Jacob Tyler Horne has been promoted to Assistant Principal at Benedictine Military School.
Horne, 27, is preparing for his fifth year at BC. He will continue as the Social Science Department Chair but has stepped down from his position as the soccer team’s assistant coach.
“Being Assistant Principal is definitely something I wanted,” Horne said. “That’s why I pursued my master’s degree in Educational Leadership. I know I’m extremely fortunate to get this opportunity. The main thing that I want to focus on is helping the teachers, and helping them to help the students. At the end of the day, the students are why we’re here, and these young men are extraordinary. BC is a great school and I want to continue that tradition of excellence.”
Born in Birmingham, Ala., Horne was raised in the Savannah area. He graduated from Effingham County High School in 2004 before earning a bachelor’s degree in education from Georgia Southern University in 2008. Horne was hired by Benedictine in 2009. He earned a master’s degree in Educational Leadership from Georgia Southern University in 2012 and is working toward an Ed.S. in Curriculum at Valdosta State University.
Benedictine Headmaster Fr. Frank Ziemkiewicz, O.S.B., said, “I’m delighted for the innovative expertise that Jacob brings to our administration and the excellent relationships he has fostered among our faculty, staff and students.”
Benedictine Principal Dr. Deborah A. Antosca, who hired Horne in 2009, said, “Jacob has been an asset to Benedictine in many ways since the first day he stepped through our front doors. He is a very positive role model for the young men. He has very high moral standards, very high expectations, for the boys in the classroom. He’s a man of great integrity and he holds his students to that same level. Very intelligent, very motivated and very dedicated to the field of education. For him, it’s a vocation. It’s not a job. He made a decision years ago that administration was the direction he wanted to head in his career and it will be wonderful to work with him. I’m pleased for the boys and their families. He will continue to be an asset in an administrative role.”
Horne and his wife, Brittani, have a three-month-old son, Noah.
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