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 ...

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 ...

JOYCE RUSSELL has been the library media specialist for the Samuel Morey and Westshire Elementary schools since 2000. She graduated from Marietta College with a BA in International Business ...

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 ...