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A Look At Gilmour’s New Faculty Members Veronique Berthet
Alex Kimmel
Upper School French
Upper School Latin
Originally from France, Berthet received her bachelor’s in Spanish literature from Castleton State College in Vermont. She has a master’s degree in linguistics from Syracuse University and taught for 10 years at Andrews Osborne Academy in Willoughby before coming to Gilmour.
Kimmel is now a full-time Latin instructor at Gilmour, having taught part-time in the past. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Kenyon College and his master’s in education from John Carroll University.
Michael Chiellino
McConnell has a bachelor’s degree in art education from Kent State University and a master’s degree in gifted education from Cleveland State University. She headed the art and gifted programs at Ledgemont School in Geauga County for three years. She then went on to become the gifted coordinator for Trumbull County Educational Service Center and headed its visual and performing arts program.
Prep Hockey Coach
For the past two years, Chiellino worked as the assistant men’s ice hockey coach at Hamilton College and as a counselor at special education school Tradewinds Education Center in Rome, N.Y. He played hockey as an undergrad at Siena College in Albany, N.Y. and has a master’s degree in school counseling from Canisius College in Buffalo, N.Y.
Erin McConnell Lower School Art
Laura Novotney Directress of Montessori Preschool Program
Before coming to Gilmour, Novotney taught for 15 years at Catholic Montessori School in
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Kirtland. She received her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Kent State University and underwent Montessori training at the Washington Montessori Institute in Washington, D.C. Erin Thompson Upper School Religion, Dorm Proctor, Volleyball Coach
Thompson plays a number of roles on campus this year, which include teaching two sections of Religion 9, serving as a dorm proctor in the residential life program, serving in the pastoral life program and coaching volleyball. Thompson earned her bachelor’s in theology from the University of Portland Sister Beata Tiboldi, O.P. Lower School Religion
Sr. Beata was born in Hungary and immigrated to the United States in 2001. She earned degrees in education, computer programming and religious teaching in Hungary. In 2006, she received her master’s in education from the University of Dayton, specializing in early childhood education.
Back row (L to R): Sr. Beata Tiboldi, Alex Kimmel and Erin McConnell Front row (L to R): Emily Wanders, Laura Novotney, Alyson Zuzolo and Veronique Berthet Not pictured: Michael Chiellino, Erin Thompson and Michael Woll
Emily Wanders
Michael Woll
Alyson Zuzolo
Director of Lower School Admission
Speech and Debate Coach
Upper School Religion
Wanders majored in early childhood education as an undergrad at Ohio University and received her master’s in educational leadership from the University of Dayton. Before coming to Gilmour, she taught second and third grades in the Centerville city schools and recently taught third grade for four years at Hathaway Brown School. Her husband, Jon Wanders, is the new director of the Upper School.
Woll coached debate at Solon High School for three years before coming to Gilmour. He’s a retired English and speech teacher from the Parma and Cleveland schools and has a bachelor’s degree from Ohio Northern University. His third book of short stories was published this fall.
Zuzolo earned a bachelor’s degree in religious studies from John Carroll University. After college, she completed a two-year service teaching program called Operation TEACH. While in the program, she earned a master’s degree in teaching from University of Notre Dame of Maryland. Most recently, Zuzolo taught middle school religion, social studies and language arts at Lial Catholic School in Whitehouse, Ohio.
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