Head of School Search
New Head of School Announcement
October 24, 2024
Dear Sage School Community,
On behalf of the Board of Trustees and the Head of School Search Committee, I am excited to announce that Scott Mattoon has been unanimously selected as Sage’s next Head of School beginning in July 2025.
Scott’s appointment follows an extensive nationwide search that drew a pool of many impressive candidates. After Marie’s announcement that she would be departing Sage in June 2025, the Board formed a Head of School Search Committee consisting of nine current and past parents, faculty, staff and trustees. The Committee conducted extensive interviews and gathered feedback from faculty, parents, students, staff and references. Following on-campus finalist interviews, the Committee recommended that the Board vote to approve Scott as Sage’s next head, which it did unanimously at its meeting on October 8th.
The search committee agreed that Scott embodies Sage’s core values, and is the right person to support our faculty/staff, uplift our beloved students, and work to implement the long-term vision of the school.
Scott holds a B.A. from Trinity College and an M.A. from UCLA. In 29 years at independent schools, Scott spent most of the last decade as an administrator and Head of a greater Boston PreK-12 school (Maimonides in Brookline). Currently Assistant Head of School and Academic Dean at The College Preparatory School in the San Francisco Bay Area, he has taken a path through independent schools across diverse types and locations, including St. Mark’s (K-12 Dallas), Webb (California), Collegiate (K-12 NYC), and Choate Rosemary Hall (Connecticut), and he has served as a teacher of languages (French, Spanish) and English, advisor, dorm parent, coach, and administrator. Building on that dynamic path, Scott looks forward to an exciting next chapter at Sage as he returns to greater Boston, an area his family has called home for over a decade after living in Connecticut, Oregon, and California.
Scott is looking forward to joining the Sage Community:
“I am thrilled and humbled by this opportunity to lead the Sage community. The warm and dynamic people I met reflected the school’s clear sense of purpose. As Sage continues to build from strength to strength, I am excited to engage with colleagues and families in the inspiring task of lifting up exceptional young people in the school's mission for gifted education -- what a privilege and joy!”
We are excited for Sage’s future under Scott’s leadership and are confident his appointment will enrich the lives of our students, faculty, and the entire Sage community. We are also grateful to Marie, the faculty, staff, parents, and students who helped to make this a successful search. Please join us in welcoming Scott Mattoon as our next Head of School!
Warm regards,
Trinidad Grange-Kyner
Chair, Head of School Search Committee
Chair, The Sage School Board of Trustees
Head of School Search Committee Members
Melanie Levesque | Faculty/Staff |
Lisa Downs | Faculty/Staff |
Lizzie Inglis | Parent |
Aswood Bousseau | Parent |
Jon Hall | Trustee |
Jessica LeClair | Trustee |
Donald Edmond | Trustee |
Lorraine Liebenberg | Trustee |
Trinidad Grange-Kyner | Trustee |