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The Heritage Staff 
Mrs. Bass is a graduate of The Ohio State University with a degree in Secondary Education. Diane was 'Teacher of the Year' at Heritage Academy for the 2006-2007 school year and was honored by the Rotary Club and Chamber of Commerce. Diane teaches art at Heritage Academy and also teaches for the Hilton Head Art League and has had two one-person art shows and won a 1st Place award in the 2007 HHAL National Art Exhibition.
Mr. Bracken played on the golf team at Illinois College where he graduated with a B.A. degree in Math and Business Administration. He has an MBA from Northern Illinois University and completed the Secondary Teacher Certification program in Mathematics at Central Connecticut State. Prior to his teaching career, Mr. Bracken spent 18 years working in the catalog industry for EGI in a variety of management positions, including six years as President/CEO.
Mrs. Bradley earned a B.A. in Education/French from Waynesburg College and has taken graduate courses in English and Psychology from Loyola University and the University of South Carolina. Mrs. Bradley is a certified teacher with extensive classroom experience in Pennsylvania, Louisiana, and South Carolina. She is the recipient of the Hilton Head Island Rotary Club Master Teacher Award in 1989, 1993, 2002 and 2003. She has taught middle school and high school English at Heritage Academy since February 2000.
Mr. Costakis is a graduate of Purdue University, holding a BA in elementary education and a teacher certification in the states of Indiana and South Carolina. Mr. Costakis moved to Hilton Head Island in May of 2004 from the Chicago area. This will be his fourth year teaching in South Carolina. He currently serves as the guidance counselor for Heritage Academy. Mr. Costakis' passions include teaching, playing tennis, drums, and guitar.
Mrs. Dimmling holds a B.A. in Mathematics from Hofstra University and an M.B.A. from the Univ. of N. Florida. Prior to her work as a College Placement Counselor at The Bolles School, Liz was Assistant Head at Bartram School. Liz was awarded the Klingenstein Award from Columbia University and was the recipient of a Fulbright fellowship in '89-'90. She began teaching high school mathematics at Heritage in 2004.
Mrs. Fields was born in Hershey, Pennsylvania and later moved with her family to Pinehurst, North Carolina. She graduated college from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology. Before moving to Hilton Head Island, she worked at Coker College in Hartsville, South Carolina as the Campus Life Assistant. She has been with Heritage Academy as an administrative assistant since September 2006.
Ms. Giovannitti comes to Heritage from New Jersey where she served as confidential aide to a New Jersey legislator performing varied duties. She brings many skills and breadth of knowledge to her position as afternoon receptionist.
Mrs. Halpin graduated from Alcala de Henares University with a B.A. in Education and English in 1991. In 1998, she received a master's degree in Linguistics through the International University in Madrid and Kobe University of Foreign Studies in Japan while working as an assistant professor, writing her thesis and studying Japanese. She moved to Hilton Head in 2000 and accepted a teaching position as an exchange teacher before accepting a position at Heritage Academy where she teaches Spanish.
Ms. Hamilton graduated with honors from the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration, a Master of Arts in International Business, and certification in Global Management. She also holds a minor in Mass Communications, certification in Professional Development and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), and is a Corporate Etiquette and International Protocol Consultant.
Ms. Hobson holds a B.A. from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro and a M.Ed. from Boston University and is a certified teacher. She has taught at Florida State University, and in public and private schools in New England and the South. Ms. Hobson is a published author in the field of adult literacy and has also written professional training manuals.
Mrs. Kratochvil has over 30 years teaching and administrative experience in the public school systems of Florida and Georgia. She received her B.A. in Elementary Education from Canisius College in Buffalo, New York, and later earned her master’s degree in Educational Leadership. She has taught kindergarten through high school in math, English, social studies and foreign language. She joined the Heritage Academy faculty for the 2008-2009 school year.
