The Oakridge School history

In 1981, the Board of Regents named Andy J. Broadus its second headmaster.

In the fall of 1984, the Early Childhood Center opened.

In the Fall of 1985, Oakridge opened the Upper School Building at 5900 Pioneer Parkway.

The Lower School, Middle School, and the SAC opened for the 1986-87 school year.

Among all ISAS members schools, Oakridge led with the greatest enrollment increase for the 1988–89 school year.

In September 1989, Oakridge started the Pre-school program for three-year-olds, making Oakridge the only ISAS school in the area with such a program. "It is never too soon to start laying a strong foundation," remarked one parent.

Headmaster Andy J. Broadus was named a Klingenstein Visiting Fellow at Columbia University's Teachers College in January 1992.

His associate headmaster, Jon Kellam, who had first come to Oakridge in 1993 and who had served as a soccer coach, English teacher, and Middle School head, stepped up to take over the management of the daily operations of the school.

The Information Center was completed in December 1999 and houses the library and the technology lab.

The National Wetlands Project was completed in 2002 and is a nationally protected area and serves as a habitat for nature.

By 2007, the "Securing the Legacy" campaign had exceeded the $6 million goal.

The Kindergarten Center was completed in the summer of 2011.

Kellam holds a master's from Texas Christian University, is an alumnus of Stanford University's Educational Leadership Institute, is a member of ISAS's Secondary Commission on Standards, and was selected as one of the 2014 Head of Schools fellows at the Klingenstein Center of Columbia University.