 Game On! Athletic Directors Come Together at SAIS Conference
At the inaugural SAIS Athletic Directors Conference held January 14-15 in Atlanta, the association welcomed 72 representatives from schools in 11 U.S. states and Mexico. Attendees included primarily athletic directors but also school heads and principals.
|
 A Grand Ol' Time at Grandparents Days
By Christina Mimms, SAIS
Call it a friend-raiser, a fun-raiser, or simply a time for family and fellowship, Grandparents Day typically requires significant planning, time, funds, and effort to execute and create a fun-filled day for visitors on campus. Often held in conjunction with a fall activity or holiday, a Grandparents Day may include a musical performance, storytelling, classroom activities, a meal, and the many logistics involved with managing an additional 300 to 700 people on campus. >>Read more.
|
 The Year Without a Purchase By Scott Dannemiller
Reviewed by Christina Mimms, SAIS
Scott Dannemiller, author of The Year Without a Purchase: One Family's Quest to Stop Shopping and Start Connecting is an Everyman. He and his wife owned a home in the suburbs, worked well-paying jobs, took regular vacations, and lived "regular" lives up until about 10 years ago, when they felt the need for a change. A need to redirect their focus, live simply, and stop spinning their wheels. Their answer: become missionaries for a year. >>Read more.
|
2016 Accreditation Workshops
SAIS accreditation workshops are designed for the school's team responsible for administering the process onsite. This could include the accreditation coordinator, steering committee, and other administrative personnel. The workshop includes a review of the Guidebook and logistics of the process, and offers participants the opportunity to ask questions in an informal setting. The workshop fee is $75 per person.
|
 Join us for the Heads Leadership Retreat
Leading starts from within - in the way you think. If everyone is different, how can you lead and communicate only one way? The 2016 SAIS Heads Leadership Retreat will explore individual and group dynamics of leadership with a look inside the inner workings of the brain. Using whole brain thinking and an interactive self-assessment tool, Vips Kapadia of thinqshift will lead you and your team through a series of activities that will challenge your assumptions about your own leadership and the leadership of those around you. This year we are excited to welcome heads, assistant/associate heads, and division heads to participate as a team in this unique leadership opportunity. Please invite your colleagues to join you in Asheville!
>>More information. >>Register here.
|
SAIS offers a variety of affordable, accessible, and relevant professional development programs for independent school leaders.
-
February 24-26 | San Francisco, CA
-
April 18-19 | Asheville, NC
-
June 13-15 | Emory Conference Center | Atlanta, GA
-
June 14-15 | Emory Conference Center | Atlanta, GA
-
June 15-17 | Emory Conference Center | Atlanta, GA
-
June 15-17 | Emory Conference Center | Atlanta, GA
-
June 15-17 | Emory Conference Center | Atlanta, GA
-
June 21-24 | Omni Amelia Island Plantation | Amelia Island, FL
-
June & July | Charlotte, NC | Nashville, TN | Atlanta, GA
-
October 22 | Crowne Plaza Ravinia | Atlanta, GA
-
October 22-24 | Crowne Plaza Ravinia | Atlanta, GA
|
On-Site Board Workshops
SAIS President Dr. Kirk Walker and Vice President Damian Kavanagh are available to visit your campus and conduct on-site governance workshops.
- Trusteeship for Independent Schools
- New Trustee Orientation
- Becoming an Outstanding Board
- The Changing Landscape of Independent School Governance
|
WANTED:
Your School's Logo
|
Retiring in 2016? 
If you are a head of school who will be retiring at the end of the 2015-16 school year, please let us know so we can induct you into the SAIS Legacy Club, a group of retired heads of school who gather twice a year. Please complete our Legacy Club bio form.
|
Benchmarking Data Collection
It's time to enter your data into DASL by NAIS. We are not collecting this important statistical information and encourage all schools, regardless of NAIS membership to enter data. When you need a benchmark on salary or student ratios or operational expenditures, you will need it. Don't delay - data entry has already started. Visit http://dasl.nais.org for more information and to get started.
|
|
|
|
|
|
SAIS Featured School
Grace-St Luke's Episcopal School
| 
Grace-St. Luke's Episcopal School is a co-ed independent school educating students from 2-year-old pre-kindergarten through 8th grade in the Memphis, TN community. Founded in 1947, Grace-St. Luke's has long been recognized for its Episcopal identity, challenging academic program, and our nurturing community. Our Central Gardens location allows us to serve families from midtown, downtown, East Memphis, and beyond. We are dedicated to preparing boys and girls to become creative problem solvers, confident lifelong learners, and responsible citizens in their neighborhoods and the world.
|
Ross Peters, head of St. George's Independent School, Germantown, TN, reflects on a Seinfeldian moment of Epiphany.
Marion Knoll, director of middle school St. Andrew's-Sewanee School, Sewanee, TN, writes about letting young people blossom.
Don't give up on those resolutions just yet ... author/blogger Annie Murphy Paul offers sage advice.
Toy Savage, teacher and historian at Norfolk Academy, Norfolk, VA, takes a look at the honor system.
|
The SAIS Athletic Directors Conference, STEAM projects, and letting middle schoolers take the wheel.
|
Got any great photos of your campus, students, or a special occasion at your school? Would you be willing to let SAIS use them on our website, in marketing materials, and in publications such as this? If so, please send high-resolution files to christina@sais.org.
|
|
|
