ST. ANDREW'S, THE HOME OF

St. Andrew’s School inspires young people age 3 through grade 12 to go beyond each day in the classroom, on the playing field, and in the spot light. We offer rigorous academics, amazing arts, and exciting athletics along with a commitment to community engagement. The best way to learn more about St. Andrew’s is to visit campus and see for yourself why we were voted the Best Private School in the area. Download our 5 year Strategic Plan.

SCOTTISH HERITAGE

In 1974, the governing board of Independent Presbyterian Church saw a need for another quality college preparatory school in Savannah. A site was secured on Wilmington Island. The church relinquished ownership of the school so that it could become an independent, nonprofit institution. However, the newly formed board of trustees held dear the traditional Scottish values of community, hard work and high standards.

SCOTTISH CLANS AND SCOTTISH GAMES

One important part of being in a clan is taking part in our annual Scottish Games day, where clans compete in a variety of events. Striving to win the coveted first place award is a thrill and honor that every member, young, old and in-between can take part in, aspire to and celebrate. Within the clans, we pair our older students with our youngest, so our lower school students have a buddy during Scottish games day and other planned events during the school year when the partners interact and share experiences. Our youngest students look up to their “grown up” counterparts, and our upper school students are true role models to the little ones. Games include the sheaf toss, caber toss, tug-of-war and other physical activities.

Every member of the St. Andrew’s community becomes part of a Scottish Clan upon arrival. These six clans provide a large, extended family with a common bond. Each group, identified by their name and tartan, has a distinguished history.

Clan CHISHOLM

originated outside Scotland. Early records show the name is written as “de Chesholme” and was chartered in Scotland in 1248.

Clan CAMPBELL

is historically one of the largest and most powerful of the Highland clans. The earliest Campbell is believed to be Gilleasbaig of Menstrie in the 1260’s.

Clan MACDONALD

is one of the largest clans with numerous branches. Chartered in 1250, MacDonald is allies with Clans Cameron and Stewart.

Clan MACDUFF

is the premier clan among Scottish Gaels. It is the first clan to be recognized by the ScottishParliament.

Clan MACPHERSON

comes from the Gaelic Mac a’ Phearson meaning ‘Son of the Parson’. Their most common tartans are red, hunting and dress.

Clan STEWART

is a Highland Scottish clan. Their crest features a pelican feeding her young. The Stewart tartan is the official tartan for the Royal House of Scotland.

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The Highlander is St. Andrew’s quarterly publication.

 

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Who to Contact

Lower School                Anne Weisel • weisela@saslions.com

Middle School              Jesse Lazzuri • lazzurij@saslions.com

Upper School                Ryan Martin • martinr@saslions.com

Varsity Athletic Events                   Jeff Gonzalez • gonzalezj@saslions.com

MS Athletic Events                         Trey Gross • grosst@saslions.com

Bus Schedules/Transportation    Sheila Duncan • duncans@saslions.com

Calendar/School Events.              Amanda Groves • grovesa@saslions.com

Facilities                                          Jeff Gonzalez • gonzalezj@saslions.com

College Counseling                                               Wendy Sutton • suttonw@saslions.com

Counselor                                                               Elizabeth Bush • bushe@saslions.com

Equity & Inclusion                                                 Mel Abrams • abramsm@saslions.com

International Baccalaureate Programme         Tiffany Phillips • phillipst@saslions.com

International Student Programs                         Nick Broom • broomn@saslions.com

Student Records                                                    Amanda Groves • grovesa@saslions.com

Nurse                                                                       Dee Gattis • gattisd@saslions.com

Technology                                                             Ian Sprague • techsupport@saslions.com

Alumni News                         Scott Searcy • searcys@saslions.com

Public & Media Relations   Scott Searcy • searcys@saslions.com

Gifts In Kind                          Scott Searcy • searcys@saslions.com

Website                                  Maria Dixon • dixonm@saslions.com

Athletic Booster Club                                         boosterclub@saslions.com

US Athletics                         Jeff Gonzalez • gonzalesj@saslions.com

MS Athletics                        Trey Gross • grosst@saslions.com

STARS Booster Club                                        stars@saslions.com

Fine Arts/Productions        Marie Arntsen • arntsenm@saslions.com

Admissions                                     Dave Hanak • hanakd@saslions.com

After-School Supervision            Christine Sapp • sappc@saslions.com

Family Information Updates        Windee Helle • hellew@saslions.com

Food Services Sage Dining                             • anthompson@sagedining.com

In/Out Mail Amanda Groves                               • grovesa@saslions.com

School Directory                          Windee Helle • hellew@saslions.com

Tuition & Student Billing             Dee Demasi • demasid@saslions.com

Mission & History

Our Mission: St. Andrew’s, an independent college preparatory school dedicated to personalized student development, strives to develop engaged, well-rounded individuals by inspiring a passion for knowledge, a commitment to personal integrity and a deepened social consciousness within a supportive educational community.

