Mr. Tommy C. Gunn – Headmaster

Mr. Tommy C. Gunn, Headmaster of Heritage Academy

The Mississippi Private School Association and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools accredit Heritage Academy, a college preparatory school, which is dedicated to educating the students it serves in an environment of academic excellence and Christian values.  Heritage Academy nurtures the growth and development of students with regard to specific individual needs and abilities in a warm and loving atmosphere.  Its honors and college-preparatory curriculum provides the basis its graduates need to pursue a higher education in limitless professions.

Heritage Academy’s elementary school teachers give student in K4 through sixth grade the sound foundation needed to become successful and motivated junior high and high school students.  The junior high offers core subjects as well as an honors track, which enable each student to become well-rounded individuals.  This, however is only the beginning!

Heritage is so much more than an educational facility where students learn the required course work.  It is a warm and caring “family” where the administrators, teachers, and staff nurture each child’s growth.  It is a place where academics and high behavioral standards are upheld as priorities for which students and teachers strive.  It is a place where students are encouraged to work hard, to compete in a healthy way, to care for others when they are down, to pray together and for each other, and to practice the attributes of good citizens.

Those of us who work at Heritage Academy knew from our first day on the job that this is a place that cannot be defined within the simple meaning of the word “school.”  We are more than a school here at HA:  We are members of a family, and as in every good family, our children are our precious treasures, our gifts from God.

As an integral part of the Columbus community and the surrounding areas, Heritage Academy invites you to become a member of this family.  Welcome to HA.

Go Patriots!

Tommy C. Gunn

Headmaster