Global education consultancy grows
Since 1998, School Choice International in White Plains has focused on connecting corporate executives and their children to private and public schools across the globe.
With a recent relocation from Bloomingdale Road to more space at 150 Grand St., the global education consultancy has introduced Global Ed 360 and is offering college counseling and tutoring services.
“Our original business plan has really changed, which is why we”™ve been successful through such turbulent economic times,” said Liz Perelstein, founder and president. “We see what parents want, what the market is and address those needs.”
Private client services were added “because a lot of corporate clients told their clients about us and through our relationships with schools, we were able to leverage that for the benefit of families who weren”™t relocating.”
Perelstein did not disclose financial information but said revenues grew 50 percent last year and she expects the same this year, Beyond an executive-to-school connector role, the company conducts curriculum comparisons and prepares expatriates for transfer requirements and tutoring needs.
Last fall, Perelstein was named one of the 2010 Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs by Fortune Magazine; School Choice was recently named one of the fastest-growing private companies in America in the Inc. 500/5000 ranking.
The company hired Timothy Dwyer as chief operating officer. Previously he was regional manager, Americas, for Goldman Sachs”™ Global Mobility Services department. Five other positions were created in the White Plains offices.
“We”™ve been doing a lot of group moves in consumer goods to the middle of the country in Oklahoma and Tennessee”¦ places we”™ve never worked until last year,” said Perelstein, of relocation trends. “Companies ”¦ are starting offices and plants where it”™s cheaper to do business. We still see major moves in the financial services industry from one country to another. It did slow down for awhile, but it”™s growing.”
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New president for Stepinac
Father Thomas Collins has been named president of Archbishop Stepinac High School in White Plains, succeeding Monsignor Anthony Marchitelli as head of the 63-year-old school.
Collins, a 1979 graduate of Stepinac, returned to the school in 1995 as a faculty member. He was named associate dean of students in 2001 and was promoted to dean of students until 2007, when he joined the Office of Development.
“Now that we are an independent school, Stepinac is facing both new challenges and new opportunities,” Collins said, in a statement. “Over the last three years we have seen a significant increase in enrollment and we are confident that we will be able to maintain this very positive trend.”
Stepinac will unveil a new athletic turf field this fall among other expansions and planned improvements to curricula and programs.
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Westchester campus turns 10
Berkeley College”™s Westchester campus in White Plains celebrated its 10th anniversary as the college itself turned 80.
The coeducational college, with a focus in business, enrolls more than 8,900 students at eight locations in New York and New Jersey. Berkeley College Online offers full-degree programs in more than 20 career fields.
Berkeley also has been named a 2012 Military Friendly School by G.I. Jobs magazine, which honors annually colleges, universities and trade schools that embrace American servicemen and veterans as students.
