New Faculty & Staff for 2013-14, continued Jessica Conaway
English as a Second Language. Most recently, Carly taught first
(Associate Director of Development)
graders at the Columbus School in Medellín, Colombia, and is
A
excited to work with Grade II here at Park.
true
Jessica
development Conaway
(BS
professional, Binghamton
University; MS University of Michigan)
Steven Goldman (Middle Division Math Coordinator)
is excited to join Park’s six-person
Steven Goldman, an experienced math
team where she will be leading Park’s
teacher, researcher, writer, and faculty
$1.9 million annual fund and Park21’s
coach, is also the father of Lev (Grade
fundraising
coming
VI) and Theo (Grade IV). With a BA in
efforts.
Before
to Park, Jessica served as executive
Classics and Religion from Haverford
director of the Brookline High School 21st Century Fund, where
College and an MA in Educational
she single-handedly ran the annual fund, major gifts operation,
Administration
and annual gala. Previously, Jessica worked in development at
University’s Teachers College, he has
from
Columbia
both regional and national non-profits including A Better City,
taught Latin and math and was the
the Boston Harbor Island Alliance, and Greenpeace USA. She was
director of the Steppingstone Academy.
also recently elected to the Women in Development of Greater
He also received an MFA in Writing from Emerson College
Boston Board of Directors, the leading professional association
and is the author of two books. In his new position funded by
for development.
Park21, Steven will draw on love of math education to work with students and teachers in Grades III-V. He will also co-direct the
India Davis ’03 (Kindergarten Assistant and After-School
Middle Division Math Club with Katrina Mills.
Program Instructor) Jeannie Hahn (Grade I Teacher)
After graduating from Hofstra University in 2010 with a BA in English Literature
Beloved teacher Jeannie Hahn (BS
and a minor in Studio Art, India Davis
Massachusetts Institute of Technology;
spent a year working on a sustainable
MEd
organic homestead on the Big Island
Education) is thrilled to return to Boston
Harvard
Graduate
School
of
of Hawai’i. She spent the 2011-12
and Park following two years in New
year at Park as an intern in the Lower
York City at Brooklyn Friends School.
Division, where she cemented her love
Jeannie has been working her way up
of teaching. This year, she will reunite
through the grades at Park: she began
with her former Kindergarten teacher, Raine Miller, in the same
as a Pre-K associate in 2006, then spent
classroom they shared more than 20 years ago!
three years as a Kindergarten teacher, and now returns to Grade I for the 2013-14 year.
Carly Ellis (Grade II Teacher) Carly
Ellis’s
warm,
nurturing,
and
supportive style has bolstered her varied teaching
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experience
with
Merrill Hawkins ’96 (English/Social Studies Teacher) A Park School “lifer” who attended
children
Park from Pre-K through Grade IX,
across the globe. Carly (BA Washington
Merrill Hawkins is thrilled to return to
College; MEd Lesley University), taught
her alma mater’s fourth floor to teach
Kindergarten at the American School
Grade VI English and Social Studies.
in Warsaw, Poland and the Winthrop
Merrill, who has a BA from Colby
School in Hamilton, Mass. In addition
College and an MEd from the Boston
to traditional classrooms, Carly has also
College Lynch School of Education, will
taught American Sign Language and
also serve as an advisor to Grade VI.