圣约翰博睿学院新校长莎朗·豪威尔介绍

The St. Johnsbury Academy Board of Trustees has selected Dr. Sharon Howell to succeed Thomas Lovett as the school's Headmaster, effective July 1, 2020.

圣约翰博睿学院董事会经甄选已任命莎朗·豪威尔博士接替托马斯·洛维特担任学校校长，自2020年7月1日起生效。

The full Academy Board confirmed the Search Committee's recommendation of Dr. Howell in a unanimous vote on Saturday. Board President Jay Wright called her appointment "the beginning of an exciting new chapter in Academy history. Sharon will build on the strong legacy of Tom Lovett, Bernier Mayo, and the 22 other headmasters who have preceded her at the Academy. Her intelligence, character, and humanity are inspiring, and we look forward to her presence in our school community."

星期六，学院委员会全票表决通过了豪威尔博士担任学院下一任校长的决议。董事会主席杰伊·赖特称她的任命是“学院历史上新篇章的开始”。莎朗将在汤姆·洛维特、贝尼尔·梅奥以及其他22位前任校长留下的深厚基础上再接再厉。她的智慧、性格和博爱都令人振奋，我们期待着她来到我们学校的社区里。”

Upon learning of her appointment, Dr. Howell said, "I am just thrilled—and profoundly grateful for the opportunity to serve St. Johnsbury Academy as Headmaster. It has been a joy to begin meeting the community this past week. And while I am only just beginning to appreciate the many ways this school is important to the world, and indeed is so much more than simply a school, I already admire the leaders, stewards, and committed educators who have worked to make the Academy what it is today. It's humbling to be given the chance to continue building on what they have made, and to contribute to this next phase of the school's success."

在得知她的任命后，豪威尔博士说：“非常荣幸能够担任圣约翰博睿学院校长一职。在过去的一周里，很高兴与学院社区成员见面。虽然我才刚刚开始感受这所学校对世界的重要性，但我已经意识到它不仅仅是一所学校，我非常钦佩那些致力于使学院发展为今天这样的领袖和教育工作者。能有机会继续巩固他们的成就，并为学校下一阶段的成功做出贡献，我感到无比荣幸。”

Dr. Howell will begin her tenure as Headmaster in July 2020 at the end of current Headmaster Tom Lovett's 19-year tenure. Board President Jay Wright said, "Tom's contributions to our school are historic, and we will be celebrating his model leadership throughout the school year as we continue our important work of educating the children of St. Johnsbury, neighboring towns, and around the world."

豪威尔博士将在2020年7月现任校长汤姆·洛维特结束19年校长任期后开始担任校长。董事会主席杰伊·怀特说：“汤姆对我们学校的贡献是有历史性意义的，我们将在整个学年颂扬他的榜样领导力，带领我们继续教育圣约翰、邻近城镇以及世界各地的学生。”

Dr. Sharon Howell

学历：

Ph. D. in English and American Literature and Language from Harvard University

M. A. in English from Villanova University

B. A. in English from Connecticut College

哈佛大学英美文学和语言博士学位

维拉诺瓦大学英语硕士学位

康涅狄格学院英语学士学位

经历：

Dr. Howell was most recently Head of School at Indian Springs School in Birmingham, Alabama. During her time there, Dr. Howell oversaw significant physical, financial, academic, and student life improvements and enhancements. For the first time, Indian Springs instituted awaiting list for admissions and met annual fund and balanced budget goals. Additionally, Dr. Howell managed the creation of the school's new "makerspace" and the renovation of seven faculty homes on campus. During her tenure, the school increased its endowment by 15%, and raised more than 3 million dollars in planned and capital gifts.

豪威尔博士最近的职位是担任阿拉巴马州伯明翰市的印第安泉中学的校长。在她任职期间，学校建设、财务、学术和学生生活等方面有着显著的改善与增强。印第安泉中学首次在招生上出现录取后补清单（表示申请的学生非常多），实现了年度基金和平衡预算目标。此外，豪威尔博士还管理着学校新的“makerspace”的创建和校园内七所教师宿舍的翻修。在她的任期内，学校增加了15%的捐赠，并筹集了超过300万美元的计划和资本赠与。

Prior to Indian Springs School, Dr. Howell was Associate Head of School for Strategic Planning and Administration at Northfield Mount Hermon School in Gill, Massachusetts. While at NMH, she partnered with the Head of School to oversee 300 school staff and faculty, manage the annual operating budget, lead strategic planning and initiatives, and oversee crisis and risk management. She was closely involved with strategic decision-making, worked closely with members of the Board of Trustees on special projects, and served as a liaison from the Head of School's office to faculty, staff, parents, students, and alumni.

