Princeton Academy has selected Paris McLean as its new Head of Lower School.
Princeton Academy of the Sacred Heart is pleased to announce the appointment of Paris McLean as its new Head of Lower School, effective July 1, 2015.
McLean joins the Princeton Academy community after a decade of service at Princeton Day School where his legacy is one of positive influence and inspiration in all aspects of school life. As the second grade lead teacher at PDS, he is the recipient of the Minerva Grant and David C. Bogle faculty awards. McLean also leads as the Social Studies Curriculum Coordinator for the PDS Lower School and serves on the Academic Affairs Committee.
McLean is also the Chair of the Community and Multicultural Development Team and he has served as the Panthers’ Head Varsity Basketball Coach, earning Boys Basketball Prep Coach of the Year honors in 2008, 2011 and 2012.
McLean is a graduate of Princeton Day School, has a B.A. in Elementary/Special Education from La Salle University, and will receive his M.A. in Private School Leadership this spring as a Klingenstein Fellow from Columbia University Teachers College. McLean’s energy, experience and communication skills, combined with his mission-driven sense of purpose as a leader of students, faculty and staff, make him the best person to lead Princeton Academy’s Lower School into the future.
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