Trudy
Powers - Head of Jr. High
Trudy
Powers is starting her twenty-sixth year at Prep this year. She
is currently the Head of the Junior High and serves on Prep’s
Leadership Team. For her first eighteen years at Prep, Trudy directed
the Support Services program for students with learning differences.
In Student and Family Services, Trudy coordinated Prep’s counseling
programs and offered special programs, workshops, and services for
both students and parents. Additionally, she directed Prep’s
Community Service programs.
Trudy earned a B.A. degree from Millsaps College in Psychology,
with a minor in Education, and an M.A. degree from the University
of Mississippi in Community Counseling, with a minor in Special
Education. She has been in the field of education for thirty-seven
years, and has taught and counseled elementary, secondary, and college
students in private and public schools. Trudy’s real passion
is to recognize the potential in students and to assist them in
developing that potential. She freely gives of her time to guide
and support students, parents, and faculty. Her favorite quote is
by Churchill: “We make a living by what we get; we make a
life by what we give.”
Trudy is married to Dave Powers, a
clinical psychologist and private consultant. They have three children:
Spencer, age 35; Adam, age 31; and McLaine, age 26. Trudy enjoys
the most being with family whenever time allows.
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