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Press Release May 14, 2004

Northfield Mount Hermon Announces New Head of School 

NORTHFIELD, Mass.—NorthfieldMount HermonSchool has appointed Thomas K. Sturtevant as its new head of school.

Sturtevant served as NMH’s associate head of school from July 2003 to March 2004, when the board of trustees voted him head of school.

Sturtevant has 19 years of experience as an independent school administrator and teacher. He came to NMH from Friends Academyin Locust Valley, New York, where he was upper school principal. Before that he worked at St. Andrew’s School in Middletown, Delaware from 1990 to 1999 as director of college counseling, English teacher, math teacher, academic advisor, dorm parent, and varsity coach.

Before St. Andrew’s, Sturtevant taught and coached at Tabor Academy for five years. A graduate of Westminster School, he received his BA in English from Tufts University and his MA in English from Stanford University.

Of what drew him to NMH, Sturtevant says, “First and foremost was the academic program. I also liked the inspiration of it founder, D. L. Moody, and how the school continues to draw on that. I was drawn by the challenges facing the school.”

In January 2004 the NMH Board of Trustees voted to reduce the school’s enrollment to 600–750 and consolidate from two campuses to one by September 2005.

Says Sturtevant, “My top priority is communicating the distinctive value of our mission, and how we’re going to serve our students better as we transition to one campus.”

The former head of school, Richard W. Mueller, now serves as NMH’s president.

Northfield Mount Hermon is an independent, coeducational college preparatory school in western Massachusetts. NMH enrolls 820 day and 200 boarding students in grades 9–12 and postgraduate, and is known for its innovative academic programs and diverse and talented student body.

Contact: Mary Seymour, 413-498-3247 or mseymour@nmhschool.org

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