Head of Upper School

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Peggy Smith
Peggy Smith
The Head of Upper School is responsible for the support and management of the upper division as well as supporting and assisting Upper School faculty including participation in the faculty evaluation process; coordinating the Upper School curriculum; overseeing advisories, student council, trip weeks, and the sports program; administering the Outdoor Education Program; assisting eighth-graders with secondary school placement; reviewing all Upper School student progress reports; conducting weekly Upper School faculty meetings; meeting with parents of Upper School students; and maintaining communications with Upper School parents. Along with the Head of Lower School, The Head of Upper School is in charge of the student assembly schedule and faculty duty roster. The Head of Upper School is also a member of the Upper School Admissions Committee and attends all Board of Trustees meetings.

 


Biography

As a Crane parent, I beheld the merriment and wonder that my son experienced each day at school, and thought that I’d like to become a Crane student myself. Of course, this wasn’t a viable option for a woman of my years, so I entered the school in a more age-appropriate way – I signed on as an employee. I’ve been the Head of Upper School at Crane since July of 2004, and I’m having a blast. Crane is indeed a joyful place.

It was as a young schoolgirl that I realized that I wanted to become a teacher. Along with my five siblings, I attended Catholic schools in the Chicago area. Later, I studied Comparative Literature and German as an undergraduate at Lake Forest College, received my MAT in English at Brown University, and earned my doctorate in Educational Leadership at UCLA.

While I’ve worked at an all-boys school, an all-girls school, and a boarding school before, this marks my first job at a K-8 school. It’s also the first time that I’m teaching something other than English, and the first time that I’m going to school with my children. Suffice it to say, I enjoy changes.

 

 
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