For the fourth year in a row, Ravenscroft's student-led fundraising team for Crucial Catch has been recognized as the top fundraising school in the nation, exceeding their goal of $30,000 by more than $6,000, and once again winning the prestigious Pink Cleat Award.
Three Ravenscroft art students have been recognized for their submissions to the Fine Arts League of Cary Teen Show.
Six Middle School students took the global Pegasus Mythology Exam in March, with all winning awards for their performance.
Mrs. Doreen Kelly leads the leadership team of Ravenscroft and has been Head of School since July 2003. She joined the Ravenscroft faculty in July 1999 as the director of the Lower School. Mrs. Kelly is a Board Certified (BCC) Executive Leadership Coach.
Mrs. Kelly graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor's degree in English and a Master's degree in Education. She also studied for two years at Villanova University. She was also a Division I volleyball player.
Prior to joining Ravenscroft, she served as Upper School Director of Studies, Head of Middle School, English teacher and volleyball coach over a 10-year career at Trinity-Pawling School, an all-boys boarding/day school in Pawling, New York. Prior to her responsibilities at Trinity-Pawling School, she taught English as a Second Language for two years at D'Education Populaire, France.
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Mrs. Kelly and her husband, Chris, have three children, all Ravenscroft alumni, as well as a special family member from Sudan named Aru Kok who attended Ravenscroft for a year. Their daughter, Erin '15, works for a global IT firm in Raleigh. Their son Sean '11 works at Ravenscroft and is married to Melis Tanik Kelly '10 and they have two children. Ryan '09, a professional basketball player, and his wife Lindsay Cowher Kelly '09 live around the world with their three children. Aru lives in Australia where he has just completed his Master's Degree. Doreen and Chris Kelly reside on campus with their grand-dog Dug.
