After eighteen years at SPA, Associate Director of College Counseling Jill Apple has made the decision to search for a new career adventure.

“Making an announcement a couple months before the end of the school year gives me the time to actually do a search, and it allows me to be more open about searching for a new position,” she said.

Apple came to love college counseling while she worked in college admissions at Butler University before coming to SPA. “The longer I worked at the college, the more involved I got with working directly with the students,” she said.

Of coming to SPA, Apple said “It was a very purposeful shift from working on the admission side to working with high school students.”

Her children both attended SPA. Her son started in Kindergarten, so Apple has also connected with students in the Lower and Middle Schools. “Watching kids grow up through the school for me has been really, really special,” Apple said.

Apple’s departure comes from her own personal wishes to seek other opportunities. “My hope is to stay within some aspect of the college and higher education counseling profession,” she said.

“I love SPA [and] I appreciate my colleagues, the faculty, and staff,” Apple said, “and have enjoyed working with SPA kids and families over the years.”

Although she does not yet know exactly where she is heading, she is excited for what a new setting could bring. “I really hope to stay in touch with what is happening here because all of it is very exciting to me,” she said.