School Stories
Read the latest goings-on at NAES member schools, or submit a story from your own school!
Webinar Recording: The COVID Vaccine Conundrum—To Require or Recommend
Members can watch this featured recording. This webinar was presented by Burtch Law PLLC, an NAES Corporate Subscriber.
Resources for Racial Justice
View resources compiled by NAES for use in Episcopal schools that address topics such as racial justice, racism, and racial identity.
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The National Association of Episcopal Schools (NAES) is pleased to welcome the Rev. David A. Madison, D.Min. to the NAES staff as Executive Director-Elect.
The Annual Fund provides support for the NAES’s annual operations, with 10% of the annual goal set aside for distribution to member schools and schools organizations in the form of Outreach Fund Grants.
At its April 2021 meeting, the NAES Governing Board approved the dues schedule for the 2021-2022 membership year.
The National Association of Episcopal Schools (NAES) is pleased to announce the appointment Paul A. Barton and Cynthia Gibbs-Wilborn to the Governing Board. Barton serves as Head of School at Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School in Atlanta, GA; Gibbs-Wilborn is Head of School at Beauvoir, The National Cathedral Elementary School in Washington, DC. NAES looks forward to the added perspectics and wealth of experience that both new members bring to the board.
This week, NAES paid tribute to outgoing Associate Director, Ann Mellow, who is retiring after decades of faithful service to NAES and Episcopal & independent schools. The recording of this event is available here.
On December 21, 2020, Congress authorized two major pieces of federal legislation to provide financial assistance to small business and to schools. The EEOC has also issued guidelines on the topic of vaccine requirements.
Our process is democratic, yes, but it is also built on some fundamental principles: we care for our neighbors as ourselves. We accept outcomes we may not like. We live to struggle another day. We are gracious in victory and magnanimous in defeat. But that is not what we are seeing today.
The National Association of Episcopal Schools (NAES) has announced the Rev. David A. Madison, D.Min. as the next Executive Director of the association. Fr. Madison is currently the Executive Director of the Southwestern Association of Episcopal Schools (SAES) where he has served since 2015.
August and September 2020 saw an unprecedented spike in natural disasters. As much of the western continental United States was ablaze, a series of powerful hurricanes devastated the south east, heavily impacting Louisiana and its Gulf Coast neighbors.
Upcoming Events
Weekly Meditation
A regular, Monday-morning email message from the Rev. Daniel R. Heischman, our executive director, to NAES member heads, rectors, and chaplains.
The Commons: Our Blog
Timely, sometimes tough, questions and insights from NAES and Episcopal school leaders on leadership, governance, Episcopal identity, community life, and other issues.
Excellence depends upon association. No important enterprise can flourish without the strength that comes from moral support, from the exchange of ideas, from mutual encouragement and criticism.
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Who We Are
The National Association of Episcopal Schools (NAES) is an independent, 501(c)(3), voluntary membership organization that supports, serves, and advocates for the vital work and ministry of nearly 1,200 Episcopal schools, early childhood education programs, and school establishment efforts throughout The Episcopal Church.
Chartered in 1965, with historic roots dating to the 1930s, NAES is the only pre-collegiate educational association that is both national in scope and Episcopal in character.
NAES advances Episcopal education and strengthens Episcopal schools through essential services, resources, conferences, and networking opportunities on Episcopal school identity, leadership, and governance, and on the spiritual and professional development of school leaders.