Greenwich's Whitby School Names New Head Of School

GREENWICH, CT — Jason Anklowitz, most recently the Associate Head of Carlthorp School on the West Coast, has been named the next Head of School for the Whitby School in Greenwich, the school's Board of Trustees announced Tuesday. This appointment takes effect July 1, 2018, and is the result of a comprehensive international search in which Anklowitz "clearly distinguished himself from an extensive pool of highly qualified and impressive candidates."

He brings with him more than 15 years of teaching and educational leadership, most recently at Carlthorp School, an independent K-6 school in Santa Monica, California.

"Jason’s dedication to and expertise with both school leadership and student learning are qualities that the Board of Trustees felt were essential in our next Head of School," said Patricia Franklin, Chair of the Board of Trustees, in a statement. "We are confident that Whitby will continue to thrive under his leadership for many years to come. We look forward to welcoming Jason, his wife Kate, and their son Charles to Whitby this summer."

Prior to his role at Carlthorp, Anklowitz spent five years as Head of School for the International School of Trieste, and previously held teaching positions in schools throughout Madrid, Washington, D.C., and Boston. He has an MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management, Master of Education from Harvard University, and a Bachelor of Arts with a focus in History from George Washington University.

"It is both exhilarating and an incredible honor to join a school community dedicated to intellectual curiosity, integrity and inclusion," said Anklowitz in a statement. "As career educators, my wife Kate and I also feel tremendously fortunate for the opportunity to provide our son Charles the experience to learn and to grow in an environment as robust as the one Whitby fosters with a uniquely innovative blend of the Montessori approach and the International Baccalaureate program. Throughout our family's recent visit to campus, Kate and I were welcomed with the type of warmth that made us feel exactly at home and we look forward to being part of the school's next 60 years."

Whitby's Head of School Search Committee worked throughout the spring and summer alongside Bob Fricker of Carney, Sandoe & Associates to conduct an extensive, international outreach for qualified candidates. From the pool of candidates, the Search Committee unanimously agreed on three finalists, each of whom had a two-day campus visit with the Whitby community.

Photo 1: Jason Anklowitz via the Whitby School. Photo 2: Jason and his family. Photo credit: Kimberly Lurie