Message from the Interim Head of School

AS WE BEGIN the 2024–25 school year, I want to extend my gratitude to the entire Charlotte Country Day School community for your trust and support. Despite the unanticipated challenges we faced last school year, I can assure you that the Board of Trustees, the Leadership Team, the faculty and staff, and I, remain committed to serving our mission in the year ahead and providing our students with an excellent educational experience.

We ended last school year on a high note with the exciting news that Dr. Tara Christie Kinsey will lead us beginning July 1, 2025. You can read more about Tara in the Board Chair message from Bill Zimmern ’95 on page 14. In the year ahead, my goal will be to keep the school operating smoothly so that Tara can hit the ground running in July. I look forward to working closely with Tara to make her transition to the Country Day community as seamless as possible.

She will be joining a school community that is welcoming, dynamic, committed to excellence, and grounded in the strength of our past, as well as the promise of our future. Throughout this publication you can read highlights from the previous school year that speak to the strength of Country Day and its community. For instance, the Class of 2024 received nearly $11.9 million in scholarship offers, the Girls’ Track and Field team brought home the North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic Association (NCISAA) State Championship trophy for the second year in a row, and our Upper School theatre program was once again recognized with numerous Blumey nominations.

This issue also celebrates the history of our athletics program through the revival of the Athletics Hall of Honor, as well as the value and impact coaches play in the lives of our students and alumni. As we look toward the future, we introduce and welcome a new Head of Upper School, Nidhi McVicar. And the Strategic Planning Task Force concluded a productive year by sharing a framework of broad, guiding strategic goals.

I hope you enjoy this issue of Perspectives and feel the same pride that I do in all that Country Day represents. I remain deeply humbled and honored to serve as interim head of school. I have always been, and will continue to be, committed to giving my very best to help make Country Day the best it can be.

Respectfully,

David Mancos Interim Head of School and Chief Financial Officer