What is your favorite dessert?My favorite dessert is tiramisu.
Do you have a pet? I have three dogs. Woody (toy Australian Shepherd), Shadow (toy Australian Shepherd), and Peanut (Chihuahua Australian Shepherd mix).
How did you spend your summer?I spent my summer working at a summer camp and fixing up my yard.
What are you most looking forward to about being at Waterford School?I’m looking forward to being back within a supportive and collaborative community, that I’ve experienced as a student, that I now get to experience as a teacher.
Where is your hometown?I grew up in Park City, Utah.
Do you have a pet? I recently adopted our first family pet, Charlie! A sweet and rambunctious Goldendoodle.
How did you spend your summer?I spent my summer vacation with my two sons, James (5) and Hudson (2.5). We tried to stay out of the heat by taking day trips to Park City and spent a lot of time in the pool! I also began getting ready for another boy, due in November!
What are you most looking forward to about being at Waterford School?I am most looking forward to bringing my passion for learning to the Waterford School. I am thrilled to engage in new learning opportunities amongst the renowned faculty at Waterford School to expand my craft of teaching to the highest potential.
Where is your hometown?My hometown is Corpus Christi, Texas.
What is your favorite dessert? My favorite dessert is lemon squares. An interesting thing about me is that if given the choice between a chocolatey dessert and a fruity dessert, I will pick the fruity one every time.
How did you spend your summer?I spent part of my summer moving to Utah, which is so exciting to me to get to live near the mountains! I also took a trip to New York City to get my Broadway musical fix, and spent some time at a friends’ lake house in Texas. Outside of work I like to hike, read, play board games and Mahjong, and explore new recipes in the kitchen.
What are you most looking forward to about being at Waterford School?I am looking forward to being a part of a school community that values developing the whole child in a caring environment.
What is your favorite song or album? My Love by Westlife
Where is your hometown? Shanghai, China
How did you spend your summer vacation?The biggest event this summer was definitely the cross-country move – We drove all the way from Delaware to Utah! We spent 6 days on the road and it was so cool to see a total of 12 states all in one trip. The landscape change along the way also reminded us how geographically diverse the US is. We were very fortunate to have met a number of Waterford families shortly after we arrived (Thanks, Megan and Lacy!) I spent a week attending an AP Summer Institute in July in preparation for the AP Chinese class I will be teaching. For the rest of the summer, our family enjoyed exploring the SLC area and a trip to the Caribbean.
What are you most looking forward to about being at Waterford School?I’m most excited about continuing to grow professionally as an educator at Waterford while also having immediate access to a variety of year-round outdoor activities that I get to enjoy with my family in beautiful Utah. I also really look forward to wearing the parent hat at Waterford community as my two daughters, Alyna and Rydia, will be joining the Lower School in Class IV and Class II this fall.
Best book you read this summer?I am an insatiable reader. Recent thought provoking reads have been The Women, Fight Right, and The Lemon Tree.
What is your favorite dessert? You can easily win my heart with cookies.
How did you spend your summer?My summer vacation will be spent adventuring with my family in my bus conversion, gardening, biking, and being outside as much as possible!
What are you most looking forward to about being at Waterford School?I am very excited to be returning full time to Waterford. I enjoy being surrounded by bright, curious students, and high caliber, inspiring coworkers.
What is your favorite dessert?I love ice cream!
Where is your hometown?I was born and raised in Sandy, Utah. It’s still the place I call home.
How did you spend your summer vacation?I spent my summer vacation with my husband and our newborn. We traveled with family to Florida and California, bought our first home, and began fixing it up!
What are you most looking forward to about being at Waterford School?This role is a dream come true! I’ve always wanted to work in education. I am thrilled to be part of the wonderful team and community at Waterford School.
What is your favorite dessert?Baklava
Where is your hometown?Granville, Ohio
How did you spend your summer vacation?Remodeling my century-old childhood home with my dad, traveling to remote parts of Iceland.
What are you most looking forward to about being at Waterford School?Building relationships with students and colleagues.
What is your favorite dessert?Pies and ice cream (separately). I believe that they are each a food group.
Where is your hometown?Loveland, Colorado
How did you spend your summer vacation?I spent my summer vacation preparing to move to Utah!
What are you most looking forward to about being at Waterford School?I am excitedly looking forward to getting to know the students and the faculty.
Where is your hometown?Seattle, WA
Do you have a pet?I have a dog, Maggie! She’s an 11 pound Chihuahua Dachshund mix who is named after photographer Margaret Bourke White.
How did you spend your summer vacation?Moving to Utah, visiting with friends and family near and far, and enjoying having a bit of time to settle in with my pup.
What are you most looking forward to about being at Waterford School?I am most looking forward to working with students to realize their potential as artists, and becoming a part of such a vibrant and welcoming community.
Best book you read this summer?The best book I read this summer is one of my all-time favorites: Wild by Cheryl Strayed. I’ve read it at least ten times! I’m an avid reader, and some of my favorite books are really well-written memoirs.
