Overlake’s Cycles of Change

It’s been long known that school years run on a predictable cycle — the school day starts and ends at a certain time, classes run off a predictable schedule, and the school year begins and ends much like the previous year with all the natural ebbs and flows of student events and milestones along the way.

And for the past 11 school years Overlake’s Head of School Matt Horvat has led each cycle. Earlier this year he announced his plans to become Head of School at the American School in London for the 2023–24 school year, setting off a nationwide search for a new Head of School. Because the Board of Trustees wanted to ensure they had the most robust pool of candidates, they didn’t rush the search and instead focused on bringing in an Interim Head of School for this coming school cycle, with the permanent HoS starting in the 2024–25 school year.

As luck would have it, the Board found talented individuals for both positions. Please welcome Eric Temple and Gretchen Warner to our Owl community. In the following pages we honor Matt for his tenure, get to know Eric a bit more before he joins us for the 2023–24 school year, and we introduce you to Gretchen who will take the lead for the 2024–25 school year cycle and many more after that.