Bridging the Gap

Campus News
New FACulty and Staff
Back Row: (L-R) Liza Fletcher, Grace Jensen Knight ’05, Vicki Englehart-Thompson. Middle Row: (L-R) Alan Pennington, John Bartholomew, Lake Bailey, Kate Fairless, Christine Mudalige,
Jill Samuels ’92, Gwen Alexander, Kate Stakem. Front Row: (L-R) Sharon Donovan, Brennan Adrian, Lindsay Hammond, Christina Block, Amy Bagwell, and Jenny Levi.
To start the 2015-2016 school year, St. Mary’s welcomed a group of new faculty and staff members to the family!
Brennan Adrian is the first ever
North Campus counselor, serving
ECC and Lower School students.
Gwen Alexander serves on the
Upper School science faculty,
teaching anatomy and physiology,
chemistry, and biology classes.
Amy Bagwell is a new member of
the Senior Kindergarten team.
Lake Bailey is a new to the ECC
faculty as a Junior Kindergarten
teacher.
John Bartholomew has served the
St. Mary’s athletic department as
the varsity lacrosse coach since
January 2014 and has been hired
full time as the assistant athletic
director.
Christina Block is starting a new
role as the director of learning
support for students in St. Mary’s
Place through 5th grade.
Sharon Donovan works in the
business office as the new student
billing coordinator.
Vicki Englehart-Thompson is
the dean of college counseling,
heading a reorganized college
counseling office.
Kate Fairless has been assisting
with JV and Varsity Soccer since
2014. She is now the soccer coordinator
and serves on the Middle
School science faculty.
Liza Fletcher comes to St. Mary’s
in a dual role, serving as a Junior
Kindergarten teacher in the ECC
and sports information specialist
for the athletic department.
Lindsay Hammond joins the ECC
specialist faculty as the music
teacher.
Grace Jensen Knight ’05 returns
to her alma mater as the event coordinator
for the admission office.
Jenny Levi is a member of the
Upper School faculty as the new
physics teacher.
Christine Mudalige has coached
Middle School Soccer and
Lacrosse, and now joins the
Upper School faculty as health
and fitness instructor.
Alan Pennington has served
St. Mary’s as a consultant for
seven years and now joins the
technology staff full-time as network
and systems engineer.
Jill Samuels ’92 joins the Middle
School faculty as a member of the
5th grade team.
Kate Stakem comes to St. Mary’s
as the new director of studies in
the college counseling office.
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