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Touchstone Community School is delighted to announce that it has
hired Donald H. Grace to be its next head of school, beginning July 1,
2008. Don will succeed Steve Danenberg, who plans to retire in
June after three years as head.
Don currently serves as head of school at The Park
School of Buffalo in Snyder, NY, a Pre-K-through-12 progressive day school. He has
a total of 35 years of experience in a variety of schools including leading
the Hammonasset School in Madison, CT, the Glen Urquhart School in
Beverly Farms, MA, McLean School of Maryland in Potomac, MD, and Chapel
Hill-Chauncy Hall School in Waltham, MA.
Don holds a B.A. from Harvard College, an M.A.T. from
the Harvard Graduate School of Education, a C.A.S. from Fairfield University
and has undertaken graduate work in early childhood education at
Wheelock College.
Susan E.W. Spencer, chair of Touchstone's Board of Trustees,
said in a recent letter to parents, "Don received universally
positive feedback from all with whom he met at Touchstone, including parents, faculty, administrative staff, students, trustees, and members of the
Search Committee. The Transition Committee and trustees found Don's 25
years of experience leading progressive schools of various sizes, his
work with Mel Levine and the All Kinds of Minds national institute, and his
publications, including articles in Independent School Magazine, to be an
ideal match for Touchstone."
Don and his wife Catherine O'Neill Grace, an author and
editor, plan to relocate to the Grafton area during the summer. Among other
titles, Catherine has published two children's books with Plimoth
Plantation. Don grew up in Athol, and is excited about returning to
Central Massachusetts.
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