Mr. Terry Gant serves as headmaster of Hickory and has been involved with classical schools for 8 years as a teacher, administrator, and board member, as well as 3 years as the director of a homeschool umbrella in Tennessee. He is a certified master teacher with the ACCS. He has taught grades from 6th to 12th in classes such as logic, composition, moral philosophy, history, economics, and government. He has also been a professional writer for the ministry End Abortion Now and serves as the managing editor for American Reformer. He graduated from the University of Tennessee with a Bachelor of Arts in political science and a Master's in Business Administration from Tennessee Technological University. Mr. Gant recognized classical pedagogy as the most effective way to truly educate the whole person and decided to do whatever it takes to educate his own four children and the children of other families classically. Mr. Gant is a former Metro Nashville Police Officer and enjoys weightlifting and shooting as hobbies. He resides on a farm near Rickman, TN, with his wife and children and several troublemaking farm animals.

Christie Wright serves as academic dean of Hickory and has over eighteen years of experience in classical classrooms ranging from 1st to 12th grades, including key administrative roles. She regularly conducts teacher training in schools across the country, including at the Association of Classical Christian Schools (ACCS) annual conference. She has served numerous schools in the southwest region in a private consulting role and currently serves as an ACCS consultant. Christie has played an integral role in the founding of two classical, Christian schools. She holds a BA in English Literature, an MA in Curriculum and Instruction, and holds master level teacher certification from the ACCS. She enjoys her country home with her husband, Jeff, and their six children. Mrs. Wright looks forward to serving as Academic Dean and a teacher in the Rhetoric and Logic Schools.

Hannah Alaniz holds a B.A. in Spanish and International Relations from Samford University. She has taught Latin, as well as other subjects, with previous experience as a substitute teacher for all grades in a classical Christian School for nearly 8 years. Before this, she enjoyed teaching Art and Spanish in a variety of environments. She enjoys traveling whenever possible, soaking in the art of centuries past, and reading, especially with an excellent cup of coffee. Mrs. Alaniz is very excited to teach art, Latin, and other subjects in the Logic and Grammar Schools of Hickory.

Callie Herman is overjoyed to join the Frontiersmen Faculty at Hickory Classical Christian School this upcoming school year. She is an ACCS-certified teacher with three years of classical Christian teaching experience. Callie received her Bachelor’s of Music Performance and Pedagogy from Tennessee Technological University in 2008 and her Master’s of Music Performance and Pedagogy from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in 2010. She regularly performs a variety of instruments, including oboe and violin, throughout the Middle Tennessee area and teaches privately at Stevens Street School of Performing Arts in Cookeville. Callie will teach orchestra and choir for K-12, as well as other classes in the Logic and Upper Grammar Schools.