Granados brings a variety of experience to her new position, most recently as Lower School Director at The Berkeley Carroll School in Brooklyn, NY. She has been a teacher and administrator for fifteen years, with ten years of experience in the classroom, where she has taught Kindergarten and fourth grade. She also served as Director of Admissions at Berkeley Carroll and was Interim Director of the Methodist Hospital of Brooklyn Child Care Center. She has a BA from College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA and a Master’s degree in early childhood and elementary education from Columbia University/Teachers College in New York.

Granados left the Berkeley Carroll School in 2002 to spend time with her now not-quite two-year-old son, Will. She took on her new position at Shipley as of July 1.

In announcing Granados’ appointment, Head of School, Steve Piltch, said “As impressive as Maggie’s credentials are, it is her understanding and love of children, commitment to the education of the whole child, belief in life-long learning for students, parents, and faculty, and ability to work effectively with all constituencies of the School that make her the best choice to lead the Lower School.”

Talking about why she came to Shipley, Granados says, “There is a unity of purpose of all the different adult members of the school community with whom I met—teachers, administrators, trustees, parents—to create and maintain a school that cares for and cares about children.”    

Granados succeeds Anna Hadgis, who was Head of the Lower School for five years. Maggie is impressed with the state of Shipley’s Lower School: “There couldn’t be an easier way to take over,” she says. “The School is strong, outward looking, and healthy as a result of Anna’s work. People are excited and looking forward. Who wouldn’t want to be a part of that?”

September 2004