for Chrous |
| Mr. Steve Turley | Theology, Greek and Rhetoric teacher |
| Mrs. Marcia Welch | Art teacher, Physical Education teacher |
| Mrs. Stephanie Welch | 6th Grade teacher, 2nd/4th Science teacher |