Finally, a Finalist!

The blog has been silent for nearly a week--great way to lose all of the readership--but this was because there were a variety of discussions and meetings going involving the search process. We simply had to keep them confidential.

But now we have some very big news:

On February 17, 2009, Kadima Hebrew Academy and Kadima Heschel West Middle School will be welcoming a Head of School Finalist Candidate for an all day visit at the school. The candidate will be meeting all of our stakeholders, including the administration, the faculty, Board, Search Committee and parents. This is an exciting step of the search process; Finalist Day provides both the candidate and the school with an opportunity to get to know each other before the Search Committee makes its final selection of a new Head of School.

As we have stated from the beginning of the search process, we want our parents to have an opportunity to participate in the search process. To that end, from 7:45 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. on February 17, parents will have the opportunity to meet the Finalist candidate, learn about the candidate, and ask the candidate questions. In addition, at the conclusion of the meeting, parents will be given the opportunity to complete a survey form to provide your opinion and comments to the Search Committee.

We will be providing parents with additional information about the meeting and about the candidate as we get closer to February 17. In order to participate in the meeting, however, parents need to RSVP to the Kadima office at 818.346.0849 or email sera@kadimaacademy.org and indicate that they will be attending.

The Search Committee looks forward to receiving your input during this important process.

This is really an important day for the school, for the candidate, and for everyone associated with the process.

We'll provide further details about the candidate, soon.

For now, enjoy Shabbat.