• Cissy Lewis

    Longtime Northern California Educational Leader

  • About Cissy Lewis

    Academic administrator Cissy Lewis most recently served as the assistant head of school and interim head of school at Castilleja School in Palo Alto, California. In her leadership role with the school, she oversaw all academic operations and spearheaded the curricular review process. In addition to recruiting and hiring new faculty members, Cissy Lewis implemented a faculty evaluation system and organized professional development opportunities.

    Cissy Lewis had previously spent time as assistant head of school at the Baylor School in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where she helped the school transition from all-boys education to coeducation. She holds a master's of education degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a master's of arts in English from the Bread Loaf School of English at Middlebury College. She also received bachelor’s degrees in biology and English from Sewanee: The University of the South.

    A longtime yoga practitioner, Lanalee "Cissy" Lewis leads a monthly book club for adults and is currently developing leadership seminars using literature as an instructional tool.

  • Education

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    Sewanee-The University of the South

    Bachelor's degree

    English and Biology
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    Middlebury College

    MA

    English Language and Literature
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    Harvard University Graduate School of Education

    Master's degree

    Educational Leadership and Administration
  • The Blog

    My thoughts, musings, and ruminations.

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    I love the last lines of this poem that remind us that we can fall at any time, but that that...
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