Arnest, Jennifer 

Lower School Head

jennifer arnest

Jennifer Arnest grew up in Baltimore, where she and her two brothers attended Baltimore Friends School. Jennifer’s mother was a teacher, and Jen felt like a “school person” from her earliest years. Jennifer brings twenty years of teaching and administrative experience to SFFS, going from Children’s Day School in San Francisco to the International school of Tanganyika in East Africa to University Child Development School in Seattle to The Nueva School. She taught kindergarten, first, and second grades, and has served as Assessment Committee Chair and faculty Board representative at The Nueva School. Most recently, Jen led the elementary program at Mills College Children’s School, where she taught K/1, served as Resource Coordinator, supervised student teachers, and helped in the hiring and supervision of teachers. Jennifer and her partner Martin are parents of two children, Sofia and Luca.