Meet Our New Faculty and Staff The Fenn community extends a warm welcome to the following new teachers and staff members. Brendon Bates joins the Fenn community as a Lower School Intensive Literacy Program teacher. A former NCAA football player, Brendon has a B.A. in theater from Allegheny College, an M.A. in acting and creative dramatics from The McGregor School at Antioch University, and a M.Ed. in moderate disabilities from Lesley University. Brendon comes to Fenn from the Carroll School, where he taught classes including reading fluency and study skills. An actor and playwright, Brendon is a resident cast member at ImProvBoston Theater in Cambridge and has appeared in numerous equity and non-equity theatrical productions. During a visit to campus last spring, Brendon attended All School Meeting and says, “It was clear to me then that Fenn ‘walks the walk’ when it comes to cultivating a community that values citizenship.” He counts “supportive colleagues” as among the “pleasant surprises” of working at Fenn. Brendon and his wife, Kristen Bates, have two sons, Andrew (4) and Henry (7 months). Frank Crowley ’06 has returned to Fenn as Athletic Director Bob Starensier’s assistant in the mornings, scheduling games and preparing equipment, and to coach sports across all divisions in the afternoons. Being an alumnus “definitely made the move back very appealing,” he says. A former college athlete, Frank says that when he began work here, “seeing teachers who I had as a student letting their guard down around me was a little weird at first.” He is still getting
used to the idea of calling them by their first names. In his free time Frank likes creative writing and playing sports. Frank attended Concord-Carlisle High School and expects to complete work for his economics and finance degree from Bentley University next spring. He has worked at FastHockey. com, a website on which are streamed all junior hockey games from the U.S. and Canada. Frank has some radio experience, having spent sixteen weeks in 2014 at the Connecticut School of Broadcasting in Needham, MA, learning on-air and behind-the-scenes skills.
port. Last summer Isabel served as an intern with the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, assisting with its institutional advancement efforts. Isabel says she can “positively identify with Fenn’s holistic approach to education as it is one I both value and share due to my own liberal arts background.” She has found Fenn to be a place with a “strong sense of community.” In her spare time Isabel enjoys crafting and scrapbooking, playing the piano, reading, swimming, and “a good game of tennis, preferably doubles.”
Isabel Dau joined the advancement office as an intern in October. A 2015 graduate of Hamilton College with a B.A. in classical studies, Isabel is working on engaging alumni, managing social media, and providing overall sup-
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