Ellis School

Also known as The Ellis School.
==Background==
* Private school in Pittsburgh.
* the region's only independent school for girls age 3 through grade 12.
==Links==
===Media===
* 'Harmless' prank a shock for school, Post-Gazette, January 09, 2007, by L.A. Johnson
** What looked like a garden-variety paper stapler delivered a bit of a jolt to an Ellis School staffer last week. The shot of current left the female staffer feeling a bit dizzy and lightheaded, says Dr. Mary Grant, head of The Ellis School.
==People==
===Leadership===
====Ellis School names head of trustees, August 30, 2010 ====
The Ellis School has named Timothy Parks, director of business development and marketing for the law firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, as president of its trustees.
"The board is focused on sustaining and enhancing its mission of academic excellence and providing our graduates with the wisdom and courage to lead in local and global communities. Ellis has weathered the difficult economic environment of the past several years, and is poised for a future of tremendous opportunity," said Timothy Parks.
The five new members are Doreen Boyce, past president of the Buhl Foundation; Sylvia Hill Fields, executive director of the Eden Hall Foundation; Blythe Lyons, a senior consultant with Energy Resources International, Inc.; M. Robert "Bob" Mistick, owner and president of Mistick Construction Co.; and Margot Pyle, a retired investment executive.
===Announced New Leader in December 2008===
:December 11, 2008, by Eleanor Chute, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The Ellis School selected A. Randol Benedict as the next head of school to replace Mary Grant. Mary Grant retired as head of the all-girls school at the end of the school year, June 2009.
Mrs. Benedict, 50, attended a girls school herself from grade 7 through high school and has served as director of admission and financial aid at that same school, Garrison Forest School in Owings Mills, Md., for 19 years. During her years in administration, enrollment grew from 480 to 700.
She previously worked in various admissions capacities at Georgetown University, where her duties included visiting Ellis and other schools to recruit students.
Search committee chair Ellen McLean said, "Randie Benedict will be a dynamic leader for Ellis' next chapter because of her passion for single-sex education and the strong leadership skills she will use to embody our mission of giving girls the wisdom and courage to lead."
Ellis had 486 students in preschool through 12th grade as of 2008.
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