Leader’s Day Speaker
The Classical Christian Admissions Director: Doberman Pinscher or Golden Retriever
The role of an admissions director at a classical, Christian school involves more than just giving tours, showing off your school to its best advantage, or even registering new families. It is a balancing act to warmly welcome, yet thoroughly vet prospective families on behalf of the school. Since it would be unwise to admit everyone who comes our way, what is our process? How do we winsomely represent Christ and our school and also support our leadership as they make important decisions about who enters our community?
Anita Lyshol has been working in classical schools for the last 15 years, and has been serving as admissions director at Providence Classical Christian School for the last four years. She loves sharing classical, Christian distinctives with prospective families, and is passionate about being a liaison between families and the school in order to help find the perfect fit. Anita has an elementary teaching degree from Goshen College and enjoys participating in ACCS conferences and other classical Christian learning opportunities. Both of her children graduated from Providence, and she now looks forward to her grandson attending Pre-K there in a few short years. When not in the admissions office or conducting tours and assessments, she can be found spending much of her time with her husband and family.