Greetings from a hot and muggy St. George! In this second weekly e-newsletter of the school year, we remind you of a couple of ways to support the School, and we introduce you to our new faculty members. If you have newsworthy information you'd like to share about your son, please contact Hilde Keldermans at
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WELCOME TO OUR NEW FACULTY!
Janice Brasted will teach our ELL classes as she substitutes for Ms. Kushwara. Janice holds a
B.A. from the College of William and Mary and an M.Ed. from the University of Virginia. She also studied Latin at the Aestiva Romae Latinitas in Rome, Italy. Janice will also teach in the Fishburne Learning Center. For more information, click here.
Michael Burris has been hired as our new Technology Coordinator
. He has a B.S. in Wildlife Biology and an M. Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Vermont. Mike will also teach technology classes. He will divide his time between teaching courses in digital media production and working with faculty on technology integration in the classroom. For more information, click here.
Chrisantha Hermanson, Ph.D., will be the International Student Coordinator. Chrisantha began her career in the military and then earned a Master's of Science in International Political Theory from the University of Edinburgh. She completed her D.Phil. in Politics at the University of Oxford. As International Student Coordinator, Chrisantha will work with other members of the Blue Ridge community to foster a campus environment in which students from all over the world are ensured respect, support and friendship. For more information, click
here.
Parker Kirwan will serve as an assistant to Athletic Director Bryan Puckett. He will also work with the Advancement Office. Parker recently earned a
B.S. in History and an
M. Ed. in Sports Leadership from Virginia Commonwealth University. For more information, click here.
Vicki Laub will be teaching Spanish. She has a B.A. in Comparative Literature and a minor in Spanish from State University of New York. She also has a secondary education Spanish Teaching Certification from Appalachian State University. For more on Vicki, click
here.
Will McGreal is the new director of the Performing Arts Program. Will has extensive experience in teaching and conducting choirs and orchestras. He holds a B.S. in Theory and Composition from Loyola University. Click
here for more.
