Tom Hilyer

Title: Teacher Room: 212 Email: Phone: (615) 746-5013 ext. 212 Teaches: Spanish 2

Mr. Hilyer was born in a small, rural community in Alabama, but lived for varying periods of time in Miami, Huntsville, Dallas, and New Orleans. His family settled in Auburn, Alabama where he completed high school before going on to graduate from Mobile University with a BS in Biology. He later attended New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary receiving a Masters in Religious Education. The following 10 years of his life were spent primarily in Spain where he lived and taught while attending school at the University of Seville. In 1991 he returned home and completed a Masters in Hispanic Studies at Auburn University, where he was also employed as a full time Spanish teacher for 6 years, while also working as a consultant with the Program for Students with Disabilities, and coordinating interpreting services for hearing impaired students. After leaving the University in 2000, He returned to Spain and then to Mauritania in North Africa, where he taught English at the Centre d’ Anglais. In 2003 he came to Tennessee and decided to stay. Sycamore High School needed a Spanish teacher at the time and I was hired after completing a Masters in Education at Belmont University. It has been a great experience for him, and while he has enjoyed the varied experiences of his journey, teaching high school has become his first love.