Faculty and Staff Appointments 2016 - 2017

ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS FACULTY APPOINTMENTS

Teri Lawrence Primary School Interim Head of Primary School Before joining Fay, Teri was Head of School at Resur- Lee Bogaert rection Episcopal Day School in New York City. She has Kindergarten Teacher extensive early childhood teaching and administrative B.A., Clark University; M.Ed., Lesley University experience. Her previous positions have included Direc- Lee returns to Fay this year to teach full-time in our Kin- tor of the Early Learning Center at St. Thomas School dergarten class. Prior to working at Fay, Lee worked at St. in Medina, Washington; and Executive Director of the John’s School in where she taught reading, math, Child and Family Development Center at Eastern Connecticut State University. science, and social studies to students in pre-kindergarten, She has also been a member of many higher education faculties as part of third, and fourth grades. Lee lives on campus this year. their teacher training programs. Teri has a B.S.Ed. and M.S.Ed. from the College of St. Rose. Maura Feller Grade Two Teacher B.A., ; M.Ed., University of STAFF APPOINTMENTS Maura Feller is a familiar face in both our Primary and Lower Schools, having worked for many years as both a Andrew Ferrara long- and short-term substitute teacher in both divisions, Assistant Director of Admission and she has extensive teaching experience in these B.S., Wheelock College; M.A.T., Tufts University Andy grades. Maura has also worked as a guidance counselor. joins Fay from where he was Associate Director of Middle and Upper School Admis- Carol Knowles sion. At Brimmer and May, he also worked as Dean of Primary Library Teacher Middle School, history teacher, and class dean. B.S., East Stroudsburg State University; M.S., Villanova University; M.Ed., Smith College Sarah Revell Carol was the Director of Library Services at Bancroft Assistant to the Director of Admission School for nine years. In this role, she led the K-12 B.A., University of Connecticut library in strategic planning, technology, budgeting, and Sarah worked for the Office of Congressman Stephen collection management. More recently, she has worked Lynch as Immigration Specialist and Constituent Liaison. as reading teacher, school librarian, and technology integration specialist. In this role, she aided constituents in navigating the many and various government agencies to obtain Lower School naturalization, passports, visas, and residency. She also assisted constituents with student loans and federal financial aid. Katie Buteau Grade Three Teacher Lauren Smith B.A., Hamilton College; M.Ed., Lesley University Admission Data Manager Katie joins Fay from the Lincoln Elementary School in B.A., University of Massachusetts; Winchester, where she worked as a Kindergarten teach- M.A., Lesley University er. In this role, she helped students make the transition Prior to joining Fay, Lauren was Lead Coordinator with to Kindergarten by integrating Responsive Classroom the Boston College City Connects Program. This part- and RULER curriculum to support social-emotional nership of Boston College, Boston Public Schools, and growth and community development. Katie’s teaching experience includes local agencies in Greater Boston establishes a system- teaching first and second grade at Buckingham Browne and . atic student support process connecting children and families with individual- ized support services and resources. Amy Curry Learning Specialist Chang Gi “Jake” Kim ‘07 B.A., Ohio Wesleyan University Alumni Giving and Engagement Officer Amy worked in the Wellesley public school system for B.A., Emory University ten years as a reading intervention specialist and special As a Fay alumnus, Jake is ideally suited to his new education teaching assistant. Her responsibilities in role as Alumni Engagement Officer. Jake worked as these roles included supporting students at risk of not an intern in the Advancement Office while a student learning to read at grade level, in both one-on-one and at Emory University, and in this role he supported the group settings. During the past year, Amy has worked as an outreach coordina- planning of alumni council events in Asia. Jake is living tor at Boston University. on the second floor of Steward Dorm.

