Sam Vanderplas serves as principal at St. Elizabeth. He previously served as founding headmaster of a classical charter school and has taught five subjects and ten grades at Catholic, charter, and public schools. He has published a book for Latin students and has written for Crisis Magazine and the Society for Classical Learning. He has run a web development company, was a National Merit Scholar designee, earned his B.A. studying Greek and Hebrew and for his master's studied classical education at the University of Dallas. He and his wife have five children and are SEAS parishioners. His children are SEAS students.