Superintendent of Schools

Donna Bernard, Ph.D.

Phone: 742-7317
Email: dbernard@coventryct.org

 

Greetings from the Superintendent,

 

Welcome to Coventry Public Schools!

 

We are so pleased that you are taking this moment to visit our website and are getting to know us better. Our Coventry School staff prides itself in providing quality educational environments that serve our students with the respect and attention they so deserve. We consider it a basic right for children to be well cared for and attended to by a school, parent, and community partnership. The power of this partnership has been proven time and again to enhance the specialized development of young people, regardless of circumstances of biology or environment. 

 

Coventry staff members believe in the holistic development of students.  We are very deeply committed to providing a high quality standards-based curriculum that will enable your child to compete in a global environment with great success. Our initiatives in agency partnerships, high-level curriculum, subsystem refinements, and technology are well summarized in the Long Term Goals and Annual Objectives document found on this website. In addition, as adults, our students will only thrive well with a personal sense of empowerment, a motivated desire to learn, an ability to reflect and self correct, and a willingness to work well with a diverse range of people. We work tirelessly and collaborate broadly to provide the experiences necessary for this growth and maturity. 

 

Please know that in Coventry Public Schools, we appreciate advocacy on behalf of our charges.  Should you need information not found on this website, we encourage you to contact the schools or district office. We look forward to our continuing relationship as partners in education.

 

Most sincerely,

 

Donna

 

Biographical Summary

Dr. Donna Bernard has been Superintendent of Schools in Coventry, Connecticut since August 2002. Donna grew up in Connecticut, and graduated from Central Connecticut State University in 1971 with a Bachelor’s in Science.  She went on to UCONN to complete her Master’s in 1975 and then her doctorate in Philosophy in 1983.  Dr. Bernard started her teaching career in West Hartford then moved to Arizona in 1978.  Her tenure in Arizona was very successful, moving from administrative positions in Curriculum, to Assistant Superintendent, to the Superintendent of the Creighton School District in Phoenix.  One of the many highlights of her career in Arizona was being recognized by the American Association of School Administrators as Arizona's Superintendent of the Year.  In 2002 Dr. Bernard retired from Creighton and returned to her roots in Connecticut, taking on the position of Superintendent of Schools in Coventry. 

08-09 Welcome Back Letter to Staff

Superintendent Goals 08-09

Goal Achievement Update:  March 27, 2008

 

The Superintendent cares about children.