Faculty and Administration
Faculty
Early Childhood Center
ECC-Brimmer
Marissa Clark
Tufts University, M.A.T.
College of the Holy Cross, B.A.
Karen First
Wheelock College, M.A..
Indiana University, B.A.
ECC-Charles
Jessie Vogel
Lesley University, M. Ed.
Duquesne University, B.Ed.
Marya Outterson
West Virginia University, M.A.
University of Cambridge
Loyola University, M.S.W.
Northwestern University, B.A.
Kindergarten
K-Brimmer
Amber Lowe
Queen’s University, M.Ed.
McGill University, B.Ed.
Polly Pfau
Lesley University, M.Ed.
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, B.A.
K-Charles
Denise Bogosian
Wheelock College, M.S.
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, B.A.
Tahlya Paynter
Texas State University, B.A.
First Grade
First Grade – Brimmer
Lucy Dubon
Harvard University, M.Ed.
University of Notre Dame, B.A.
Debra Knosp
Lesley University, M.Ed.
Colorado Women’s College, B.A.
First Grade – Charles
Sarah Strasenburgh
Lesley College, M.Ed.
Tulane University, B.A.
Melissa Shungu
Tufts University, M.A.
Oberlin College, B.A.
Second Grade
Second Grade – Brimmer
Nicole Theriault
Bank Street College of Education, M.S.
Williams College, B.A.
Erina Donnelly
Erikson Institute, M.S.
Bryn Mawr College, B.A.
Second Grade – Charles
Molly Levitt
Harvard Graduate School of Education, M.ED
Boston College, B.A.
Third Grade Longfellow
Hannah Winer
Lesley University, M.Ed.
Hamilton College, B.A.
Erika Roderick
Boston University, B.A.
Third Grade Fieldler
Saskia Van Vactor
Lesley University, M.Ed.
Kansas State University, B.F.A.
Kate Milazzo
Bank Street College, M.S.
The Catholic University of America, B.A., B.S.
Fourth Grade
Dan Berman
Lesley University, M.Ed.
George Washington University, B.A.
Alexis Bader
Bread Loaf School of English, M.A.
Trinity College, B.A.
Fifth Grade
Molly McGuinness
Harvard Graduate School of Education, M.Ed.
Trinity College, B.S.
Alexandra Zodhiates
Brown University, B.A.
Sixth Grade
Amanda Golden
Tufts University, M.A.
Bates College, B.A.
Matt Ward
Skidmore College, B.A.
Yoga and Meditation Teacher
Michelle Bissanti
Lesley University, M.Ed.
Albion College, B.A.
Assistant Teacher
Catherine Monrad
Learning Specialists
Sarah Mulrooney
Harvard University, M.T.S.
Smith College, B.A.
Claire White Price
University of Vermont, B.A.
Art
Carla Paynter
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, B.F.A.
James Madison University
Library and Technology
Mary Sullivan
Sacred Heart University, M.S.
Colgate University, B.A.
Music
Rebecca Fiarman
Simmons College, M.S.
University of Hartford, Hartt School of Music, B.M.
New York University, Kodaly Method Training, Three-Year Certificate
Physical Education
Paul Rupprecht
University of Maine, M.Ed., B.S.
Science
Claudine Kavanaugh
Tufts University, M.S.
Portland State University, M.S.
Reed College, B.A.
Tooey Rogers
Lesley University, M.Ed.
University of New Hampshire, M.S.
Harvard University, B.A.
Spanish
Maria Acuna
University of Massachusetts, Boston, M.Ed.
Universidad Nacional Abierta, Venezuela, B.A.
Administration
Head of School
Nancy Harris Frohlich
Tufts University, M.Ed.
Beaver College, B.A.
Assistant Head of School
Arati Pandit
University of Nebraska, M.S.
SNDT University, India; B.S., B.Ed., M.Ed.
Admission Office
Doug Surgenor
Lewis and Clark College, B.A.
Director of Finance and Operations
Jeff Morgan
University of Maine, B.S.
Director of Afterschool & Summer Programs
Natalie Brubaker
Lesley University, M.S.
Emory University, B.S.
Director of Development and Communications
Jaye Smith
Simmons College, B.A.
Assistant to the Head of School
Stephanie Ellington
Denison University, B.A.
Assistant to Director of Finance and Operations
Robin Wilson
Katherine Gibbs, Executive Secretarial Program
School Administrative Assistant
Anne Kiely
Boston College, Lynch School of Education, M.A.
Dickinson College, B.A.
Consulting Nurse
Mary Lou Kelleher
Regis College, B.S., M.S.
“What is absolutely unique [about the Advent School] is the judgment, creativity, and developmental attention with which its rich multi-cultural program has been constructed. If any school will underscore and illuminate the opportunity and challenge with which multi-cultural education can be considered, this fine, small, humane scholarly little school can do it for us all.”
— citation from the U.S. Department of Education
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