St. Andrew’s traces its beginning to 1947 when Independent Presbyterian Church opened a kindergarten for four and five year olds. Over the years other grades were added and in 1978 the first and only class graduated from Independent Presbyterian Day School. St. Andrew’s considers the ten members of this class to be its first alumni.

During the 70’s, the church’s governing body had determined that the city was in need of another quality college preparatory school. Business leaders and parents worked together to secure a site for a new campus and to raise money for the buildings. It was decided that the school should be named St. Andrew’s on the Marsh to reflect a Scottish heritage and the island setting. The church agreed to relinquish the school so that it could become an independent, nonprofit institution governed by a board of trustees.

From its inception, St. Andrew’s has been a family oriented institution. In November of 1978, when the time came to move from the downtown location to Bell Hall and Compton Center on the new campus, students, faculty, parents and administrators did the actual moving. By 1986, the third building on campus, Skinner Hall, was opened following a successful capital campaign.

In 2002 the school purchased the adjoining property on the north side of Betz Creek, which had been the Islands YMCA. Following year-long renovations to the building, the doors opened on a brand new Early Childhood Center.  And soon after, a first-class athletic field house complete with additional classroom space, was added to the school’s footprint.

Despite expanding facilities, programs, and technology, the fundamental principles of the school have remained unchanged. Our lower school inspires passionate learners, the middle school provides unique and diverse opportunities for all students, and the St. Andrew’s upper school encourages students to explore their interests and talents.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

St. Andrew’s is committed to growing an environment that values diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB). This work aligns with and is directly in service to our mission as a school, striving to develop engaged, well-rounded individuals by inspiring a passion for knowledge, a commitment to personal integrity, and a deepened social consciousness within a supportive educational community. We work to examine, consider, and respect all perspectives during the development of academic and extracurricular school programming by embracing differences in race, ethnicity, socio-economic status, religion, gender, and sexual identity. We work to inspire deeper and more comprehensive conversations within the community with the goal of true appreciation of our diverse school body. Our work aims to foster an inclusive environment based on respect, tolerance of differences, and multiculturalism.

Work in this area in recent years includes:
• The creation of a dedicated position to help inform, direct, and lead this work
• Ongoing support, sponsorship, and hosting of Horizons Savannah
• A three year partnership with RIISE, an organization that works in consult with the school to support our current and prospective families of color, inform our efforts and work with and in support of them, and provide ongoing professional education
• Anti-bias training with the ADL for all faculty and staff, the board, students grades 3-12, and investment in their anti-bias curriculum resources for use in classrooms and advisory
• The meeting of a Faculty and Staff PLC devoted to Diversity & Inclusion for the 2017-18 and 2018-19 school years
• Formation of a Parent Diversity Council to bring together parents and stakeholders to help inform the vision, direction, and steps in our DEIB efforts and create collective ownership in it
• Parent Diversity Council sponsored book study with The Blind Spot, exploring implicit biases and how to become more aware of them in ourselves
• Attendance at and participation in the NAIS People of Color Conference in 2018 and 2019
• Co-founding of the Lowcountry Student Diversity Conference with SCDS in which 13 of our Upper School students, adult allies from the school and Parent Diversity Council, and 7 other schools came together to discuss ways to lead and make progress on creating more equitable and inclusive communities
This resulted in the formation of the Upper School student led club dedicated to DEIB work

Director of Equity & Inclusion

Head of School    Dr. Kelley Waldron — waldronk@saslions.com

Head of Lower School    Anne Weisel — weisela@saslions.com

Head of Middle School    Jesse Lazzuri —  lazzurij@saslions.com

Assistant Head of School | Head of Upper School     Ryan Martin —  martinr@saslions.com

Director of Athletics     Jeff Gonzalez —  gonzalezj@saslions.com

Director of Enrollment     Dave Hanak —  hanakd@saslions.com

Director of Development  Scott Searcy —  searcys@saslions.com

Director of College Counseling     Wendy Sutton —  suttonw@saslions.com

Director of Public Relations     Scott Searcy —  searcys@saslions.com

Director of Safety & Facilities     Jeff Gonzalez — gonzalezj@saslions.com

Director of Technology     Ian Sprague —  spraguei@saslions.com

US Dean of Students     Mel Abrams —abramsm@saslions.com

Business Office Management     Chris Roulo —  rouloc@saslions.com

MS Dean of Students     Kevin Prisant —  prisantk@saslions.com


 

Board of Trustees

Election to the board of trustees carries with it a responsibility of stewardship. By definition, trustees are the custodians of the school: They hold “in trust” the mission and the school’s reputation. Current trustees accept the obligation to not only preserve, but to also add to the enterprise. In purview, trustees, even those who currently have children in the school, have responsibility to create “their children’s children’s school.” The work of trustees begins with fiduciary expectations of duty (due diligence on financials), care (executing decision by the standard of a “prudent” person), and obedience (to laws and bylaws). Beyond these duties, the work of trustees focuses exclusively on policies and strategies that are future-focused, and not on daily operations, which are delegated to the head of school. Trustees are called upon to contribute their time, thought, and energy, as well as financial resources, to support the viability and growth of the school.

