1. Friday, September 18, 2015
6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Somerset Hills Country Club
180 Mine Mount Road
Bernardsville, New Jersey
The Board of Trustees
requests the pleasure of your company at a
Welcome Reception for
Dr. Jeffrey P. Beedy
Seventh Head of Purnell School
Kindly RSVP by September 10th to
Donna Martin at dmartin@purnell.org
2. With an Ed.D. in Education from Harvard University, Jeff Beedy has
a wealth of experiences and accomplishments from which to draw as
our new Head of School. At Harvard, Jeff studied with renowned child
psychologists Carol Gilligan, Lawrence Kohlberg and Robert Selman.
Jeff taught Social Reflections of Literature for Pulitzer Prize winner
Dr. Robert Coles. He is the author of the Total Human Development
(THD) and Positive Learning Using Sports (PLUS) models of education
and child development.
Jeff worked at Milton Academy as a boarding and admissions dean.
Following Milton Academy, Jeff became Headmaster of the New
Hampton School. He has led Episcopal, Montessori, boarding and
international schools. In 2010, Jeff became the founding head of the
Korea International School, which was the first boarding school to open
in South Korea’s two billion dollar Global Education City on Jeju Island.
During college, Jeff played in the Cape Cod Baseball League and later
skied in the freestyle tour. Jeff and his wife, Karyn, are also musicians
and live on campus in Johnson House with their two dogs, Dizzy
Gillespie and Charlie Parker. Jeff has two grown daughters both of
whom grew up on boarding school campuses and are in the field of
education. Jeff and Karyn have five grandchildren and love to spend
time with their family whenever possible.
Purnell is a girls’ college preparatory boarding and day school where
girls with learning differences can flourish. The school serves girls
from grade 9 to 12 and also offers a one year post-graduate program.
Purnell girls thrive in a small nurturing learning environment where
each student receives an education that is designed especially for her.
Purnell’s vision is to ensure girls discover their untapped strengths and
potential, so that they are transformed into confident women.
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