During this time of "new normal" at The Bolles School, Stacey Hendershot has been selected as the Ponte Vedra Beach Campus Head, following in the steps of retiring Peggy Campbell-Rush this summer.
This decision follows months of interviews with highly qualified candidates from all over the country. The search team sought a vibrant, experienced and compassionate leader who could build upon the strong tradition of excellence on the Ponte Vedra Beach Campus and move it forward with an "All Things Possible" mindset.
Hendershot comes from Land-O-Lakes, Florida, where she has been the assistant head of Lower School at Carrollwood Day School. In this role, she served two lower school campuses and led the school's lower division with scheduling, curriculum, professional development evaluation and diversity inclusion initiatives. Her more extended background, however, is as an independent and public school educator in Florida and Michigan, where she taught first, second, fourth and fifth grades as well as literacy and math intervention.
Hendershot has a Master's degree in elementary education from Marygrove College and a Bachelor of Arts in Education degree from Central Michigan University. In addition to being active in FCIS accreditation roles, she is trained in problem-based learning, Writer's Workshop, Responsive Classroom and has been a staff trainer for technology integration, behavior intervention, SEL learning and classroom management.
Hendershot, her husband, Rob, and three children: Ian (15), Ella (12) and Camden (9) are planning to move to Northeast Florida this summer and she will officially begin her position on July 1.