F ay S c h o o l 48 M a i n S t r e e t S outhborough , MA 01772 www.fayschool.org 508.485.0100 Kathryn Maslak Mathematics Department Drama and English Teacher B.A., Barnard College; M.Ed., Harvard Graduate School Janet Drake of Education Mathematics Teacher Kathryn brings her extensive experience as a theater B.S., Salem College; M.Ed., Wake Forest University coach, director, and teacher to Fay this year. In Lower Janet’s professional experience includes working as a School, she will teach drama in grades four through mathematics teacher for students in grades 8 through six. In Upper School, she will help produce the Upper 12 and mathematics department chair. While at Seattle School winter term drama performance and the Spring Musical, and she will Hebrew Academy, she held positions as Vice Principal teach a section of Upper School English. Kathryn lives on campus this year. and General Studies Principal. Her most recent position was mathematics teacher at the Istanbul International Community School. World Languages Department Tom Gilpin Audrey Goldman Mathematics Teacher Upper School French Teacher B.A., Duke University; J.D., Washington University B.A., University of New Hampshire; School of Law M.Ed., Texas Christian University Tom joins Fay from in Connecticut, Audrey was a Lower School French Teacher for five where he was both a mathematics teacher and dorm years until 2013 and has been working as a substitute parent. Formerly a corporate attorney, Tom discovered teacher with the Westborough Public Schools since his love for teaching math eight years ago and since then. We welcome her back to Fay this year. then has taught middle and high school courses from Pre-Algebra to Calculus and Statistics. Tom lives on campus this year. Kelvin Martinez Spanish Teacher Xiaohu Zhao B.A., Union College Mathematics and Science Teacher Kelvin joins Fay from Riverdale Country School in New York, where he was B.S., M.S., University of Michigan head Spanish teacher and assistant physical education teacher. His professional Xiaohu returns to Fay this year after teaching Mandarin experience includes work as a faculty advisor, head coach, residential director, during spring term last year. He has taught and tutored and regional director of development. Kelvin lives on campus this year. middle school students.

David Olano Spanish Teacher English Department B.A., Tufts University; M.A., Middlebury College David joins Fay from the Advanced Math and Science Rich Roberts Academy in Marlborough, where he worked as a Span- English Teacher ish teacher. He has coached basketball and has also B.A., College of the Holy Cross participated in track and crew. David lives on campus Rich returns to Fay from St. Joseph’s Preparatory High School, this year. where he taught AP and college prep courses in politics and history. Rich has worked at Fay before as a long-term substi- Arts Department tute English teacher in Upper School, and he has also taught high school social studies. He lives on campus this year. Lloyd Dugger Music Teacher Science Department B.A., Ithaca College; M.A., Vermont College of Fine Arts Lloyd joins Fay from the Montpelier school district in Julie McDonough Vermont, where he taught concert, jazz, and symphonic Science Teacher band to middle and high school students. He has been B.S., Trinity College a guest conductor at numerous student festivals across Julie joins Fay from Brigham and Women’s Hospital Vermont and is an individual instrument performer at and Harvard Medical School, where she worked as a multiple venues. Lloyd lives on campus this year. research assistant. Her professional experience also includes working as a teaching fellow in chemistry at and Assistant Chemistry Teacher at Learning Services Department the Colorado Rocky Mountain School.

Liz Williams Innovation Lab Learning Specialist B.A., William Smith College; M.Ed., Lesley University Allison Bishop Liz joins Fay from the Learning Prep School in Newton, Design, Technology, and Innovation Teacher where she was a special education and mathematics B.A., Swarthmore College; Ed.M., Harvard Graduate teacher. She has experience teaching to a range of learn- School of Education ing styles across many grade levels. She has worked as Allison joins Fay after completing a Digital Kids Intern- learning specialist, tutor, and testing specialist. ship with WGBH. Prior to her internship, she was a research assistant at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, where she helped to build and test curriculum for the middle school-focused Life in the Universe project. Allison has also worked as Makerspace Educator and Computer Science Teacher.

F ay S c h o o l 48 M a i n S t r e e t S outhborough , MA 01772 www.fayschool.org 508.485.0100 NEW ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Several members of faculty and staff have moved into new positions for the 2016-2017 school year.

Marie D’Eramo: Pre-K Teacher Previous position: Assistant to the Head of Primary School

Alyssa Fucci: Kindergarten Teacher & After School Coordinator Previous position: Fay After School Associate

Carla Gomez: Assistant to the Head of Primary School Previous position: Assistant to the Director of Admission

F ay S c h o o l 48 M a i n S t r e e t S outhborough , MA 01772 www.fayschool.org 508.485.0100