the academy Hail…
Globetrotting Hebronians
New faculty members Chris Chudzicki, Edwin Nuñez, Kelly Caufield, renee parry, Sara Wilmot, Emily layden and Jarrett Brown.
As the 2012–2013 school year begins, we extend a warm welcome to the newest members of the Hebron faculty. Mr. Chris Chudzicki (BA Williams College) spent two years as a physics research assistant at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is an avid rock climber and hiker who will help out in the outdoor skills program and coach the math team with Ms. Merry Shore. A native Costa Rican, Mr. Edwin Nuñez (BA Middlebury College) recently worked as a Spanish and Chinese instructor at Dartmouth College’s Rassias Center for World Languages and Culture. In addition to teaching Spanish, Mr. Nuñez will coach soccer and teach workshops in Chinese. Ms. Kelly Caufield will join the fine arts department, teaching music and voice and directing the chorus and Hebeegeebees. Recently she has been a special education teacher. She is married to Hebron’s instrumental instructor John Lawson. Ms. Renee Parry (BA University of Southern Maine) will be teaching Middle and Upper School arts courses. Ms. Parry enjoys painting watercolors, reading poetry and fishing and recently took up snowboarding. Photographer Sara wilmot (Metropolitan State College of Denver) freelanced for the Academy last year and we are delighted that she is joining the faculty to teach photography and oversee the yearbook. Ms. Wilmot and Middle School director Paul Brouwer were married this summer. Ms. Emily layden (BA Stanford University) worked in fashion journalism in New York after graduating. At Hebron, she will teach English and continue her work as a writer in addition to her duties coaching cross country and lacrosse. A former instructor at Bowdoin, Clark University, Mercersburg and Pomfret, Dr. Jarrett brown will spend a sabbatical year (College of the Holy Cross) researching and writing a book and assisting with writing, inter-disciplinary projects and innovative team teaching programs.
…and farewell In June we bade farewell to faculty who are moving on to new positions or graduate school. Best wishes to Beth Barefoot, Sarah Bryan, Carnie Burns, Ian Cross, Jennifer Lonergan and Austin Stonebraker ’97. Come back and visit us soon!
There was a mini reunion of Hebronians in Lilongwe this summer, when students, faculty and parents participating in Go! Malawi met up with trustee and retired ambassador Tom Hull ’64, who was on a special assignment for the State Department. Left to right: Yishi Pan ’13, math teacher Chase Baker, Chenmo Zhang ’13, academic support coordinator Bill Flynn, parent and former trustee Susan Geismar, and Tom Hull ’64.
A warm welcome to Marcia Hilton, who took over the Hebron post office in July when current postmaster Mary Louque retired. A familiar face around campus, Mrs. Hilton is the mother of Casey ’04 and Kelley ’06, and also drove a bus for the Academy. She has been working at the Greenwood post office, and is looking forward to renewing old Hebron friendships and making new ones. Welcome back, Marcia! And our best wishes to Mary on her retirement.
Hebron Academy Semester • Spring/Summer 2012 • 5