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Carolyn Borman
Communications Associate
NEW FACES ON THE STAFF ANTHONY MORROW
New staff members were asked to respond to these questions and/or statements: 1. Describe your life in six words. 2. If you could live anywhere in the world for a year, where would it be? 3. If you could invite 3 guests, dead or alive, to dinner, who would they be? 4. What are some things you’d like to share about your family and birthplace? 5. What are your hobbies and interests outside of school? 6. What is a topic or skill that you love to teach and why? 7. Why do you think you will like teaching at Roeper?
Micah Brown
Sarah DeVries
MICAH BROWN Micah Brown is our full-time Lower School Educational Counselor. He has had over 17 years of experience as a School Social Worker and will be providing both counseling and academic support and consultation for both students and teachers. 1. Balancing: professional, parent, organized chaos, fun 2. Maui, Hawaii 3. Jesus, Will Ferrell, Bob Marley 4. Immediate family = We have two boys (Ezra, age 10, and Arie, age 6). I was born in Wisconsin. My parents moved to Birmingham down the street from Roeper’s Upper School in 1982, where they lived until 2005. I am the oldest of five boys. My father was a pastor at a church in Bloomfield Hills (now retired and living near Lansing). My wife’s entire family is from the Netherlands (I’m the first non Dutch person in their family), however they don’t have any real connection to the culture. Naming our second son Arie was our attempt at connecting with the Dutch culture. Ezra’s name is an old Hebrew biblical name like mine. 5. Michigan State sports, Golf, travel, outdoors, photography. 6. Social-Emotional Learning skills — they are the foundation of successful students and employees. I’m excited to join others in moving the mission of Roeper forward to help develop and strengthen these skills in students.
7. I’ve been reading a lot about the history of Roeper. I’m excited to be at Roeper because not only did the Roepers recognize the value and importance of social emotional learning decades before it became under stood and accepted by mainstream educa- tion, but it was founded on these concepts.
SARAH DeVRIES Sarah Baker DeVries is returning to us after several years away in Grand Rapids. Previously Sarah taught Stage II and Stage IV at Roeper. We are pleased to have Sarah return as the Team Teacher with Michele Buttermore in Stage II. 1. Two kids under five; laundry, laundry, laundry. 2. Along the coastline of Croatia. 3. My maternal grandparents for the memories and Ina Garten for the good food. 4. I grew up in northern Michigan with an amazing set of parents who instilled a love of community, learning, and adventure. Now as a parent to two small children ages 2½ and 4½, my husband Charlie and I want the same for our kids, and we know being a part of the Roeper community will do just that. 5. Baking, reading, SEC Football and yoga — not necessarily in that order. 6. Helping learners discover the joy of reading. This applies to any grade level, whether it’s helping someone learn to read or someone who has been reading for years and just hasn’t found the right book to keep their interest. 7. I have had the opportunity to teach in many different schools over the course of my teaching career (including five years at Roeper), and I am certain there is no place on Earth quite like this place. My husband’s job transferred us to Grand Rapids in 2013, and when the opportunity presented itself for us to move back, we jumped at the chance. The past two years we have been a part of the community as parents, and I was elated at the opportunity to rejoin this year as a staff member.
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