Primary staff.
Our Director of Education, S.M. Gregory, has degrees in Education and in British and American Literature from Cambridge and Emory. She has served as Head of School at three private academies, and has taught at Austin Community College where she received a Master Teacher Award. Over time, Ms. Gregory has become convinced that the very best way to educate children is at home, with a curriculum steeped in Catholic theology.Sally Robb teaches Theology and coordinates Symposia for parents. Sally has degrees in Art History and in Theology from Yale and the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest, and she has done additional graduate work in Theology at the University of Dallas. Sally has taught R.C.I.A. classes for fifteen years and Theology classes for eight years at St. Austin’s, St. Stephen’s, and St. Michael’s. She also leads Catholic retreats and conferences throughout the country, and records thrice-weekly meditations for Catholic Radio International. (Sally's radio meditations may be found at Thread of Grace.)
Other staff.
Grades K–3 are taught by paid, credentialed professionals.
Other classes are taught by well-qualified volunteers—primarily parents of children enrolled in Annunciation – Austin—including the following:
- Lisa Zygmont teaches middle-school Spanish and offers private voice lessons. Lisa has a degree in voice performance from the Curtis Institute of Music and ten years of experience as an opera soloist. She has performed in eighteen countries. Spanish is her first language.
- Bob Sweeney teaches middle- and high-school social studies and, together with Suzy Gregory, offers monthly writing clinics for high school students. Bob has degrees in Philosophy, Psychology, and Interdisciplinary Humanities from the University of Texas and San Francisco State University, and eight years of experience as an editor.