On July 1, Renee Charity Price will assume the position of Head of the Middle School at Princeton Day School.
Price is a graduate of Virginia’s preeminent independent school, St. Catherine’s School in Richmond, and of the University of Virginia, from which she was awarded a B.A. in English, African and African American Studies. She then earned a Master’s of Science degree in Elementary Education from the University of Pennsylvania. This May, Ms. Price will complete degree requirements for a Master’s of Arts in Educational Leadership from the Klingenstein Center, Teachers College, Columbia University.
Ms. Price began her teaching career in two Virginia public schools: William Fox Model Elementary School in Richmond; and Pole Green Elementary School in Mechanicsville. From 2004-2006, she taught drama and humanities at Maret School in Washington. Returning to her alma mater soon thereafter, Ms. Price has worked as a Middle School history teacher and social studies coordinator; K-12 history department chair, and adjunct in the offices of admissions, advancement, and diversity and inclusion. St. Catherine’s has recognized and honored her efforts with three of its highest faculty awards: the Abby Castle Kemper Master Teaching Chair in History, the Carole M. Weinstein Fund for Distinguished Teaching and the Thomas Prize for Outstanding New Faculty.
A scholar, author and speaker, Ms. Price has served as educational consultant to the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown; and with the trustees of the Church Schools in the Diocese of Virginia, the Girl Scouts of the Commonwealth of Virginia and the St. Catherine’s Board of Trustees and Parents’ Association Board. She has presented at the African American Women’s Language Conference at the University of Texas, the Center for the Study of the African Language at the University of Massachusetts and the People of Color Conference, sponsored by the National Association of Independent Schools. Currently on sabbatical from St. Catherine’s, Ms. Price is researching and writing the first volume of a two-volume history of the Church Schools of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia.
In his announcement, Head of School Paul Stellato said, “Even as this search has brought to us an outstanding new leader, so has it elevated and distinguished two others among us: Alesia Klein, who now guides our Middle School with passion and purpose; and Lisa Surace, who deftly chaired the search committee…During this Thanksgiving week, we have every reason to be both thankful and proud.”