Michael Magno

Michael Magno serves as the Assistant Head of School for Academic Affairs at Providence Day School. As a member of the school’s senior leadership team, Magno is charged with overseeing the TK through 12th-grade curriculum, encompassing all academic programs, policies, and practices.

Magno received his undergraduate degree from DePaul University, with a double-major in Psychology and Biology, and a minor in Communication. He holds a Master's Degree in Education from Montana State-Bozeman with a specialization in Performance Assessments.

He joined the PDS faculty in 2002 as a Middle School science teacher. He went on to serve as the Chair of the Middle School Honor Council, Dean of Middle School Students, Assistant Head of Middle School, and recently co-chaired the school’s 2014 SAIS (Southern Associations of Independent Schools) Accreditation. Magno has served as the Head of the Middle School since 2016 and this will be his first year in the role of Assistant Head of School for Academic Affairs. He received his Global Educators Certificate in 2016 and is a founding member of the Multicultural Advisory Board.

In recent years Magno has been able to lead the Middle School curriculum by implementing an end-of-semester capstone project - a collaborative problem-solving experience that culminates in a student group presentation on a real-world solution. Capstones integrate the PD Passport skills of communication, collaboration, creativity, and critical thinking, as well as the character dispositions needed on the journey to becoming a global citizen. He has been a presenter at the local, regional, and national levels on the topic of Private with a Public Purpose. Michael has been invited by the NAIS (National Association of Independent Schools) Innovation Kitchen to present as well as collaborate with other innovative schools. He was recently invited to design and present at the recent SAIS Division Head conference.