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ABOVE LEFT:  Orpheus at Member Little Red Schoolhouse (NY), who recently hired Namita Henbest (a Strat candidate) as its new Lower School Head.

ABOVE CENTER:  Sewickley Academy's (PA) Head of School Kolia O'Connor, a new Member, joins Orpheus as he tours the school for the first time.

ABOVE RIGHT:  One of our newest Members- Charlotte Country Day School, (NC)

ABOVE LEFT and MIDDLE:  Orpheus visits with Andrew Byrne, Dean of Faculty at Member Convent of the Sacred Heart, Greenwich, CT and Music teacher

                                                 candidate Su-Ling Huang.

ABOVE RIGHT:  Orpheus with Paul Mayo of Member New Canaan Country School, CT and Gloria Tearte-Fernandez of Member Greenwich Academy, CT

RIGHT PICTURE: Tony Featherston, Alexis Wright Assistant Head, Rye Country Day School (NY), Amani Reed Middle School Head, (University of Chicago Lab Schools, IL)

ABOVE: Orpheus at a special session for East Ed, and Mid-Atlantic States independent schools, entitled, "Why Are We Asking the Same Questions We Asked 20 Year's Ago?" focusing on innovative ways of thinking about recruitment, and long-term strategies schools can adopt. 

ABOVE: Jim McManus, Executive Director of         ABOVE:  Damon giving a "Namaste thanks."                          ABOVE: Damon and Orpheus have worked together

California Association of Independent Schools,                                                                                                     for over 15 years, including two terms on Saint Mark's

making a wonderful speech at Damon Kerby's                                                                                                      School's board.

20th year as Head of Saint Mark's

School Celebration, in January.

At LEFT:  With San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom at the 2006 Citizen's Awards, honoring Melba Maldonado (Executive Director of La Raza Information Center, former trustee- Marin Country Day School); she was nominated by San Francisco County Supervisor Tom Ammiano, also a SpeakOut speaker/comedian on GBLT issues.

Above LEFT:  Dr. Joseph Healey, Head of School of Ethical Culture Fieldston School (ECFS), NY, new member and one of the oldest progressive schools in the country, with four campuses in Manhattan and the Bronx, and Orpheus on a recent visit. 

At the 2005 NAIS Annual Conference in San Diego, CA, with fellow administrators Strat candidate Sidra Smith (Director of Diversity), Damon Kerby (Head of School, Saint Mark's School, San Rafael, CA), Amani Reed (Middle School Assistant Head, Lakeside School, WA), Rey Fernandez (Director of Crossroads, Marin Academy, San Rafael, CA), Bodie Brizendine (Head of School, Marin Academy) and Windrush School (El Cerrito, CA) trustee Orpheus Crutchfield.

At the end of intensive diversity joint session of the board and faculty of Saint Mark's School, San Rafael, CA.  Above are: Nick Boodrookas (former Board Chair and Board Counsel/present Diversity Committee Chair, Saint Mark's School), Michael Pincus (Assistant Head and Upper School Head, Saint Mark's School), Gene Batiste (NAIS Vice-President of Equity and Justice, who lead the day), Orpheus Crutchfield (President of StratéGenius.org), Jennifer Getz (Director of Special Programs), Damon Kerby, (Headmaster of Saint Mark's School).

ABOVE LEFT:  Orpheus with Pearl Rock Kane, Director of the Klingenstein Center, and professor at Columbia University's Teacher's College, before her talk about her fabulous book Colors of Excellence- Recruiting and Retaining Teachers and Administrators of Color, (Edited with Alphonso Orsini, 2003) this past February, 2004.

ABOVE RIGHT:  Member Greenwich Academy's Joan Edwards and Gloria Tearte-Fernandez, both faculty and diversity administrators, join Orpheus on his visit to the Connecticut school.