Mrs. Mireles graduated from Texas A&M University with a B.A. in Psychology and from Sam Houston State University with a M.A. in Counseling. Melissa completed a graduate internship in Washington DC with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and later worked on a federal youth violence prevention grant called Safe Schools Healthy Students. She assisted grantees in schools across the nation to implement evidenced based programs in the areas of education, juvenile justice and mental health services. Melissa has been the Director of Student Services at Heritage Academy since February 2006.
Dr. Polite graduated from Augustana College with a B.A. in Elementary Education and Psychology and from Illinois State University with a master's and Ph.D. in Educational Administration. She has been in education over 34 years as a teacher and principal and in higher education as a full professor and School of Education Associate Dean and Dean.
Mrs. Seyalioglu earned her B.S. in Chemistry from Drew University and her M.F.A. from Savannah College of Art and Design. Prior to moving to Hilton Head, Mrs. S. and her family lived thirteen years in Istanbul, Turkey, where Kathy worked as a professional equestrian trainer at a large riding club.
Ms. Shea played on the women’s varsity ice hockey team at Princeton University where she graduated with a background in science and a B.A. in sociology. Ms. Shea was awarded the Robert E. Hallowell Science Scholarship that allowed her the opportunity to participate in field studies in Marine Biology and Oceanography in conjunction with Cornell University and Shoals Marine Laboratory. Prior to her teaching career Ms. Shea worked for a boutique financial consulting firm on Wall Street in New York and spent time working as independent consultant for an environmental product developer.
Ms. Shoemaker earned her M.S. degree from Indiana University in English and secondary education and holds certification in gifted/talented and ESL education. She spent twenty-eight years in international education building an extensive teaching and professional leadership background and understanding of North American and international comparative education. Formerly Assistant Head of School for Curriculum, Mrs. Shoemaker currently serves as Co-Head of School.
Mrs. Sklarin is a graduate of Georgia State University with a B.S. in Mathematics Education and started her career at Columbia High School in DeKalb County, Georgia. After a few years, she followed her other passion, swimming, and became a year round swim coach at Dynamo Swim Center. She later returned to teaching at St. Martin’s Episcopal School in Atlanta, Georgia, where she taught fifth grade math before beginning at Heritage Academy.
Ms. Sprouse graduated from Mars Hill College located near Asheville, North Carolina, with B.S. in Business Administration. After volunteering for a year in the admissions department, she worked as the Administrative Assistant until September, 2007 when she became the Director of Admissions.
Mrs. Stephens holds a B.A. from UNC-Chapel Hill with a major in English Education and has 25 years of teaching experience in the North Carolina public school and community college systems and at Heritage Academy. She is a certified Zenger-Miller management trainer, has trained employees for the Pinehurst Companies on Daufuskie, was Assistant Vice-President of Corporate Affairs for a major national trade association and still facilitates strategic long-range planning sessions for associations.
Mr. Zawacki graduated from Wake Forest University with a B.A. in History and from Syracuse University with a M.S. in Physical Education. He was the Heritage Academy Teacher of the Year in 2004-2005 and the SCISA Teacher of the Year in 2006-2007. He began teaching Government/Economics, U.S. History and World History at Heritage Academy in 2002.
Mrs. Zawacki holds a B.A. degree in elementary education from Kean University. Before moving to Hilton Head, Terry was the administrative assistant and attendance officer for eight years at Kawameeh Middle School in Union, New Jersey. She has served as receptionist at Heritage since 2002.
Jenny Zmarzly holds a B.S. Ed. from Ohio University and a Masters in Curriculum Instruction and Design from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). She worked with the Elementary Science Integration Project (ESIP), a teacher research project for curriculum integration. She has presented at National Science Teacher Conventions and local conventions and has led teacher in-service workshops. Jenny was a classroom teacher for many years with Baltimore City Public Schools. She was also an academic tutor, adjunct instructor, and teacher supervisor with Carroll County Community College and UMBC.
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