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| Head of School Message
Seacoast Academy was created to support, nurture, and teach middle school students.The middle school years are extremely important in the life of young people.Those years are ones in which students are growing and developing in ways that are exciting and new, challenging and rewarding.We are a stand-alone middle school by design.This enables us to place our entire focus on the sixth, seventh, and eighth grade years.
While Seacoast Academy is founded on the Episcopal tradition, we welcome students of all faiths.The diversity of backgrounds enriches the lives of all of us associated with the Academy.We learn from each other and develop a deep appreciation for different perspectives on beliefs and spirituality.We see our collective community as a gathering of gifts, each offered by the individuals who come to work, learn, teach, and collaborate in building and supporting our community on a daily basis.
Our website will give you a glimpse into the Academy.We also encourage you to visit our campus in order to feel the excitement and energy that we enjoy on a daily basis.Our teachers have created a rigorous curriculum that challenges our students and encourages them to continue to love the process of learning.Being engaged as a learner is a given here.Having worked in the independent school world for over thirty years, I say with confidence that our teachers are truly extraordinary.It is an honor to be working with such a group of dedicated professionals.All of us look forward to welcoming you to our learning community.
Martha Shepardson-Killam, Head of School
Martha Shepardson-Killam has been a leader in independent schools for over thirty years.She most recently served as Head of School for both the Capitol Hill Day School in Washington, DC and the Stoneleigh-Burnham School in Greenfield, Massachusetts.Martha started her career in independent schools as a French teacher and continued to take on new positions of responsibility based on her desire to increase her sphere of influence in the education of young people.She has served as an administrator since her time as a form dean at Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, Connecticut, as the Dean of Students at University High School in San Francisco, California, and as Head of the Upper School at The Rivers School in Weston, Massachusetts.While Head of School at Stoneleigh-Burnham School, her passion to have a positive influence in the lives ofmiddle school children led her to create the new Middle School there.As a presenter at the National Association of Independent Schools' convention in New York City, Martha's presentation Building the Collaborative Administrative Team reflected her long history of involving all members of the community in creating a vision for the school and in working together to bring about its realization.
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