LEFT:  Georgetown Day School (DC) participants.  Mariama Smith, Co-Diversity Director of GDS, is on the left

StrateGenius.org sponsored both Frank Wu & Marcus Mabry at

2007 People of Color Conference, in Boston, MA:

 

Nearly everything Frank Wu does is a personal statement, fueled by the passion of social justice. So when faculty colleagues at Howard University Law School questioned Wu’s decision to move to Detroit to become dean of Wayne State University Law School in 2004, he was somewhat defensive: “This is my hometown you’re talking about.” “Asian Americans and Affirmative Action”    Frank H. Wu Associate Professor of Law, Howard University http://www.asianweek.com/2001_02_23/feature_frankwu.html author of  YELLOW: Race in America Beyond Black and White   “Wu’s sobering, astute, compelling investigation locates the particulars of Asian American experience with racism in this country’s spectrum of ethnic and cultural prejudice.” --Publishers Weekly   Marcus Mabry- Marcus Mabry, Senior Editor and Chief of Correspondents, Newsweek magazine

StratéGenius was proud to announce the first African American Head of School placement of a San Francisco NAIS member school:

Brian Thomas, Head of School, The Presidio Hill School, 2006

Introducing Brian Thomas (center) to the San Francisco Bay Area Independent School Heads Association, Spring 2006.  Surrounding him are (left to right) StratéGenius.org Members:  Damon Kerby, Head of Saint Mark's School; Roz Hamar, Head of Marin Horizon School; Paul Chapman, Head of Head-Royce School, Orpheus and Mike Diamonti, Head of San Francisco University High School.

At left, former Director of Presidio Hill School, Susan Andrews, joins Brian Thomas and Orpheus Crutchfield during PHS's - "ART for Kids Sake" showcase and fundraiser, to benefit Presidio Hill School students, on April 1, 2006.

At Right, Brian is surrounded by supporters, including his new Development Director (far left) and two Board Members.  Participants were encouraged to wear outrageous hats for the function.

St Bernard's School Spring, 2007

      Photos by Rob Casey

Smoke Signals
screenplay 1998

Il powwow della fine del mondo
poetry 2005 

Dorm support on campus

Above LEFT: Heyden White Rostow (Academic Dean & Dean of Faculty), Orpheus and Tasha Elsbach (Middle School Head), after a meeting at The Brearley School, an all-girls school on the Upper East Side, NYC.

This year, our featured artists were Tommie the Clown and the dancers from the incredible, inspiring film RIZE

(Tommie is on the far left in the bottom promo picture, with the rainbow "fro")

StratéGenius.org Sponsored Speaker James Earl Jones for the

2005 People of Color Conference,

in Dallas, TX!

James Earl Jones, with Muhammad Ali,                                            James Earl Jones                         Holding his Emmys- 1991

after a performance of The Great White Hope, 1968.

ABOVE:  Two of StratéGenius.org's recent hires: Trevor Day School's (NY, NY) Sunné Clarke (Physical Education) and David Negrón (Choral)

StrateGenius.org was the Proud Sponsor of Keynote Speaker- Sherman Alexie

ABOVE: In the New York office of Reuel (Rudy) Jordan, Head of Bank Street School for Children and NAIS Board Member.  Bank Street has a reputation of one of the great progressive schools in the country, with a graduate program which trains teachers nationally.

RIGHT:  Orpheus in January 2006 at Bank Street School with Zenaida (Zeny) Muslin, Director of Diversity; Toby Weinberger, Director of Upper School; and Richard Lee, Director of Middle School.  StratéGenius.org is sponsoring Zeny's visit to the San Francisco Bay Area where she will speak to POCIS (People of Color in Independent Schools, Bay Area chapter) Adult Conference on February 3, 2006, about elementary school affinity groups.

Strattin' About Town:

Metairie Country Day School (New Orleans, LA) Head David Drinkwater and his wife, Sage Hill Interim Head Jacqueline Smethurst speak about their experience in after Hurricane Katrina and disaster preparedness at the luncheon for Heads of San Francisco Bay Area schools.

BELOW:  "Look Who's Coming to Lunch, NY" Event in November 2006 at Bamboo Restaurant.  Representing their schools are (L-R) Lawrence Ervin Brown and Aisha Randolph of Calhoun School, NY, Rachna Robert of St. Bernard's School, NY, Dr. Tamara Pearson of Calhoun School, Tasha Elsbach of Brearley School, NY, Robin Nesbitt formerly of Concord Academy, MA, Sunne' Clarke of Trevor Day School, NY, and Su-Ling Huang of Member Sacred Heart School- Greenwich, CT.

Above Right: Orpheus with former California Association of Independent Schools Executive Director, Mimi Baer (Left), and Member Marin Horizon School's Head of School Roz Hamar at the 2007 Trustees/Heads Conference in Los Angeles, CA.