Head of Lower School Jacquelyn Hamilton Receives National Diversity Leadership Award

The National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) has selected Tower Hill School Head of Lower School, Jacquelyn Lacy Hamilton, to receive the 2013 Diversity Leadership Award. The award honors outstanding leaders, connected to independent schools, who have worked to advance diversity and inclusivity on a national and/or international scale. She will be presented with the award at the 2013 NAIS Annual Conference, February 27 - March 1, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.

 

Hamilton is a fellow of the National Endowment for the Humanities and a recipient of a Woodrow Wilson Alliance Grant. Hamilton started teaching in public elementary school. In her 27-year career at The Episcopal Academy (Pennsylvania), Hamilton served as head of the lower school, third grade teacher, upper school English teacher and director of testing and assessment.

 

Prior to joining Tower Hill School in 2006, Hamilton helped create a programmatic model that propelled the concept of cultural competency to the forefront within independent schools of the greater Philadelphia area. Hamilton led oversight of all diversity initiatives at The Episcopal Academy. She supported a study conducted through the University of Pennsylvania that connected the experiences of African-American students with their academic success, resulting in recommendations for independent schools nationally. Hamilton serves on multiple boards of trustees.

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