About Elias King

• B.A. University of Virginia
• At The Heights since 2022
• 301.365.0227 ext. 146
• enaegele@heights.edu

A Heights “lifer”, and the third of five Naegeles to graduate from The Heights, Elias first pursued his love for all things wild in Wyoming following his graduation from the University of Virginia. After guiding snowmobile and four-wheeler trips in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, Elias returned to the East Coast and taught for a year at The Avalon School while consulting for Sparhawk Academy in its incubation phase. He then joined full-time as a founding faculty member, wearing numerous administrative hats, from managing marketing materials to starting the school’s House system. But the craggy peaks of the west continued to call, and Elias returned to Wyoming, working in Development at Jackson Hole Classical Academy, and later joining the Admissions team at Wyoming Catholic College, helping the school grow enrolment grow by nearly 50% in his time there. It was also in the mountain air of the West that he met his beautiful wife, Mollie.

While he continues to consult for several schools, during the summer, Elias is the Director of Heights Frontiers, an outdoor adventure program that takes middle and upper school students into the wild hinterlands of the United States. If not readily available, he has likely ditched the pre-packaged life of suburbia for the open road in search of another adventure with his young family and trusty Irish Setter, Rosie.