Announcing Our New Headmaster

Mrs. Yvette Cavender has been selected as the new Headmaster of our CDA Flower Mound campus, effective June 1, 2026. Throughout her time at CDA, Mrs. Cavender has proven herself as an exceptional leader by partnering meaningfully with parents, guiding faculty, and fostering a community where students are guided toward wisdom and virtue. 

About Mrs. Cavender

Yvette Cavender began her partnership with CDA as a parent in 2004, when her children were in grammar school.  Soon after, she began teaching second grade and is now the Grammar School Principal at the Flower Mound campus. She has seen the benefits of classical education play out in the lives of her own children and considers it a privilege to collaborate with others in teaching and training students under CDA’s model. 

Mrs. Cavender holds bachelor’s degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Political Science and Economics. She is currently pursuing her Master of Arts in Leadership for Classical Christian School Administration from Gordon College. She is a certified teacher in the state of Texas and holds a Master Teacher certificate from the Association of Classical Christian Schools (ACCS).

Mrs. Cavender is a strong advocate for classical education. She has presented breakout sessions at classical education conferences such as ACCS, Society for Classical Learning (SCL), and University-Model® Schools International (UMSI). She has spoken about the art of narration on classical education podcasts, participated in seminars regarding school safety, and published articles about creating a classical aesthetic in schools. In support of the classical school movement, she spends time serving on school accreditation teams. 

Yvette and her husband live in Carrollton. Their son Chapin is a computational biophysicist at UC-San Diego and their daughter Raegan is currently a stay-at-home mom, but a grammar school teacher by trade.