Kait Gentry | Head of Lower School

GARRISON FOREST SCHOOL

Kait Gentry, a GFS alumna, is returning to her roots at Garrison Forest as the new Head of Lower School. With over 17 years of experience in education, Kait has served as a teacher, coach, mentor, and most recently, as Learning and Support Coordinator at Calvert School, where she founded and led the Lyceum Learning Center. She holds a master’s degree from Johns Hopkins in Teacher Leadership and Mind, Brain, and Teaching.

What drew you to a career in education?

Despite my best efforts to resist a career in education—spending college on a pre-med path—I couldn’t escape it for long. Raised in a family of educators (and gleefully color-coding my brother’s school supplies each August, much to his dismay), I soon found myself draw

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