From: Robin Schools
Date: Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 9:50 AM
Subject: Important Update of the Head of School Seach Committee!
To: Family and friends of St. Luke’s School

Hello Friends!

The work of searching for a permanent Head of School (HOS) has begun in earnest! A Head of School Search Committee convened by Board member Darren Caprarese has been tasked with developing an ideal candidate profile, assessing qualifications of prospective applicants, and interviewing final candidates. The following individuals have agreed to serve on the committee:

• Darren Caprarese – Board member and parent
• Sylke Heil – Board member and parent of alumni
• Nancy Knewstep – faculty and parent of alumni
• Lania Mohr – faculty and parent
• Betsy Spencer– parent
• Carol Kelsey – parent

The HOS Committee held its first meeting last week and is hard at work determining a process that will be exceedingly fair and equitable and ultimately yield the ideal person to lead STL into the future. In the coming weeks and months, the committee will report progress and invite your participation in the search process via email and newsletters. The decision to hire a new Head of School will be made by the Board of Directors as a whole, supported by the advice and counsel of the Search Committee and with active input from all parts of our STL community, including all faculty, staff, parents, and students.

The following estimated timeline provides an indication of the schedule we expect our search process to follow:

• December to January — Search Committee develops qualifications of ideal candidate
• January to March — Recruit candidates
• April — Evaluate candidates through semifinalist and finalist stages
• Prior to summer break — Head of School selection finalized and announced

As we move into the subsequent phase of the search for STL’s next Head of School, we hope you share the Committee’s sense of optimism and confidence as our school is thriving by every measure. It is crucial for the entire STL community of parents, friends, faculty and staff to be on the look out for potential qualified candidates. Networking is an extremely powerful tool for identifying candidates. Please spend some time reflecting on your network and forward resumes along to someone on the HOS Committee for consideration. With the help and support of faculty, staff, parents, friends, students and a deeply invested Board of Directors, we will lead STL to even higher heights. We hope and expect to have identified our new Head of School before the summer break.

If you have any input for members of the Search Committee at any time, please feel free to contact Darren Caprarese at dcaprarese@stlukes-school.com. We look forward to keeping you well informed and involved as we go through the various stages of our search.

Most sincerely,

The STL Head of School Search Committee

Robin F. Schools
Director of Admissions
St. Luke’s School
1211 E. Grandview Avenue
Culpeper, Virginia 22701
Phone: 540-825-8890
Fax: 540-825-4471