Welcome to Foxcroft!

List of 3 members.

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  Cathy McGehee 

  Head of School

  540.687.4320

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  Catherine Smylie McGehee于2014年7月1日成为Foxcroft School的校长. Cathy领导了一项新的战略计划和修订后的校园总体规划，并通过了学校10年的弗吉尼亚独立学校协会(VAIS)重新认证过程. 在她的任期内，学院完成了7500万美元的百年纪念活动，筹集了79美元.9 million for the residential initiative and for endowment. 她监督了一个新的品牌倡议和一个新网站的推出. Major campus projects include the opening of Court Welcome Center, construction of two turf athletic fields, renovations to four dormitories, and new faculty housing. 凯茜一直致力于更新学校的技术基础设施, including expanded wifi throughout most of campus, as well as to open The Innovation Lab, a maker space designed by and for our students. The Academic Concentration program, launched during Cathy’s time as Head of School, allows students to focus their studies in Animal Science, Global Studies, STEM, and the Arts.

  
  凯茜是全国女子学校理事会联盟的成员, 弗吉尼亚独立学校协会董事会的秘书是谁, and serves on the VAIS Accreditation Committee. In addition, Cathy曾担任VAIS首脑会议规划委员会主席、大华盛顿成员服务委员会独立学校协会主席和VAIS战略愿景委员会主席. For the past four years, Cathy has facilitated Headways for Heads of Schools, 全国女子学校联盟在线对话和网络系列，讨论学校社区和学生安全等及时话题. She has been a frequent presenter at independent school conferences, including The Association of Boarding Schools, NCGS, and VAIS, and has lectured at the University of Richmond. In May 2014, 在里士满大学的毕业典礼上，她获得了吉布家族杰出校友奖.

  
  A native Virginian, Cathy spent the previous 19 years at St. Catherine’s School in Richmond, VA, where she served as the Director of the Upper School from 2006-14. Previously, she was chair of the St. 凯瑟琳的英语系(K-12)，并在高中教英语. Cathy also taught English in Eden Prairie, Wayzata, and Burnsville, MN, and at Fluvanna County High School in Palmyra, VA.

  
  Cathy持有Vanderbilt University的英语学士学位, where she also earned teacher's certification from Peabody College. 她在威廉玛丽学院获得英语硕士学位，在里士满大学获得教育领导和政策研究硕士学位. She is married to Dr. Read McGehee III, an ophthalmologist, and has two daughters. Eliza, a Vanderbilt graduate, who earned a master’s in history at James Madison University, teaches history at the Steward School in Richmond. 简毕业于戴维森学院，获得英语学位，在纽约市的出版行业工作.
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  Abigail "Abby" Pheiffer 

  Project Manager for the Head of School

  540.687.4300

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  Abby’s diverse background in education, science, 新闻摄影和体育为她担任太阳城电子app校长办公室的项目经理提供了丰富的应用知识.
  
  

  Before coming to Foxcroft, Abby was the Internship Coordinator at Mystic Aquarium (CT), 她在那里管理了一个有20名实习导师和75名实习生的项目! Previously, 她曾是密苏里大学新闻学院新闻摄影的兼职讲师，同时也担任美国国家太阳城电子app的摄影总监 Columbia Missourian.
  
  

  Abby was a teaching assistant and coach at Downe House, a girls’ boarding school in Cold Ash, England. Coaching in partnership with the English Lacrosse Association, 她曾代表英国政府前往英格兰和苏格兰的小学，向孩子们介绍长曲棍球.
  
  

  As a staff photojournalist for both The Day in Connecticut and the Loudoun Times-Mirror 在弗吉尼亚州，艾比获得了许多摄影和编辑奖项. 她和两个研究生同学一起编辑并出版了一本名为 Arrow Rock: where the past is the future 这不仅帮助她获得了密苏里新闻学院的硕士学位, 还为学生和教职员工赢得了密苏里历史保护联盟颁发的2010年奥斯蒙德·奥弗比奖. The book was accepted into the Library of Congress collection. Abby also completed a multimedia internship at Washingtonpost.并担任国际年度图片和密苏里摄影工作室的研究生协调员.
  
  

  At the College of William and Mary, 艾比获得了生物学学士学位，并参加了四年的大学曲棍球队. She received the College of William & Mary President’s Award, 校际女子长曲棍球教练协会颁发的Feffie Barnhill领导奖和全美学术第二队荣誉.
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  Julia Jackson 

  Executive Assistant to the Head of School

  540.687.4322

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  Julia于2017年1月加入校长办公室，担任校长行政助理. A native of Loudoun County, she lives in Middleburg with her husband, Daniel, and their two young children. 
  
  Julia attended Clemson University, where she studied Animal Veterinary Sciences, 并在费尔法克斯经营了一家24小时营业的大型兽医诊所近8年. 在任职Foxcroft之前，她是一家数据分析公司总裁的行政助理. 她很高兴能在她长大的社区生活和工作.