Faculty Spotlights
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From the #ASpotlight series as seen on social media. The Communications team has been interviewing faculty over the past couple of years. Here are quotes from the most recent interviews. Hold your phone camera over the QR Code to access the full spotlights.
Tom Verchot, Trumpet Teacher “All disciplines, including music, work together to teach children the importance of practice, perseverance, and budgeting time… Playing an instrument teaches patience and determination— and that tenacity really pays off.”
Lorenzo Bellard, Fourth Grade Teacher "At this age, students are a little more mature. The conversations you can have are more in-depth, and you can challenge a child’s thinking to become more abstract. They can infer things. You can see that development with them, and that’s exciting. And they want to learn— learning is fun for them, and it is a genuine interest."
Jon Burgos, Physical Education and Athletics Instructor “The Athletics Department thinks it’s important to impart a love of exercise to our boys. We want them to see how fun it can be and how it can bring people together… we place a huge emphasis on developing mindset and attitude.”
Venesha Cashdollar, Learning Resource Specialist and Fifth Grade Section Leader “Our entire faculty and staff make a conscious effort to know each individual boy as a unique person. It’s part of what makes us such a special community. It’s also what makes us so successful at identifying their needs and creating a learning plan.”
Ashley Coiffard, School Nurse “I am looking forward to building positive relationships with everyone and getting acquainted with the students and their families better. Watching the students grow up, seeing them excel, and getting to know their personalities is going to be such a rewarding experience.”
Ian Taggart, Lower School Music Teacher “If we strive to teach and nurture this sense of self in all these young scholars, then giving them as many different lenses as possible to view their sense of self as well as the world around them is incredibly important. Music is one of those lenses, making it a necessity for any holistic program.”
Jennifer Vermont-Davis, Lower School Science Teacher and Chair of Community Life + Diversity “It has been my goal to bring that “aha!” moment to each of my students. These moments aren’t something you can read in a book, and they aren’t anything that I told them. The students make their own discoveries... I think that leading my students to these moments empowers them and leaves them with life-long confidence.”