Carrie Stillwagon, Chair

Laura Solomon, Vice Chair

Misty Thompson, Treasurer

Aamer Abbasi, Secretary

Dr. Amber Aragon

Shay Bowen

Davy Clay ’04

Ross Glendye ’06

Amanda Hurtig

Stephen Jackson

Ben Jones

Roderick Lofton

Dave Mandel

Elyssa Minton

Justin Rychak

Aaron Tillinger

Derek Zimmerman

Our Students

525 Students in Early Childhood through Grade 12
54 Full-Time Teaching Faculty
10% Upper School Identifies as Foreign Nationals
10% Students of Color (Us Citizen / Permanent Resident)
30% Student Body Receives Financial Aid
100% Graduating Seniors Attend College
9 Students to Every Teaching Faculty Member

Facilities

22 Acre Campus
5 School Buildings
45 Classrooms and Labs
100% Campus Wired for Wifi
1:1 Ratio of iPads/MacBook Airs to Students
4 Outdoor Classroom Spaces
14 Community Garden Boxes
2 Gymnasiums
2 Grass Athletic Playing Fields
3 Baseball Fields
2 Bridges Over Betz Creek Marsh Ecosystem

Academics & Activities

14 Average Upper School Class Size
68% Faculty with Higher-Education Degrees
35 IB Diploma Programme Courses Offered
3 World Language Offerings
16 Varsity Sports Offered
20+ Extra-Curricular Club Offerings

Apple Distinguished School

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STEM School Recognition

STEM Education and Leadership is to prepare 21st Century K-12 STEM educators and leaders to teach and disseminate new integrated approaches to STEM teaching and learning to benefit students.

Washington Post Most Challenging High School

America’s Most Challenging High Schools ranks schools through an index invented by Washington Post education columnist Jay Mathews

Now Hiring

Lower School Teacher | Grades 1 – 4
 
The Lower School at St. Andrew’s is looking proactively at SY24/25 and welcomes applications from teaching professionals interested in learning more about teaching in our dynamic learning environment.  Individuals with an understanding of, and a passion for, instructional practices based in application, differentiation, outdoor learning, and/or PBL will make strong candidates and are encouraged to reach out to Anne Weisel, Head of Lower School at weisela@saslions.com
 

Middle School History Teacher Full-time

To apply, please send a letter of interest and resume to Jesse Lazzuri, Head of Middle School, at lazzurij@saslions.com .  If asked to interview for the position, we will also ask for 3-5 professional references.

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Lower School Teaching Professionals
 
The Lower School at St. Andrew’s is looking proactively at SY24/25 and welcomes applications from teaching professionals interested in learning more about teaching in our dynamic learning environment.  Individuals with an understanding of, and a passion for, instructional practices based in application, differentiation, outdoor learning, and/or PBL will make strong candidates and are encouraged to reach out to Anne Weisel, Head of Lower School at weisela@saslions.com

LS Instructional Assistant Full-time

To apply, please send a letter of interest and resume to Anne Weisel, Head of Lower School, at weisela@saslions.com .  If asked to interview for the position, we will also ask for 3-5 professional references.

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Math Tutor Part-time

To apply, please send a letter of interest and resume to Tricia Sherman, US/MS Learning Resource Center Coordinator, at shermant@saslions.com .  If asked to interview for the position, we will also ask for 3-5 professional references.

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MS/US Tutor Part-time

To apply, please send a letter of interest and resume to Tricia Sherman, US/MS Learning Resource Center Coordinator, at shermant@saslions.com .  If asked to interview for the position, we will also ask for 3-5 professional references.

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Reading Tutor Part-time

To apply, please send a letter of interest and resume to Tricia Sherman, US/MS Learning Resource Center Coordinator, at shermant@saslions.com .  If asked to interview for the position, we will also ask for 3-5 professional references.

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Bus Driver  Part-time or Full-time

To apply, please send a letter of interest and resume to Chris Roulo, Business Manager at rouloc@saslions.com .  If asked to interview for the position, we will also ask for 3-5 professional references.

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Aftercare Program Counselor Grades Pre-K3 – 6

To apply, please send a letter of interest and resume to Bethany Lonce, Director of Auxiliary, at lonceb@saslions.com .  If asked to interview for the position, we will also ask for 3-5 professional references.

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Sumer Camp Counseling Full-time

To apply, please send a letter of interest and resume to Bethany Lonce, Director of Auxiliary, at lonceb@saslions.com .  If asked to interview for the position, we will also ask for 3-5 professional references.

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Substitute Teachers

The school maintains a list of available substitute teachers. Teaching experience, college degree, and/or certification is desirable. Interested applicants should send a resume and cover letter to Ms. Christine Sapp at sappc@saslions.com for review.

St. Andrew’s School believes that each individual is entitled to equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or veteran status. The school’s equal employment opportunity practices extend to recruitment, hiring, selection, compensation, benefits, transfer, promotion, training, discipline, and all other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment.