About
From the Head of School
At Nueva, we know gifted learners.
Gifted learners want to know how and why. They constantly wonder and ask, and seemingly cannot quench their thirst for knowledge. They think big: they want to design, to build, and to test. They fall in love with topics and ideas, and are driven to investigate. They experience the world in complex ways and often have sensitivities that run deep. They are all this and so much more. While they share some characteristics and behaviors, gifted learners defy categorization.
When they arrive at Nueva, they learn quickly, no matter their age, that they can be themselves. Their gifts are embraced, their voices heard. They never have to quiet their questions or hide their passion for learning.
We meet their specialized needs through our unique, dynamic educational model, based on more than 50 years of expertise serving gifted learners. Their education is not detached from life; life beyond the classroom is integral to understanding. Our hallmark features include distinctive inquiry-based, interdisciplinary studies, a constructivist project-based approach, pioneering curricula in Social-Emotional Learning, the first precollegiate Design Thinking program in the country, and our Social Justice, Equity & Inclusion program, now in its fourth year.
The Nueva experience guides our PreK–12 students to become flexible thinkers, designers, mathematicians, artists, scientists, friends, and citizens of our community and far beyond. We’re growing gifted learners to be problem solvers today. At Nueva, our students learn to make choices that will benefit the world.
A Nueva education has never been more relevant or important for gifted learners and for our world. Nueva graduates know knowledge is theirs for the taking, and that their ideas and creations are meaningful and will have impact, no matter what their pursuits. Our students are empowered global citizens, and they fill us with optimism and excitement for the future.
The Nueva experience comes to life most authentically through expression. We welcome your visit so you can experience firsthand our motto: “Learn by Doing, Learn by Caring.”
Diane Rosenberg
Head of School
Administration
Diane Rosenberg | Head of School |
Terry Lee | Associate Head of School |
Megan Terra | Lower School Division Head |
Liza Raynal | Middle School Division Head |
Stephen Dunn | Upper School Division Head |
Taryn Grogan | Director of Admissions |
Robbie Klein | Director of Institutional Advancement |
Gavin Bradley | Director of College Counseling |
School Committees & Task Forces
Board Committees |
Board Task Forces |
Parent Committees & Task Forces |
Advancement Buildings & Grounds Capital Campaign Committee on Trustees Endowment Finance Marketing & Communications |
Bridge Experience Task Force Environmental Citizenship Task Force Global Citizenship Task Force Nutrition Task Force Strategic Plan Oversight |
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Education & Ethics Innovative Learning Conference Internship Task Force Transportation
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The Nueva Parents Association (NPA)
The Nueva Parents Association promotes, shares, and transmits our "Learn by doing, learn by caring" culture to each new generation of Nueva families.
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Officers of the Board of Trustees
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Bruce Cozadd
ChairKathleen Donohue
Vice ChairGerald Risk
Vice Chair and TreasurerMara Wallace
Secretary
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Trustees
- Kat Alfond
- Susan Barnes
- Derrick Bolton
- Janet Cheston
- Hoon Cho
- David Cowan
- Bonnie Fought
- Robert Frank
- Vernon C. Grigg III
- Art Heidrich
- Zack Herlick
- Rick Holmstrom
- Mary Hynes
- James Isaacs
- Karla Jurvetson
- Puja Kaul
- Joe Kraus
- Leon Kuan
- Terry Lee – Ex officio
- Kevin Lynch
- Zod Nazem
- Karen Pace
- Kristina Phipps
- Buffy Poon — Ex officio
Diane Rosenberg
— Ex officio - Rie Rubin
- Michelle Sandberg
- Jody Sievers
- KR Sridhar
- Marc Tarpenning
- Donna Wingate — Ex officio
- Marie Yuann — Ex officio