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校长 朱莉安娜朋地

朱莉安娜朋地 grew up in Yonkers, 纽约, 和 is the gr和daughter of musician Tito Puente. She shares with him a love of music, playing both the drums 和 guitar. She is also an athlete who has 教练ed school teams throughout her career in education. She cherishes afternoons at a field, 健身房, 池, track, 或法院, watching her students compete, 和 appreciates the power that team sports can have in shaping ethical 和 courageous young people as well as developing deep friendships.

Julianne graduated from the Hackley School in Tarrytown, 纽约, 和 credits much of her success as an educator to her relationships with the faculty at Hackley. At Cornell University, she received her bachelor of science degree from the School of Industrial 和 Labor Relations, before returning to Hackley, where her former teachers enthusiastically welcomed her. She remained at Hackley School for 14 years in a variety of roles: kindergarten intern, 历史老师, associate director of admissions, college counselor, 迪安, 教练, 和, 最后, director of middle school student life. While working at Hackley, Julianne earned her master’s degree in American Studies from Columbia University.

In 2009, she was recruited by a colleague to work at a new school in Madaba-Manja, 约旦, known as the King’s Academy. Unintimidated by a challenge 和 a dramatic change of culture 和 eager for a new opportunity, Julianne took the position as deputy headmaster 和 迪安 of students at King’s. From writing h和books 和 developing curriculum to establishing a shared culture among students from dramatically different backgrounds, she helped create a world-class school in the desert that serves children of royalty alongside those receiving financial assistance.

Impact on Albuquerque Academy

Julianne took on the role of head of school at Albuquerque Academy in July 2020 和 immediately set to work on adapting the Academy educational experience to fit the requirements of COVID-19 restrictions. For the 2020-21 school year, the Academy switched from a quarter/semester system to trimesters, 和 students took just two classes per semester, limiting contacts when school was in person 和 reducing the chaos of a busy schedule when classes were online. She also immediately began creating optional, in-person extracurricular offerings.

In the years since, she has brought about a number of initiatives that will help the Academy embrace the future of education.

• Introduced new daily schedule (classes meet every other day – more time for projects, 实验室, deep discussion; better-paced homework)
• Changed graduation requirements to provide more flexibility so students have the ability to dive deeply into their passions
• Has overseen the creation of dozens of new course options
• With the Board of Trustees, school leadership, 和 input from all community members, created a 战略计划 to take the school into 2025
• Is a member of a group of leaders from independent secondary schools across the U.S. developing a written framework to help secondary schools support academic inquiry, 表达式, 和 viewpoint diversity in light of rising levels of partisan rancor 和 national polarization (了解更多)