New Teaching Apprentices for 2016-17 Each year, approximately six teaching apprentices become respected and valued members of Park’s dedicated and talented faculty. Our program attracts college graduates who wish to explore a teaching career, often while they are pursuing a master’s degree.These placements allow apprentices to gain experience in the classroom, thanks to the veteran teachers who host them, and engage in the extracurricular life of the School. Here’s a look at this year’s participants.
Thomas Cahill
school, Maren enjoys playing music, bike riding , and watching
Thomas is a 2016 graduate
old movies. Growing up in the Brookline community and
of
working at the Summer at Park camp have allowed her to get
Carleton
College,
where
he majored in history with a
to know Park’s amazing faculty and staff. Maren could not be
concentration in Arabic language
more excited to join the team this fall!
and literature. At Carleton, he mentored Somali students at a local high school, co-directed
Gillian Miller-Lewis
Carleton’s
This spring, Gillian graduated
radio
station
and
wrote for the newspaper. After
from Williams College with a
completing the college’s Arabic
degree in history. During her
course sequence, in Spring 2015,
college studies, she felt lucky
Thomas spent three months studying in Amman, Jordan at
to
have
the
opportunity
to
the Qasid Institute. For the past three summers, he has taught
explore the memories of certain
English language and literature, coached soccer and basketball,
Vietnamese citizens’ experiences
and served as a residential adviser at the at King’s Academy’s
from the Vietnam War. Gillian
Summer Enrichment Program in Jordan. Thomas is very excited
was
to teach, coach, and learn at Park.
Jerusalem to learn about the
also
able
to
travel
to
many faiths, cultures, and stories present in the city. For the last three years, she worked in a 7th grade English classroom at Maren Kelsey
the local junior high school in Williamstown, Mass. Her interest
Maren is a Brookline native and
in urban education and middle school led her to work with the
graduate
of
Breakthrough Collaborative in Boston and New York for the
College,
where
English
and
Sarah
Lawrence
she
studied
last two summers. When she is not in the classroom teaching
creative
writing.
or learning, Gillian enjoys hiking, baking, playing soccer, and
Since graduating she has worked
running. In fact, she just ran her first half marathon this spring
at a Head Start program for
and is looking forward to running more soon! Gillian is very
preschool children in Brooklyn,
excited to learn from all her new students and colleagues.
and completed an internship as a research assistant for a pediatric health study conducted at Mount
Jasmine Mills
Sinai
recently,
Jasmine Mills is a proud Boston native who is excited about
she has worked at an after-school program at her old school,
joining the Park community. She graduated from Hampton
Lawrence Elementary, in Brookline, where she worked with
University in Hampton, Virginia, with a BA in psychology. Then,
Hospital.
Most
children in fourth through sixth grades, organizing arts and
through City Year, Boston, she spent a year serving as a tutor
science projects and honing her dodgeball skills. Outside of
and mentor at the Mildred Avenue School in Boston’s Mattapan continued on next page
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