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14 | September 20, 2018 | The lake forest leader School LakeForestLeader.com New head of school at LFCDS ready to take on new year Alyssa Groh, Editor The independent school system has always been part of Joy Hurd’s life, and when he was offered a position as the new head of school at Lake Forest Country Day School he could not turn it down. And with accepting a new job comes big change — new state, new house and new school. Making the decision to completely change his family’s life was easy for Hurd. “[The area and Lake Forest Country Day School] seemed to have a lot of the ingredients I was looking for, even in the early stages before I really got to know the school,” Hurd said. Hurd’s passion for teaching and being in an independent school setting, started when he was a high school student in his hometown outside of Cleveland. “I was really inspired by my high school teachers in every which way actually,” Hurd said. “I never would have considered becoming a teacher until I went to high school.” Hurd said his teachers in high school impacted him to pursue a career in education for a variety of reasons. “With my high school teachers it was so clear that they were so passionate about what they were doing, and it was almost a calling,” Hurd said. But his desire to follow their footsteps was deeper than noticing their passion. It was seeing his teachers be there as a mentor that made him want to be a mentor to other students in the future. After high school, Hurd went on to study at Harvard College, where he earned a degree in classics. His teaching career began at St. Peter’s in New York City where he taught Greek and Latin. A few years later he moved onto St. Bernard’s School in New York City, where he taught Latin, English and ancient history in addition being a secondary school advisor. It was during that time he developed a passion for advising and helping students with figuring out the next stage of their lives. “[Being a secondary school advisor] was a great step in my professional journey because it opened my gaze to the larger independent school world,” Hurd said. Going through the independent school world as a student, and now as an educator, Hurd valued what independent schools were able to do. “I think the way the independent schools can pursue their missions and define their own mission is really empowering,” Hurd said. “I think that working with a community that sets its course with core values in place is a really neat thing. What I think it enables to happen among independent schools, is they all sort of have different characters in very pronounced ways.” Hurd also noted that he most enjoyed getting to know families and students on a different level as an advisor and helping them find the best secondary school for their individual needs. While he earned his master’s degree in private school leadership from Teachers College at Columbia University, he served part-time at Riverdale Country School in New York as a Latin teacher and as assistant director of middle and upper school admissions. And then another opportunity came his way in 2014, and Hurd became the director of upper school at The Buckley School in New York City. While Hurd credits his time at Buckley as a “great professional step forward,” he began searching for more and came across Lake Forest Country Day School. A midwestern-man at heart, he was drawn to moving back to the Midwest as he and his wife have plans to start a family in the near future. He was looking for a place that would give him more space and more fresh air, while also having access to a large city, Lake Forest seemed like the perfect place. As the interview process began and he became more familiar with the school, he noted that his philosophy aligned with LFCDS. “When you first enter a search like this, you start to encounter the way a school talks about itself,” Hurd said. “And a lot of the language in Lake Forest Country Day School’s mission resonated with me.” What he loved most about the school’s mission, “Inspired teaching, academic rigor, attention to individual needs, a commitment to responsible citizenship—these principles infuse every aspect of life at Lake Forest Country Day School and define our dedication to producing students of strong character with a Joy Hurd (center), the new head of school at Lake Forest Country Day School, shows some school pride with students at the beginning of the 2018-19 school year. Photos submitted passion for learning,” was the key concepts that were right at the outset of the statement. The concepts most important to him when he was searching for a school, which also aligned with his philosophy, were inspired teaching, attention to individual needs, academic rigor and making every child feel known and loved. “Everything I had read about what 21st century education should have is already going on here,” Hurd said. “I was almost overwhelmed in a way.” Now that his first year as the new head of school at Lake Forest Country Day school is underway, Hurd said he plans to get to know the students, parents and faculty at LFCDS. “I am going to make it a very deliberate goal to be in the classrooms, at lunch and learn as much as I can about the magic that goes on here,” Hurd said. Joy Hurd began his new position as the head of school at Lake Forest Country Day School on July 1.
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