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Tall Oaks Classical School, founded in 1994, provides a Christ-centered, classical education. It includes three stages of age-appropriate K-12 learning discovered over 2000 years ago referred to as the Trivium.

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The best advertisement for Tall Oaks are our students and our graduates. In a recent survey of Delaware area schools, Tall Oaks was among the highest in the three-year SAT average of all schools willing to report their scores.

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Classical Methods
Amazing Results

Ninety-eight percent of our graduates choose to go on to college and report that they are well prepared for higher education, often more so than their college classmates.

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Education is always taking place, and school activities outside the classroom are every bit as impactful in the lives of students as the instruction they receive in the classroom.

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Whether in morning review, in the classrooms, on sports fields, or at special events, students are engaged and participating. Come and experience Tall Oaks!

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Tall Oaks Staff

TOCS Administrative Staff

Dr. Timothy Dernlan

Head of Schools

Jonathan Jones

Principal

Dory Zinkand

Director of Academic Resources and Guidance/Principal of Journey Christian Academy

Jenny Johnson

Assistant to the Head of Schools

George Timko

Comptroller

Dawn Waters

Assistant to the Comptroller/HR

David Corbett

Athletic Director

Cherylee Deitrich

Administrative Assistant to the Principal

Tracie Pope

Office Manager

Linda Pargoe

Director of Marketing, Admissions, and Events

Kristy Booth

Coordinator of Events and Admissions

Valorie Warshaw

Coordinator of Events and Admissions

Andrea Baines

Nurse

Bryan Clark

Director of Facility Management, Reach Church and Reach Christian Schools

TOCS Faculty

Gene Armstrong

Computer Programming Teacher

Grace Baumann

Aftercare Coordinator

Judy Bech

Third Grade Teacher

Hannah Berth

Grammar Music Teacher

Resna Brunson

Second Grade Teacher

Tim Carroll

Strings Instructor

Holly Chaffee

Kindergarten Teacher

Laurie Davison

Upper School Spanish Teacher/Sr. Trip Coordinator

Susan Dernlan

Etiquette and Protocol

Nicholas DiDonato

High School History Teacher

Lisa Dunham

Brass Instrument Coordinator

Robin Gray

Middle/Upper School Math Teacher

Lisa Holt

Kindergarten Aide

Marsha Leauby

Fourth Grade Teacher

Michael Lynch

Upper School Latin and Greek Teacher

Cynthia Marshall

Fifth and Sixth Grade Teacher, Seventh Grade Grammar and Composition Teacher

Brenda Munson

Yearbook Advisor and School Videographer and Photographer

Deborah Pozsonyi

First Grade Aide, Grammar School PE

Mark Reagan

Music Director, British Literature Teacher

Jennifer Rippon

Upper School Science Teacher/ESL Teacher

Stephen Rippon

Debate Team Coach, Literature, OT Theology, and Argumentation and Debate

Amy Sanders

Grammar Latin Teacher & Second Grade Aide

Christina Schneider

Calculus, Pre-calculus, Logic, and Physical Science Teacher

Dianne Silver

NILD Educational Therapist, Librarian

Barbara Sypher

First Grade Teacher

Akiko Turley

Music (Piano) and Piano Accompanist

Steve Turley

Theology Teacher

Jennifer Walker

Fifth and Sixth Grade Teacher

Marsha Welch

K-12 Art Teacher and NILD Educational Therapist