Head of School

Jason Kreutner, raised in Mount Pleasant and a current resident, is founder and Head of University School of the Lowcountry. He has extensive experience as an educator and leader in independent schools and is a recipient of a National Association of Independent Schools NAIS Fellowship for Aspiring School Heads (2006-2007 cohort).

USL's model features leaders who are also faculty members.  Kreutner teaches all students in Leadership and Life Skills, organizes and leads the weekly experiential learning activities (Learning Outside the Classroom), and coaches the Quiz Bowl teams.  In 2020-2021, University School was the first school in the state to win the Quiz Bowl State Championships in all three divisions (Elementary, Middle, and High School) in the same year.

Prior to establishing USL, he was a teacher and administrator at Heathwood Hall Episcopal School in Columbia, SC, Porter-Gaud School, and Charleston Collegiate School.

He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the South Carolina Honors College (Baccalaureus Artium et Scientiae) and received his master’s degree from Emory University in History.

Kreutner was recognized by the South Carolina Independent School Association as the Headmaster “Rookie of the Year” for the 2007-2008 school year. In 2013, he received SCISA’s Dr. Charles S. Aimar Educational Leadership Award, which is presented annually to the most outstanding leader among the association’s 100+ schools. In 2022, he was honored by SCISA with the Charles J. Beach, Jr. Award for the Volunteer of the Year (Head of School).  This meant that Kreutner has been honored with all three Head of School Awards that SCISA bestows. His leadership of USL was spotlighted in USC’s alumni magazine, Carolinian (“Chalkboard Champs”). He consults and has provided guidance to several existing and new independent and public schools, and he has presented at South Carolina, Southeast region, and national education forums.

Mr. Kreutner is married to Ashleigh (Tasha) Eady, a member of the corporate management team for Ooh! Events. They have two children: a daughter, Kessler (USL '23, University of Virginia '27), and a son, John Ross (USL '31). In addition to his work in school settings, he is also a longtime coach, builder of strong and positive organizational culture, and developer of successful young people through swimming. In 2008, Mount Pleasant Mayor Harry Hallman awarded him the key to the city for his work as Head Coach of Snee Farm Swim Team since 1990.

Head of School with Students at Niagara Falls