STATE COLLEGE — State College Friends School has announced that Donnan Stoicovy, retired principal of Park Forest Elementary School, has been hired as interim head of the school for the 2018-2019 academic year.
Stoicovy will oversee all aspects of administration while the school completes a national search for a permanent head. She will fill the position recently vacated by Dan Hendey. Hendey worked at the Friends school for nearly 18 years, beginning his tenure as a teacher, helping to start the middle school program and serving as business manager before becoming head of the school.
In her new position, Stoicovy will work with faculty and families to deepen community relationships and to help shape a new enrichment program for students. She said she is excited to bring together her passion for stewardship of the environment and her commitment to building a strong, caring, loving community.
“I believe my experience and core values align very well with the Quaker values taught and modeled at Friends School,” said Stoicovy. “I’m especially eager to learn from students how they embrace the Quaker testimonies of simplicity, peace, integrity, community, equality and stewardship.”
State College Friends School is an independent pre-K through eighth-grade school founded in 1980.
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