years. He has a strong sense of principles of New Church education from the
Word, and he has a gift for sharing these principles with teachers, students and
parents. It is a huge understatement to say that we will miss him in the school.
But we are grateful for all the years he has given us, and very glad that he and
Wendy and family are not leaving Kempton.”
After describing the process for a search for a new assistant principal, he
said: “We have seen over and over again the Lord’s providence taking very
good care of us, the Church and the school. Let us trust that the Lord is with
us, and let us strive to be with Him.”
And the New Vice Principal Is . . .
The Rev. Lawson Smith sent a letter to
the society on August 19 announcing that
Dale Robert Smith has been hired as the
new Vice Principal of the Kempton New
Church School. Dale was expected to
transition from his current job with Bryn
Athyn College on October 1. Lawson
said: “We are blessed to have Mark still
on staff to help Dale learn the job.”
Dale grew up in Kempton and went
to the Kempton New Church School.
He graduated from Bryn Athyn College
of the New Church in 2010 with an
interdisciplinary degree in Business and History. He also took courses at
Georgetown University in comparative political and economic systems in
2009. For three years he was also a resident assistant in Stuart Hall dormitory,
mentoring and providing discipline for high school boys.
After graduation he worked for a year at Bell and Evans, a poultry
processing company. Then he was hired as the bursar for Bryn Athyn
College and the Academy of the New Church, working for three years before
transferring to the Financial Aid Office for the College, first as a coordinator,
then assistant director. He also has been the assistant manager of the freshmen
residence halls.
He took one-year courses toward a master’s degree in English at Arcadia
University, then shifted his studies to a Master of Education – Specialization:
Higher Education Leadership, at Temple University, which he completed this
summer.
Dale married Tovah King, daughter of Steve and Janis King, in the
summer of 2013.
Lawson included these quotes from Dale’s letter of application:
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