New faculty arrivals are big in numbers and accomplishments. Here, many of them gathered for an informal photo.
On a Friday morning in late October, newly minted Cate English teacher Stephanie Yeung found herself sitting face-to-face with a set of parents, then another set, and then several more by day’s end. It was her first Family Weekend at Cate, and with it came an introduction to the art of conducting parent-teacher conferences, which don’t occur at the college level, where her teaching experience lies. “I have to say I was a bit nervous – but I came away from the weekend realizing what an engaging and interactive experience it can be,” she related after the campus had quieted down. “Most of the parents added insight about how their kids learn, so there were a lot of important revelations for me.” One of Yeung’s new colleagues is
at the end of the day and shut my door,
Tamar Adegbile, who started her tenure in
whereas here – well, you might have dorm
July as Cate’s director of college counseling.
duty until 11 o’clock!” She says she’s still
After several years at Harvard-Westlake
marveling at the example set by other
School in Los Angeles, and at Riverdale
faculty members, and working to get
Country Day School in New York City
the hang of it. “You see members of the
before that, Adegbile has talked to her
community who seem just tireless, going
share of parents. What’s unfolding for her
from class to sports and into the evening and
as a new member of the Cate faculty is the
never missing a beat. It’s still an adjustment
rhythm of boarding school life, where she
for me to have my home and work life
now finds herself, along with her husband
intertwined.”
Isaac and their two young boys, Noah and
She’s proud, though, about finally
Aaron.
mastering the geography of Cate. “The first
“Seeing students outside the academic
few days I just had to figure out which lawn
day is definitely different and takes some getting used to. In my old job I’d go home
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to go to – was it Pizza, Commencement, College counseling director Tamar Adegbile and her family are settling into a new life on the Mesa.
or Senior Lawn? It seemed like a whole