HIGHLAND

In August, new faculty and staff joined Highland’s
Division Directors for a hike and orientation at
Sky Meadow State Park in Delaplane.
Sport Science Instructor/Intramural Director at Hiram
College in Ohio. He has coached both men’s and women’s
basketball and tennis at the collegiate level. He earned a
B.A. in Psychology from Kenyon College and an M.S. in
Education: Sport Science/Coaching from the University
of Akron. He was a four-year starter on the men’s
basketball and baseball teams at Kenyon. Mr. Miller’s son
Dylan is in Kindergarten and daughter Taylor is in PK3/4.
Patrick Morse, Upper School English
Patrick Morse teaches Upper School English. He comes
to Highland from Robert American College in Istanbul,
Turkey, where he taught English Language Arts. While
there, he implemented an ESL writing curriculum for
students with a wide range of abilities from beginner
to fluent speaker and also helped increase the use of
technology-aided learning. Prior to that, Mr. Morse
taught English at the TEVITOL School in Kocaeli, Turkey,
a school serving gifted and talented students. He earned
a B.A. in English and Secondary Education Cum Laude
from Salem State University. He also coached the Robert
American College girls soccer and boys rugby teams.
Eric Olson, Upper School Chemistry
Eric Olson joins the Upper School faculty to teach
Chemistry. He comes to Highland from the Linden
Hall School for Girls in Lititz, PA, where he taught AP
Chemistry, Honors Chemistry, Chemistry, AP Physics B,
and Honors Physics. Prior to that Dr. Olson was an adjunct
science professor at both Union College and Sage College
in New York. He earned a B.S. in Chemistry from St. John’s
University, an M.A. in Teaching from the University of
Southern California, and a Ph.D. in Chemical Physics from the
University of Minnesota. His daughter Claire joins Highland’s
freshman class and his daughter Ana Leah is in PK4/5.
Sarah Tomsyck, Upper School English
Sarah Tomsyck comes to Highland to teach Upper School
English. Most recently she taught 9-12th grade English at
the Loudoun School for the Gifted in Ashburn. Prior to
that, she was an Associate Instructor and Adjunct Lecturer
at Indiana University, teaching courses in Elementary
Composition, Introduction to Fiction and Professional
Writing. Ms. Tomsyck earned a B.A. Magna Cum Laude
from Knox College and an M.A. from the University of
Massachusetts-Amherst. She also completed an additional
90 hours of coursework in English at Indiana University.
For the past two years she has been an AP subject reader
for the College Board’s AP English Language
and Composition test.
Learn more about our faculty and staff
online at highlandschool.org/faculty
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