During the casual chitchat that preceded a meeting of Maryland school heads amid a late January snowstorm, everyone was discussing their weather-related decisions. One…
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Susanna A. Jones
Susanna A. Jones is the Head of School for the Holton-Arms School, a girls’ day school for grades 3-12 in Bethesda, MD. She also currently serves as Vice-President of the Board of One Schoolhouse and is a member of the Board of the Association of Independent Maryland and D.C. Schools.
Latest posts
2020
Support From the Sidelines
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Coach of the Day One Sunday evening in September, I received an email from one of the captains of the varsity field hockey team…
2020
How to Lead in a Crisis
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In a crisis, if we keep students and the health and integrity of the institution as our top priority, other decisions will fall into…
2019
Help Young Teachers Build Relationships
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For the most part, we rely on teachers to figure out themselves the importance of relationships with the actual building happening naturally, as it…