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Governance

St. Luke’s School is governed by a Board of Directors of up to twenty-one members comprised of parents, past parents, grandparents, and community leaders. The Board defines the mission of the school, is responsible for long range planning, and has fiduciary responsibility for the school.

There are three Standing Committees of the Board of Directors: Finance, Fundraising, and Nominating & Governance.

Members of the current Board of Directors are:

John Stover1) John Stover, Chairman

  • Elected to St Luke’s School Board in 2003
  • Married to Monica, who is President of the Parent Organization
  • Father of Bryce (7th grade) and Dana (5th grade), both currently enrolled at St. Luke’s
  • Oversee and manager a local office of a national construction company since 1984
  • Member of the Virginia Synod Council of the ELCA Church since 2007
  • Board of Director Member of St. Luke’s School since 2005
  • President of St. Luke’s’ Foundation since 2009
  • Email: jstover@stlukes-school.com

 
Carol Ann Cole2) Carol Ann Cole

  • Married to Bill, a pilot with United Airlines
  • Mother of Lee (11th grade) and Carter (8th grade at St Lukes)
  • Moved to the Culpeper area in 2001 and enrolled two boys at St. Luke’s in grades 1 and Preschool
  • Oldest son graduated from St. Luke’s in June 2010, recipient of the Lance Award, highest achievement award for St. Luke’s graduates
  • Younger son entering the 8th grade – will graduate from St. Luke’s next year
  • Given freely of my time every year at St. Luke’s, served on the Parent Organization, served as class parent for 5 years, assisted with numerous school activities ranging from the auction, the spirit raffle dinner, the book fair, teacher appreciation week, pizza lunches, Grandparent’s Day social, holiday parties, and many others
  • Happy to serve currently as the Vice President for the St. Luke’s Foundation Board of Directors (my husband Bill Cole served on the Board for six years as well)
  • Email: ccole@stlukes-school.com

 
Sylke Heil3) Sylke Heil

 
Dewey Brown4) Dewey Brown

  • Elected to School Board in July 2011
  • Father of Ryan, a 6th grader at St Luke’s School
  • Oversees and manages the internal audit function of a member-owned agricultural lending cooperative
  • Resident of Fauquier County since 1999
  • Email: dbrown@stlukes-school.com

 
 
Sarah Taliaferro5) Sarah Taliaferro

  • Elected to St Luke’s School Board in August 2011
  • Married to Allen
  • Mother of two children. Kathryn is a 2nd grader at St. Luke’s. Taylor is a 4th grader at Yowell Elementary.
  • Moved to Culpeper in 2007
  • Physical therapist at Culpeper Regional Hospital
  • Involved member of Culpeper Baptist Church
  • Email: staliaferro@stlukes-school.com

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Ex-Officio members

Robin Schools1) Robin Schools (Director of Admissions)

Over the past fourteen years, I’ve worn many hats at St. Luke’s, from receptionist to Events Coordinator to Director of Admissions and everything in between. There are numerous facets of each of these jobs that have simply stuck with me as I’d move on to another position. But I believe that is the nature of small business in general, and schools in particular. No matter how great or small the number of management or administration, there are things that must be done. So you step up, don the hat of the hour, and do your best to make it happen. Thus, I find that I’m having a difficult time bulleting five to seven jobs that I do because singularly no one is representative to the whole, and choosing but a few barely skims the surface. I have chosen, instead, to share with you a mindset rather than a list of responsibilities. These mantras allow me to be successful at doing what I do at St. Luke’s every day:

  • I am a cheerleader
  • I am the ground troops
  • I am the central nervous system
  • I am a confidante
  • I am an organizer
  • I am a leader

Everything I do at St. Luke’s requires at least one of these attributes, from enrolling new students to devising the master schedule matrix, from publishing a weekly newsletter to making tears dissolve into giggles.

No one is at the school for the money. To a man, or woman, each person at St. Luke’s is there because of their love for children and the desire to unleash good, thoughtful, caring young people into the world.

I’m the mother of Rachel, a sophmore at Virginia Tech, and Jonathan, a senior at Eastern View High School. Both Rachel and Robin attended St Luke’s School.

My email address is rschools@stlukes-school.com

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The voluntary stewardship of the Board is critical to the success of our school. The Board of Directors is dedicated to supporting the school and planning for its future.

The vision of St. Luke’s is to inspire every student to demonstrate throughout life our core values: enthusiasm for learning, personal excellence, responsibility, integrity, respect and compassion. Our mission is to prepare students for life by providing a superior college preparatory education in a Christian environment.

The key elements of the school’s long-range plan are:

  • To support the vision and mission of the school;
  • To communicate the school’s mission clearly and often to the entire St. Luke’s community ensuring a full understanding of what we expect and what we are trying to accomplish with our students;
  • To strengthen the partnership between parents and school;
  • To foster long term dedication to the school from students, alumni, parents, grandparents, and friends;
  • To foster life-long community service;
  • To evaluate and improve programs that prepare our students to matriculate into top colleges and universities;
  • To evaluate academic success;
  • To retain superior faculty and staff;
  • To exercise effective governance by maintaining a strong, committed Board of Directors;
  • To strengthen the financial condition of the school; and,
  • To maintain and improve the facilities and grounds.