As a headmaster, Alexander Harvey IV is tireless—literally, it seems sometimes. The man has certainly accomplished much in what is a relatively brief period of time. For example, Denver’s Graland Country Day School owes him a debt of gratitude for digging them out of a financial jam; upon arriving at the school—financially...
The career of Alexander Harvey IV, as a country day school administrator, has taken him to a handful of different institutions around the country, and at each one he has displayed a unique set of gifts, ultimately bringing to each school exactly what it seemed to need at the time. Thus, there is much that can be said about the work he did...
To put it mildly—and perhaps to state the obvious—country day school education is not the same as public education—not by any stretch. The educational values, and even the underlying philosophy, are markedly different. And of course, there are practical and economic distinctions; a country day school does not receive government...
Everyone has to start somewhere. You don’t get to be a professional athlete until you’ve mastered the sport on a lower level, and you don’t get to be a global rock star until you’ve played a few local clubs. Similarly, Alexander Harvey IV was not always a headmaster. His career as a school administrator had to start somewhere,...
There are awards for educators—not just local awards, but full-on, national-level awards. Teachers and administrators from across the nation are honored. Some of these awards are so high-end that the educators honored end up shaking hands with the President himself, and the level of acclaim that comes with these awards is far from insignificant. In spite of all of this, though, it still seems like our educators are undervalued. Really, in the long run, what’s an award, or even a handshake from the President, when compared to an entire life given in service to our young people, and indeed, to the future of the world itself?
Anyone who has ever taught, or even known a teacher, knows that this is hardly an exaggeration. Education is critically important; it is also extremely difficult. And most of our educators work in relative obscurity, including men like Alexander Harvey IV, headmaster of a number of country day schools around the nation, and, by extension, a man who has made a huge, positive difference in the lives of young people all over America.
Alexander Harvey IV has a resume that speaks for itself—and what it speaks to is a man who has taken his considerable gifts as a school administrator to educational facilities around the country, where he has seemed to provide each school with just the kind of leadership it needed at the time. Alexander Harvey IV has administered schools in North Carolina, Colorado, and Virginia, and he has also proven himself to be a peerless coach and fundraiser.
To boot: Alexander Harvey IV is a dedicated family man and also a tireless advocate for the country day school educational model. In other words, he is a man who gives freely of himself to all those around him, and he does so out of a genuine interest in seeing his community—his world—prosper. He is just the sort of educator who deserves accolades and acclaim in large measure, and for whom the concept of educational awards seems to have been invented. Learn more about Alexander Harvey IV’s singular career and find out why he is held in such high esteem by so many teachers and former students around the nation.
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