初中校长
Welcome to Shady Side Academy初中 – a place where learning is active and all are loved.
Shady Side Academy是一个充满活力的学校, nurturing learning community that values intellectual curiosity, personal integrity and diverse perspectives. Through a robust program of academics, 艺术和体育, 十大正规网堵软件的 students are inspired to explore their passions, 来表达他们的独特性, and to become their absolute best by thinking expansively, 行为道德, 负责任的领导. Situated in the heart of Pittsburgh’s Point Breeze neighborhood on seven acres adjacent to Frick Park, 十大正规网堵软件的 初中 is perfectly positioned to help 十大正规网堵软件的 students explore and discover the wonders of the world around and within them.
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低年级校长
Dr. 詹妮弗Asmonga
Dr. 詹妮弗Asmonga became head of the lower schools at Shady Side Academy in 2021, overseeing both the Junior School and 乡村走读学校.
Dr. Asmonga has served as the head of Country Day School since 2018 and prior to that she spent a decade at the 初中, first as a kindergarten and fifth grade teacher and then as a full-time learning specialist. She also served as director of Camp Ren, SSA's middle school summer day camp, from 2009 to 2011. 在加入SSA之前，Dr. Asmonga was a special education teacher for grades 5-7 at Propel Mont十大正规网堵软件的 Charter School and a fifth grade teacher at the Urban League of Pittsburgh Charter School.
She holds a bachelor's degree in elementary and special education from Clarion University of Pennsylvania, a master's degree in social and comparative analysis in education from the University of Pittsburgh and a doctoral degree in educational leadership at Johns Hopkins University.