How can we prepare students for their future and not our past? At Presbyterian Day School, we're not just asking that question, we're working on answering it by leading the way with an innovative approach to elementary education.
What does the future of K-12 education look like? How can we prepare students for their future and not our past?
At Presbyterian Day School, we're not just asking that question, we're working on answering it by leading the way with an innovative approach to elementary education.
Our mission statement is the same as it was in 1949:
Presbyterian Day School strives to glorify God by developing boys in wisdom and stature and in favor with God and man
Our mission statement is the same as it was in 1949:
Presbyterian Day School strives to glorify God by developing boys in wisdom and stature and in favor with God and man
At Presbyterian Day School, we know how to teach boys, reach them, and channel their energies in positive and productive ways.
At Presbyterian Day School, we know how to teach boys, reach them, and channel their energies in positive and productive ways.
PDS is a school of tomorrow for the world of tomorrow. Our curriculum focuses on critical and creative thinking, connecting ideas and collaboration. It is both challenging and current...and engaging and exciting to boys.
PDS is a school of tomorrow for the world of tomorrow. Our curriculum focuses on critical and creative thinking, connecting ideas and collaboration. It is both challenging and current...and engaging and exciting to boys.
Whether they are learning to draw, play an instrument, or shoot a basketball, boys love the hands-on, active, creative approach that we offer at PDS.
Whether they are learning to draw, play an instrument, or shoot a basketball, boys love the hands-on, active, creative approach that we offer at PDS.
On August 27, 2019, Presbyterian Day School announced the beginning of a search for the next Head of School. Throughout this search process, our prayer as a Board has been for guidance from the Lord and for clear conviction regarding the best person for the job.
Today, I am delighted to announce Brad Sewell has agreed to become Presbyterian Day School’s next Head of School effective July 1, 2021. Brad was selected unanimously and with much enthusiasm by our Board of Trustees. Throughout the search process we are grateful for the input from parents, faculty, and the PDS Leadership Team, all of which aligned with a clear call for Brad to PDS.
Brad is currently the Head of School at Veritas Christian Academy, a K-8 school in Houston, Texas. He and his wife Janell are parents of two future PDS boys: Lewis (5th Grade) and Dominic (1st Grade). From his undergraduate studies at Southeastern College in Wake Forest, NC to a Master’s in Philosophy from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, Brad is a true academician, a lifelong learner, and an energetic educator.
Brad’s acceptance letter to the Board stated:
“We are beyond excited to move to Memphis, call it our new home, and begin building our life there within the PDS community and Memphis as a whole.
Through this entire process, as we have reflected and prayed, many strands of our life overlaid from so many past experiences that were brought to the present in Memphis. In the short time we were on campus, visiting with many of you, and spending time in the city, we were captivated with the PDS community, its people, and the city as a whole.
After walking the campus, meeting the faculty of PDS, the administrative team, staff, and Board of Trustees, it is clear why this school is a leader in independent education in Memphis and nationally.
Knowing that the elementary years are some of the most formative for the foundation of later success, none I have observed do so well in shaping boys to become men and carry such an edge in academics. We will continue to honor the past, look to the future, and live out the PDS mission. I am excited about the challenges ahead of us, optimistic about our bright future, and above all, ready to begin forming lasting relationships with each boy at PDS.”
Special thanks to Search Chairman Michael Stockburger, the Search Committee (Earl Houston, Michael Davis, Hunter Witherington, Susan Patterson, and David Work), and the Board of Trustees for the countless hours dedicated to the search and to PDS.
Thank you for your continued prayers for PDS, for its future headmaster, and for the future of our school.
On behalf of the PDS Board of Trustees,
John D. Alexander
Chairman
Presbyterian Day School (PDS) is a private, Christian preschool and elementary school serving 500 boys from 2-years-old through 6th grade.
With our mission of striving to glorify God by developing boys in wisdom and stature and favor with God and man, we take a holistic approach to education, nurturing the heart, soul, mind, and body of each boy.