George School is proud to announce that Head of School Nancy Starmer has been awarded a fully-funded fellowship to the Klingenstein Center for Independent School Leadership for the 2009 Heads of Schools Program. Located at Teachers College, Columbia University, the Klingenstein Center selects twenty heads of school to participate in this program annually, on the basis of outstanding accomplishment or potential for excellence.

Scheduled to run from January 26 to February 6, 2009, the two-week program is designed as an opportunity for focused professional enrichment, renewal, and reflection. Nancy will join independent school heads from throughout the United States—as well as participants from the Netherlands, Norway, Cambodia, Australia, Spain, and Turkey—at the Columbia University campus in New York City for the program. There the participants will engage in intensive study to examine educational issues and policies facing independent school educators.

“We are delighted that Nancy will have the honor of taking part in this distinguished program,” said David Bruton, clerk of the George School Committee, the school’s governing board. “The Klingenstein Center is known for its dedication to the quality of independent education, to collaboration and teamwork, and to social justice and diversity. Its philosophy is an excellent match for George School’s Quaker values and academic rigor.”

About George School
Founded in 1893 by members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), George School, a rigorous coed boarding and day school for grades nine through twelve, educates students from twenty-one states, thirty-two foreign countries, and a variety of ethnic, racial, religious, and economic backgrounds. Through its commitment to diversity and the Quaker values of equality, integrity, and peacemaking, George School inspires students to be led by their own truths while respecting and appreciating opinions and beliefs different from their own. George School was one of the first schools in the United States to implement an International Baccalaureate diploma program. For information about admission, please call 215.579.6547 or visit http://www.georgeschool.org.