Administration

Jill Thompson
Principal

Jill has served as principal of LHA since its founding in 2014. She loves math and enjoys teaching a math class each day. She earned a BS degree from Weber State University in Business Administration.  She has worked at Challenger School as a teacher, for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in the areas of finance and accounting, and for Franklin Templeton Bank & Trust as a Cash Management Accountant.

Tiffany Hess
Assistant Principal

Tiffany has a degree in English Literature from Brigham Young University. She has taught English grammar, literature, and a few art classes at Liberty Hills Academy since its founding in 2014. She is an artist who has sold her artwork all over the world. Before coming to LHA, Tiffany spent several years as an advocate of liberty and parental rights in state government. She has served in many classrooms in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. She loves the gospel, her family, beautiful language, and art.

Teachers

Peter Cannon

Peter Cannon is Chairman of the Board of Trustees, high school biology, chemistry and U.S. History teacher. BYU graduate in Zoology, retired Army Lieutenant Colonel, former software instructor, and facilities and transportation manager. Member the Cedar Hills City Council, Davis District Board of Education and Utah Republican State Central Committee.  Served 3 full-time missions and four part-time missions. 9 children and 35 grandchildren.

Pam Simons

Pam Simons taught middle and high school English, history, and geography for six years in her hometown of Brisbane, Australia, before moving to the United States where she met and married her husband, Jake, in the Provo City Center Temple. She had previously served in the New Hampshire, Manchester Mission, where the state motto is “Live Free or Die.” It was at that time she started to gain a deeper appreciation for the principles of liberty and the unique and divine history and heritage of America as a latter-day promised land. “When I came across Liberty Hills Academy, I felt instantly drawn to the mission and ethos of the school in educating the whole child in light of the principles of the gospel of Christ,” she says. Pam enjoys hiking the Wasatch mountains, camping, visiting natural hot springs and national parks, gardening, and her newfound hobby of canning. She is excited to be joining Liberty Hills Academy this year. 

Greg Wright

Greg Wright is retired from 35 years of teaching Seminary and Institute for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He grew up in Montgomey, Alabama and Montpelier, Idaho. At Liberty Hills he teaches Seminary, World History, Principles of Liberty, Making Men, and Whittling.
He's been married to the lovely Shannon Wight for 45 years. He has 4 children and 7 grandchildren. Brother Wright is the author of the book, Satan's War on Agency. 
He believes the most important element of education is, "To learn to love to learn truth."

Dr. Vida Milani

Dr. Milani has a Ph.D. degree in Mathematics from Tehran University and Postdoc degree in applied mathematics and physics from ICTP Italy and France. She has more than 30 years of teaching experience in mathematics in universities and high schools overseas and here at Utah State University. She has been a dean of the math department. She has assisted hundreds of students to earn degrees at all levels including Ph.D., Masters, Bachelors and high school. Mrs. Milani enjoyed coaching math teams for many years. She is a reviewer for the American Mathematical Society (AMS) and Zentralblatt MATH (zbMATH, Germany; the world's most comprehensive and longest-running abstracting and reviewing service in pure and applied mathematics). She has more than 20 published papers in prestigious international math journals and conferences all over the world.
Dr. Milani has a gift for making math understandable and enjoyable to her students. 
​She enjoys spending time with her husband and son, cooking, gardening, and jewelry making.  

Betty Wilcox

Betty’s entire life has revolved around working with children. In addition to raising her two wonderful children and being a surrogate grandma to eight, she has spent many years as a nanny, a preschool teacher, and a Primary Teacher. Her enduring love of children and her education in Early Childhood are evident in how she approaches teaching preschool.

Casia Holzer

Casia graduated from Utah State University with a degree in biology. While she enjoyed her education, her true passion lies in teaching chemistry. If you stepped into her class on a random day, you would most likely find her doing a science experiment. She believes nothing beats hands-on learning! When not enjoying students in the classroom, Casia tutors, writes biographies, and arranges piano music. Her motto is "Life is beautiful!"Casia graduated from Utah State University with a degree in biology. While she enjoyed her education, her true passion lies in teaching chemistry. If you stepped into her class on a random day, you would most likely find her doing a science experiment. She believes nothing beats hands-on learning! When not enjoying students in the classroom, Casia tutors, writes biographies, and arranges piano music. Her motto is "Life is beautiful!"

Kevin Holbrook

Mr. Holbrook attended Brigham Young University. Following his formal education, he had a long and varied career which included working twenty-eight years in many positions at Fidelity investments. During the last ten years at Fidelity, he worked as a financial planner. Kevin has a strong interest and belief in public and personal financial responsibility and is very encouraged by the program at Liberty Hills Academy.

Gaylynne Flitton

As a teen, working as a ride operator on Colossus at Lagoon, I was constantly trying to figure out how the ride worked. I knew that math and physics were somehow involved. After taking a physics class as a math major at Weber State University, I started to get a better understanding of how mathematics relates to the real world and so I switched to Utah State University where I earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering. After graduating, I decided to take time off to stay home full time with my newborn son. Twenty years and three more children later, I was still home full time, and I realized how much I enjoyed tutoring my children in junior high and high school math classes. When my youngest child was in fourth grade, I went back to school and earned a BA in Secondary Mathematics Education from Western Governor’s University. I taught 7th, 9th, and 10th grade mathematics for Davis County School District.
I joined Liberty Hills Academy because I love their mission statement and I believe in their purpose.
I love being a wife, mother, and grandma. I still love rollercoasters. Besides doing many DIY
projects and spending time with family, my husband and I enjoy bird watching, gardening, and traveling to visit Frank Lloyd Wright houses.

Haylea Wilson

Mrs. Wilson is a popular teacher at Liberty Hills and teaches some of our students' favorite classes including sewing and nutrition.
​Mrs. Wilson joined Liberty Hills first as a parent drawn to the family feel of the school and its unique blend of academic and spiritual education. She homeschooled her two children. Now they too enjoy being at Liberty Hills Academy.

Dalane England

Dalane England attended Weber State University and BYU Hawaii after serving a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in England. After having a family, she started teaching history and the Constitution. She has taught at Carden Memorial, Liber Academy, BF Academy,  and Liberty Hills. She loves history and the Constitution and is certified as a TJCCS (Thomas Jefferson Center for Constitutional Studies) instructor.  Mrs. England founded Freedom’s Light Foundation to teach the principles of liberty.

Tonya Fenwick

Tonya Fenwick is a native to South Davis County.  She graduated in elementary education from Weber State University.  She has six children and two grandchildren.  She has homeschooled her children for 14 years.  She loves teaching, especially math, literature and the gospel.

Lydia Richards

Lydia Richards received her bachelors degree in painting from BYU-Idaho and loves teaching art to all the students at Liberty Hills Academy. She can often be found floating around the school as resident substitute for any number of different classes and grades. The best part of her job at Liberty Hills is getting to know every single student and being able to teach any subject with a Christ-centered approach. When she isn't making creative messes with her students at school, Lydia enjoys teaching art at a ceramics and art studio in Farmington, doing the occasional free-lance commission, spending time with family, and playing the piano. She lives with her wonderful husband, Joseph, in Bountiful.

Claire Ashby

Claire Ashby is a mother, grandmother, a nurse, and a patriot. She spent a career in nursing and raised a family. She has a vast wealth of experience and loves to share with young people. She currently teaches Written Portfolio at LHA and we are blessed to have her.