Familiar Faces: Where are They Now?
Catching Up with Former Faculty Lee and Bert Carvalho | Proctor Faculty 1980 - 2007
For nearly thirty years, Lee and Bert Carvalho helped forge the culture of Proctor Academy in ways few individuals are able. Through Lee’s role as a coach, advisor, Math Department Chair and new faculty mentor, and Bert’s role as coach, advisor, and Academic Dean, the Carvalho’s were instrumental in shaping our institution’s understanding of how we reach students most effectively as educators. A decade after teaching their final class at Proctor, we caught up with Lee and Bert to hear about their life today and their recent adventures. Always up for connecting, Bert and Lee look forward to hearing from their former students (and colleagues) who might happen upon this piece and desire to reach out. Email us at alumni@proctoracademy.org to connect with the Carvalhos. What have you been up to since retiring from Proctor in 2007? We may have officially retired in 2007, but we didn’t really leave Proctor. We spent the next two years living in Segovia, Spain helping my (Lee’s) brother, Derek Mansell run the Proctor-en-Segovia program. We feel very fortunate to have had the wonderful experience of living in a beautiful small city and traveling throughout the country. We were constantly impressed with the bravery of our students who chose to challenge themselves by living with families that spoke no English. After those two years abroad, we returned to our home in Andover where we remained involved in the community and continued to follow the news of Proctor through colleagues still at the school. Do you still return to Andover on a regular basis to connect with Proctor and your former colleagues? This past year we sold our house on Lawrence Street in
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Andover and bought a house in Collinsville, Connecticut where we live with our daughter, Alden ’92, and her family: Won-dly, Lohkoah, and Zigehleh. This has turned out to be a very nice arrangement for all of us. Alden teaches in the Hartford Public schools where she feels she can make a difference and is halfway through an administrative certification program. We get to spend countless hours with our grandchildren, and feel fortunate to be so engaged in their lives and to watch first hand the great work Alden and Won-dly are doing to make this world a better place. What is your son, Matt ’96, up to these days? Matt ’96 lives with his wife, Liz, a horsewoman, in Longmont, Colorado, and serves as the financial manager for a number of specialty restaurants. He continues to play soccer regularly, and has recently discovered a talent and passion for wood turning. It’s so wonderful to see him keep his passions he developed at Proctor front and center in his life.