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 September 2021 Fall is here! Cooler weather for some, shorter days for all. Growing up we called this football weather. Now it's also soccer weather and cross country weather to name a few. The changing of the season ushers in a chance to refresh and refocus. This seems to be a continuing theme for the past year and more. Our wish for you is that this school year run smoothly, peacefully and safely.... Hopefully by this time next year we will be getting ready for Seattle. Everyone...cross your fingers! Please take time to read through the newsletter. We have important updates regarding the Connecting Flight Program and the ESHA regional gatherings. Warm regards, Mary Beth Mary Beth Noel ESHA Executive Director (859) 361-0089 News to Know ESHA Inspiring Heads Leadership Program There is still time to sign up a member or members of your staff for our inaugural ESHA Inspiring Heads Leadership program. ESHA Inspiring Heads Leadership Program Information and Registration http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=xcw579bbb&oeidk=a07eieaeicv35342b0b Upon registration ESHA will invoice your school directly. Thank you. Connecting Flights 2021-2022 Our Connecting Flights are getting ready to take off! We would like to welcome our Flight Leaders for 2021-2022: Sean Cocoran Brainerd Baptist TN Fanning Hearon Palm Beach Day Academy FL Neil Mufson The Primary Day School MD Greg O'Melia The Buckley School NY Joe Powers Woods academy MD Briel Schmitz Spruce Street School WA Abigail Wiebenson Professional Coach Muddy Waters Retired-Past ESHA President We have heard from many of you expressing your enthusiasm for our Connecting Flights program. You understand the value of this ESHA experience and how it relates in your everyday life. Thank you! This year we are going to to try a new approach. While we have had great participation in the past we feel there are some of you who may not have taken full advantage of what this program has to offer. The ability to talk amongst your peers, share ideas, share similar situations, ask for help, offer help, and hold meaningful discussion in a confidential environment...the value is endless. We want to make sure every ESHA member has the opportunity to experience our Connecting Flights Program. Therefore we will be placing each of you in a Connecting Flight. The Flight calls take place at a minimum of once a quarter for 1-2 hours. However if your group and Flight leader feels the need to meet more often that is entirely up to you. Each of the groups will be a combination of new heads and experienced heads. The Flight Leader will schedule meetings, facilitate your conversation, ask for and offer topics for discussion. This is your safe room. You will hear from your Flight Leader in the next few weeks. They will suggest or poll for convenient dates and times to meet. These meetings are usually conducted through Zoom. Please know while we realize not everyone will be able to participate we certainly hope you do, you'll be glad you did! Thank you ESHA Regional Gatherings ESHA is an organization that places high value on personal contacts as well as in-person contact. We all miss that face-to-face connection with our ESHA friends. Once we realized NAIS was going virtual in March 2022 we saw an opportunity. While the Covid conversation is still in play we felt we could safely gather in-person at smaller regional gatherings. A chance to see familiar faces and enjoy each other's company. While not all regions will be covered the following Heads have graciously offered to host a gathering at their school or a nearby venue. New England and vicinity Brendan Largay Belmont Day School Belmont, MA New York and vicinity Greg O'Melia Buckley School New York, NY Washington D.C. and vicinity Joe Powers Woods Academy Bethesda, MD Florida and vicinity Fanning Hearon Palm Beach Day Academy Palm Beach, FL Seattle and vicinity Briel Schmitz Spruce Street School Seattle, WA N. California and vicinity Burns Jones Cathedral School For Boys San Francisco, CA S. California and vicinity Angi Evans and Rose Helm Harbor Day School Corona Del Mar, CA John Thomas Dye School Los Angeles, CA We anticipate these gathering happening in Spring 2022. We will be extending the invitation to all ESHA members to join us as soon as we have confirmed dates and locations. We look forward to seeing you in-person soon! Welcome New ESHA Members Please take a moment to reach out and welcome our newest ESHA friends. We look forward to seeing them soon. Steve Salvo St. Mary's School FL Steve works as the Head of School for St. Mary's Episcopal Day School in Tampa, Florida. St. Mary's is a PK-8 coed day school serving 458 students. Prior to this appointment, he served as Assistant Head of School at Trinity Episcopal School in New Orleans, where he oversaw various aspects of the student experience, including acting as Director of Enrollment Management and leading all recruitment and re-recruitment functions. Steve has presented on various advancement-related topics at national education conferences, including AISAP, SSATB (EMA), NAIS, ERB, NAES, and AISGW. He is a graduate of the NAIS Fellowship for Aspiring School Heads program. He is currently on the Board of Directors of AISAP, serving on the Executive Committee as Treasurer. He serves as an Advancement Consultant with Independent School Management (ISM) and holds a Leader Level Certification through their International Advancement Program (IAP-L). He has also earned AISAP's CAEP certificate and AEMP credential. Steve has worked in independent schools since 2000, following two years as a senior accountant at KPMG, LLP, in Boston, MA. He was a math teacher, dorm parent, and coach at the Indian Mountain School, CT, before moving to Flint Hill School, VA, where he served as a Department Chair and camp director. Steve began his full-time advancement career as the Director of Admission at Browne Academy, VA, in 2007. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Richmond, VA, and a master’s degree in Education Leadership from George Mason University, VA. Seattle 2022-Annual Retreat We will continue to update you in each newsletter regarding the exciting plans for our next retreat. Location: The Fairmont Hotel, Seattle, WA https://www.fairmont.com/seattle/ Date: Saturday, October 22-Tuesday, October 25, 2022 The Seattle Planning Committee This dedicated group has been hard at work planning, rearranging and planning more to insure your time in Seattle is rewarding both personally and professionally. Derek Boonisar The Fenn School. Angi Evans Harbor Day School, CA Briel Schmitz Spruce Street School, WA Paula Smith University Child Development School, WA Mary Beth Noel ESHA Executive Director Executive Committee ESHA is fortunate to have the following leaders comprise our executive committee. Joe Powers President The Woods Academy, MD jpowers@woodsacademy.org Liz Hofreuter Vice President Wheeling Country Day, WV lhofreuter@wcdsedu.com Angi Evans Secretary Harbor Day School, CA AEvans@harborday.org Brendan Largay Treasurer Belmont Day School, MA BLargay@belmontday.org Nicole DuFauchard Advent School, MA ndufauchard@adventschool.org Fanning Hearon Palm Beach Day Academy, FL fhearon@pbday.org Burns Jones Cathedral School for Boys, CA jones@cathedralschool.net Briel Schmitz Spruce Street School, WA briels@sprucestreetschool.org David Skeen Harding Academy, TN skeend@hardingacademy.org Elizabeth Zurlinden Rossman School, MO ezurlinden@rossmanschool.org Past President-2021 Ronnie Codrington-Cazeau University Prep, WA rcazeau@universityprep.org Past President 2019-2020 Elinor Scully The Langley School, VA headsoffice@langleyschool.org Familiar Faces If you have any ESHA photos from past events that you would like to share in our newsletter, please email them to me. The more the merrier! Thank you... Mary Beth Noel Elementary School Heads Association Executive Director Mary Beth Noel info@elementaryschoolheads.org (859) 361-0089.
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