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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