Faculty Spotlight
SALOME PALMER | FOUNDER & HEAD OF SCHOOL
Salome brings a decade of experience in Christian education, program development, and institutional leadership to her role at Heritage Academy. She holds a B.A. in Music, Biblical Studies, and Comparative Literature from Gordon College, where she graduated as a Global Honors Scholar and Collegian of the Year. She went on to receive her Master of Arts in Educational Leadership where she focused her research on founding school governance and culture.
Her leadership journey includes founding and directing the Heritage Summer Program, a discipleship and academic experience for high school students. The program became known for cultivating intellectual curiosity, spiritual formation, and enduring community among students and staff. She also served as Strategic Initiatives Coordinator at Gordon, where she built partnerships with classical Christian schools, managed new program initiatives, and helped launch a graduate leadership program for Heads of School at independent schools across the country. She has led workshops at conferences around the country focused on integrated learning models and liturgy as a means of discipleship in the classroom.