Head of School Archives - Presidio Knolls School

Chris Livaccari Named 2025 Global Educator of the Year

PKS Head of School, Chris Livaccari, has been awarded the Salomon Prize for the 2025 Global Educator of the Year by the Institute for Global…

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Head of School

The Children are Watching

In our parenting journey, we model, we scaffold, and then we take off the training wheels and let them go.

Curriculum

Building the Future of Bilingual Education

Almost ten years ago, I wrote an article titled "Academic Rigor and Student Engagement: A Perfect Match." While many feared that they would need to sacrifice student engagement in the service of academic rigor, I argued strongly that academic rigor could ONLY genuinely come together with student engagement, and that truly rigorous learning at its core needed to be about exploration, discovery, creativity, inquiry, and pattern recognition.

Head of School

On the Road with Chris Livaccari

"I was thrilled thrilled to have this first opportunity to be an evangelist for PKS in the PRC!" says Chris.

Elementary

Inquiry, Discovery, and the Bilingual Brain

The benefits of a bilingual education (and of a bilingual brain!) are well-documented. They range from positive correlations with executive functioning in the brain to advantages in staving off the devastating effects of Alzheimer’s disease.

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Community

A Message from Our Incoming Head of School

I couldn’t be more thrilled by the prospect of becoming the next Head of School at PKS this July!

Community

Annual Parents Night Out Celebration

Under twinkling lights and a clear night sky, PKS parents gathered on Saturday for the annual Parents' Night Out celebration. Hundreds of parents filled the school grounds to enjoy good food, wine, and dancing.

Community

Welcome Back!

Wow! What fun it has been for me to greet you and your children these past days! Thank you, xiè xiè, for your warm words of welcome.

Community

Message from Incoming Head Chris Livaccari

I am absolutely thrilled at the prospect of becoming your next Head of School in July 2018. I would like to thank all of the students, teachers, staff, parents and board members that took the time to meet with me during my visit to school and with whom I have interacted over the last few weeks. I especially appreciated the time I spent in Chinese answering the most challenging questions of all – from the PKS third graders!