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Spring 2025 Miss Porter's School Bulletin
What our faculty members have been learning, doing and presenting.
Sophie Paris, director of Porter’s Center for Global Leadership and Auxiliary Programs, was appointed secretary of the board of directors of the Global Education Benchmark Group (GEBC ) for a two-year term beginning on July 1, 2024. Additionally, the GEBG endorsed Miss Porter’s School for meeting its Global Education Standards. This distinction, held by only a few schools nationwide, reflects Porter’s commitment to providing students with a rigorous global education curriculum.
Last July, Timothy Quinn, Ed.D., chief academic officer and dean of faculty, organized and facilitated the Porter’s Center for Global Leadership workshop, From Vision to Reality: What It Takes to Implement Bold Changes in Independent Schools. The two-day event attracted more than 40 independent school leaders from across the country who learned how to overcome obstacles to achieving bold, progressive change at their institutions.
Head of School Dr. Katherine G. Windsor; Chief Financial and Operating Officer Michael Bergin, P’19, MBA; and Dean of Curriculum & Instruction Nelle Andrews, P’22, MA, presented at the 2024 Mastery Transcript Consortium Symposium last September in Denver, Colorado. The presentation Mission-Driven, Student-Centered School Change focused on ways to effectively approach school change and engage students in the school-improvement process.
Art Department Chair Grier de Langley Torrence, P’21, P’23, MFA, had his artwork “Forevermore” featured in “Being Human,” a summer 2024 exhibition at the Painting Center in New York City. Another painting, “Hill-Stead,” joined the collection of the Farmington Historical Society. Last fall, his paintings were part of a one-person show that took place at the Kohn-Joseloff Gallery at Cheshire Academy in Cheshire, Connecticut.