在印第安泉中学之前，豪威尔博士在麻萨诸塞州吉尔市北野山学校任职副校长，管理战略规划与行政部门。在北野山学校期间，她与学校校长合作，督导300名学校员工和教师，管理学校运营年度预算，领导战略规划和倡议，并监督学校的危机和风险管理。她与学校的战略决策密切相关，与董事会成员在特殊项目上密切合作，并担任学校校长办公室与教职员工、家长、学生和校友的联络人。

Dr. Howell began her career in education as the Allston Burr Resident Dean in Adams House and Lecturer in History and Literature on the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University. In these positions, she supervised the work of resident deans, was responsible for the safety, health, and general well-being of 475 undergraduates, and served as a housemaster.

豪威尔博士的教育生涯是从担任哈佛大学奥尔斯顿伯尔学院及文理学院的历史和文学讲师开始的，并担任住宿学院院长的工作，主要负责住宿学生管理，并负责本科生宿舍生活、住宿安全、健康状况的咨询支持与辅导。

Also during her time at Harvard, Dr. Howell and her husband founded and directed everyotherchild.org, an international educational non-profit that served to connect rural schools in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Namibia, Africa with donated communication technology so they could connect with the larger world and improve their schools and communities.

在哈佛大学期间，豪威尔博士和她的丈夫创办了一个国际教育非营利性组织“everyotherchild.org”，该组织为哥斯达黎加、尼加拉瓜和非洲的农村学校提供通讯技术，让他们能够与外部更大的世界联系起来，改善学校和社区状况。

评价：

Peter Hammer, an Academy trustee and former faculty member who co-chaired the search committee said, "Dr. Howell embraces our mission and tradition while seeking to lead the Academy into the future through academic excellence, collaboration, and innovation."

彼得·哈默（Peter Hammer）是圣约翰博睿学院董事会成员，也是学院遴选委员会的前任联合主席，他说：“豪威尔博士崇尚圣约翰博睿学院的使命和传统，同时希望寻求通过学术卓越、协作和创新引领学院走向未来。”

Nancy Goodrich, a long-time Academy trustee who also co-chaired the search committee, added, "Dr. Howell's life path is a testament to her belief in the power of education. She is eager to return to the life she knew growing up in a small New England town. Her genuine nature and integrity will make it easy for us to welcome her into our community."

南茜·古德利奇（Nancy Goodrich）是圣约翰博睿学院常任董事会成员，目前也是遴选委员会的联合主席，他说：“豪威尔博士坚信教育的力量，她的真诚和正直易于融入我们的社区。”

Tom Lovett, Headmaster of St. Johnsbury Academy, was also pleased at Dr. Howell's appointment. He said, “when I first met Sharon this summer (she came for a campus tour), I immediately recognized her skills as an active listener, her determination to seek first to understand, and her gracious kindness. These impressions have only strengthened as I have gotten to know her, however briefly. I have found her to be bright and thoughtful, appreciative and grateful, and full of compassion and good humor. All of these traits will hold her in good stead as our next Headmaster.

圣约翰博睿学院现任校长汤姆·洛维特（Tom Lovett）也对豪威尔博士的任命感到高兴。他说：“今年暑期，第一次见到莎朗（她来参加校园巡演）时，就知道她是一个积极的聆听者，她会换位思考理解他人，给予他人慷慨善意。这些印象在我认识她以后更加强烈。我发现她聪明伶俐，体贴周到，懂得感恩，富有同情心和幽默感。所有这些特质都足以令她胜任校长这个职位。

On top of that, in her writing and in her speech to the school community in Chapel, she demonstrated a love of young people and a deep optimism about their potential and futures, regardless of where they come from or where their interests lie. She embraced our diversity in all of its complexity and spoke specifically about those aspects that she loved. She shares our commitment to help people develop a healthy curiosity and engagement with the world and to come to belong to something bigger than themselves.

除此之外，在她的写作和她在学校礼堂的演讲中，她表现出了对年轻人的爱护，对他们的潜力和未来表现出积极乐观的态度，不管他们来自何方或他们的兴趣所在。她接受了学院的多样性、复杂性，并特别提到她感兴趣的方方面面。她和我们一样致力于帮助学生培养好奇心、鼓励学生与世界多接触，努力变成自己想要成为的人。

An added benefit, her husband Tom is a man of many talents, and he is an artist, entrepreneur, and former Teaching Fellow in Visual and Environmental Studies at Harvard. She will join the SJA community along with her husband Tom and two children, Ethan and Maggie, both of whom will attend St. Johnsbury Academy beginning in the fall of 2020.

莎朗的丈夫汤姆是个多才多艺的人，他是一位艺术家、企业家，此前在哈佛大学视觉与环境研究系担任讲师。她将与丈夫，以及两个孩子伊桑和玛吉一起加入SJA社区，他们将在2020年秋季开始入读圣约翰博睿学院。

The Academy community is fortunate to have Sharon Howell as its next leader, we are hopeful and excited as we welcome her to campus, and we look forward to warmly welcoming Tom and Sharon's children, Ethan and Maggie, as well. ”

学院社区很幸运有莎朗·豪威尔（Sharon Howell）担任下一任校长，我们带着希望和兴奋之情欢迎她来到圣约翰博睿学院，也期待着汤姆和莎朗的孩子--伊桑和玛吉的到来。