LINDA GORDON joined the Preschool Team in 2021. She grew up in Orford and raised her family here. Linda worked with children most of her adult life. Over the years she has done a lot of cooking and ...

DYLAN BOLLES began as Elementary Music Teacher in 2021. He studied music at Middlebury College, Mills College and the University of California, Davis. He is also the co-founder of ...

SAMANTHA ALLEN joining the special education team at Westshire Elementary School as their second Special Educator in 2020! She has been teaching in special education for the past seven years and ...

RACHAEL COLEMAN has been teaching at Rivendell since 2013. She graduated from New England College in 2012 with a bachelors degree in Elementary Education and Special Education. Rachael has grown up ...

BARBARA GRIFFIN has been teaching at Rivendell since its inception in 2001. She taught 3rd and 5th grade for several years and is currently teaching Title 1 Reading at Westshire. She earned her ...

JILLIAN HATCH has years of experience teaching children of all ages, from infants to preteens. She has honed the ability to care for each child individually, while paying close attention to the ...

TANYA LIBBY has been teaching elementary art for grades K-6 at Samuel Morey and Westshire Elementary schools since 2018. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Art Education K-12 from Elmira ...

EMILY LLOYD has been teaching first grade at Westshire Elementary since 2016. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education and English from Keene State College in 2015. She decided to ...

KATHY MCGOWAN has been teaching at Rivendell since 2002. She is currently the math coach for K-5. Kathy graduated from Villanova University with a BS in Accounting; New York University with a MBA in ...

ANN O'HEARN is a our elementary school guidance counselor. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin - Madison with a BA in Psychology in 1991, and went on to graduate school to earn a Master's ...

NOAH PIERPONT - "Mr. P" graduated from Plymouth state in 2016, and teaches second grade at Westshire Elementary School. He loves to learn, play, explore and build. He also enjoys nature and the ...

BETH ROY joined the Rivendell Interstate School District in January of 2022. Beth’s excitement for place-based education started over 20 years ago while working at various nature centers around ...

LEEANN SENECAL started teaching at Westshire in December of 2020. She graduated from Castleton University in 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education, Special Education and a minor ...

KAITLYN TOWNSEND has been working at Rivendell since 2019. She graduated from Northern Vermont University in 2019 with a bachelors degree in Elementary Education. Kaitlyn grew up locally in Vermont ...

EMILY WATERMAN has been teaching for Rivendell Interstate School District since 2000. Most of those years have been happily spent in kindergarten at Westshire. Emily graduated from Johnson State ...

MELISSA ZOERHEIDE began her position in Westshire in 2019. She has a background in School counseling and clinical mental health counseling. She has been working in a school setting with Preschool ...

DYLAN BOLLES began as Elementary Music Teacher in 2021. He studied music at Middlebury College, Mills College and the University of California, Davis. He is also the co-founder of ...

BRIAN BOARDMAN is entering his 18th year of teaching. He is returning home to Vermont after a 15-year teaching stint in Bar Harbor, ME. Brian's wife, also an educator, teaches in Brownsville Vermont. ...

TOM BUZZELL joins the Samuel Morey staff this year as Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) Coordinator. In this role he works with staff to coordinate the layers of academic and behavioral support ...

CHRIS CASSELL taught 2nd graders at SME during the 2007-2008 school year and has since rejoined the faculty after teaching overseas for several years. After earning a BA from Bowdoin College, he ...

EMILY COUSENS is the middle school counselor and works with students in grades 5-8. She earned her undergraduate degree in English and Creative Writing at New York University and her Masters in ...

JEAN DALEY has been working at Samuel Morey Elementary as a learning coach since 2005. She enjoys doing a variety of crafts like oil painting and scrapbooking. She also enjoys cooking and turning her ...

MIRANDA GARROW has been teaching at Samuel Morey since 2019. She grew up in West Fairlee, Vermont and graduated from the University of Vermont in 2019 with her Bachelor of Science in elementary ...

IRIS JOHNSON has been a learning coach at Samuel Morey Elementary for 7 years. She has lived in Vermont for most of her life. Before working at Samuel Morey, she volunteered at Bradford Elementary ...

SASHA IRISH  has been teaching at Samuel Morey Elementary School since 2011.  Sasha loves books, coffee, rabbits, and bearded dragons.  She especially enjoys making space in the ...

GAYLE JUSTYNSKI “Mrs. J.” has been in the field of education since 1990. She relocated to the Upper Valley from Rhode Island and joined the faculty at Samuel Morey in 2020. She ...

KATLYN KIESS is a teacher in the Expedition Classroom at Samuel Morey Elementary School. Katlyn grew up in Pennsylvania, graduated from Lock Haven University with a bachelor’s degree in Early ...

STEVEN LINDEMANN has served as as the Principal of Samuel Morey Elementary since 2018 and has been working in Vermont public schools for over 25 years. He previously worked in the Montpelier, ...

TANYA LIBBY has been teaching elementary art for grades K-6 at Samuel Morey and Westshire Elementary schools since 2018. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Art Education K-12 from Elmira ...