Melissa Grubb Named Head of School

Melissa Grubb Named New Head Of School

After a nationwide

search, the Board of Trustees named Melissa Grubb as St. Andrew’s new Head of School in October. She was hired initially as Interim Head after the departure of Sean Murphy, who faithfully served as St. Andrew’s Head for eight years.

Melissa comes to St. Andrew’s from The Stanley Clark School in South Bend, Indiana, where she served as Head of School for eleven years. Prior to The Stanley Clark School, she spent more than twenty years at the Oakridge School in Arlington, TX.

A native Texan, Melissa has a wealth of independent school experience. In her educational tenure, she has been a classroom teacher and department chair (English and Spanish), Assistant Head of Middle School, Head of Middle School, Interim Head of Upper School, Director of Studies and Head of School. She also has experience as an Interim Director of Admissions and of Facilities Management and is very involved with ISACS (Independent Schools Association of the Central States), which will be tremendously helpful to St. Andrew’s during our upcoming year of selfstudy for our dual accreditation with the Independent Schools Association of the Southwest (ISAS) and the Southwest Association of Episcopal Schools (SAES).

Melissa is a community-builder, servant leader and strategic thinker who also deeply appreciates our

Melissa, her husband Tom, and their beloved Newfoundland, Bubba.

school’s commitment to Episcopal Identity. She has been married for 30 years to husband Thomas Grubb and and they have one son, Christopher. Christopher and his wife, Dr. Neda Bionghi, are both finishing their residencies at New York Presbyterian and they will both begin fellowships at UT Southwestern in Dallas in July - Neda in pulmonology critical care and Christopher in cardiology. Christopher and Neda are expecting their first baby in March. students reach their full potential is central to Melissa’s focus as a Head of School. Melissa believes in balancing high academic expectations with spiritual growth, creativity in the arts and improving physical well-being, teamwork and athletic competition. She embodies our core values of community, spiritual foundation, high expectations and caring, celebration and humor. St. Andrew’s is wellpoised to accomplish great things in the years ahead under Melissa’s leadership.