Where is your hometown?My hometown is Salt Lake City, Utah. I love to hike and camp in the summer, ski in the winter, and watch the leaves change in the fall. I can’t imagine moving away from the mountains! Plus, my parents and brother live here too. I love playing games, going on adventures, and catching up with my family! Utah is my home.
How did you spend your summer vacation?This summer, my fiancé Skyler and I backpacked into the Grand Canyon to visit Havasu Falls on Havasupai tribal land. We camped for three nights and spent the days playing in the water and hiking to four more waterfalls in the area. We also flew to Chicago, road-tripped to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and spent a lot of time at the local pool.
What are you most looking forward to about being at Waterford School?I look forward to having fun with my students, making new friends, learning from my colleagues, and being a part of the Waterford School community!
Where is your hometown?My hometown is Katowice, Poland. I have lived in England, Egypt and in the United States for the last 15 years.
Do you have a pet?I have a goldendoodle named Candee, who consistently encourages us to explore the beautiful Wasatch mountains.
How did you spend your summer vacation?This summer we hiked some of the trails in the Uinta Mountains looking for wild mushrooms, a favorite hobby of mine dating back to my childhood in Poland.
What are you most looking forward to about being at Waterford School?I am most looking forward to participating in the strong academic culture and helping students to realize their potential in the vibrant and enriching culture of Waterford.
What is your favorite song or album?One of my favorite songs (it always makes my Spotify Wrapped) is called “Your Best American Girl” by the artist Mistki.
What is your favorite dessert?My favorite dessert is my wife’s homemade Tiramisu. I haven’t tasted one better!
How did you spend your summer vacation?I’m a bit lucky as I just moved from Australia, so I got two summers this year! I spent my Australian summer sweating, meeting new people, getting acquainted with the Australian accent, and drinking wonderful coffee, and I spent my American summer catching up with friends and training for a bike race.
Favorite hobbies outside of work?My favorite hobbies outside of work are long morning coffee chats with my wife or my friends, traveling to new and exciting places, listening to audiobooks, and rollerblading (sometimes the last two at the same time).
What is your favorite dessert?Affogato
Where is your hometown?Chassell, MI located in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
How did you spend your summer vacation?My summer vacation was spent enjoying time in Hawaii, Zermatt, Paris, Reims, East Coast and California.
What are you most looking forward to about being at Waterford School?I am most looking forward to being part of a community that exudes positivity, warmth and connectivity.
Where is your hometown?I was born and raised in Millcreek, UT, and moved to Sandy, UT when we bought a house about five years ago.
Do you have a pet?I have two dogs, Harley and Roxie, and one cat, Karmel. Harley is a one-year-old golden retriever, Roxie is a 5-year-old chihuahua-yorkie and Karmel is a tortoiseshell cat.
How did you spend your summer vacation?My summer vacation was full of reading, swimming, and taking my kids to and from lots of activities like swim team, football, and dance. We went to Yellowstone with my family. It was so beautiful and amazing to see so many wonders of nature. We also did some camping.
What are you most looking forward to about being at Waterford School?I am so excited to be at Waterford School this year for my School Counseling Internship. I am excited to work with older students as I have worked primarily in elementary. I look forward to getting to know students and helping them work through the challenges of school and life as they grow and develop into amazing young adults.
What is your favorite song or album?According to Spotify, my top played songs of 2023 were Black River Swamp by Link Wray, and Life We Live by Project Pat.
Do you have a pet?I have a 3 year old Australian Shepherd named Wicky. Beware! If you ask to see a photo of him, I have roughly 1 terabyte of photos of him on my phone.
How did you spend your summer vacation?I spend my summers working at Camp Kieve in Nobleboro Maine, as director of the Junior Kieve Program. This will be my 12th summer at Kieve.
What are you most looking forward to about being at Waterford School?I am beyond excited to be working at Waterford. I am looking forward to working with the electric age group that is middle school, helping out with the outdoors and lacrosse programs, learning from my peers, and being able to justify my answer to the age old question “how often do you think about the Roman Empire?”
What is your favorite song or album?Trouble (album) by Ray LaMontagne
What is your favorite dessert?Pumpkin Pie
How did you spend your summer vacation?Moving back home from Georgia!
What are you most looking forward to about being at Waterford School?New colleagues and students! I felt an instant connection to Waterford when I visited in February, and I can’t wait to meet everyone this fall.
Where is your hometown?I was born in Boston, MA and grew up in Merrimack, NH!
Do you have a pet?Yes! I have an adorable 7-year-old red lab, Aggie. I adopted her from the Ogden Animal Shelter back in 2020 and she is the sweetest dog ever!
How did you spend your summer vacation?Traveling! The highlight of my summer was spending two weeks in South Africa; the safari tours were absolutely incredible! My fiancée and I also drove to the Oregon Coast with our dog in early July, stopping at the stunning Crater Lake National Park along the way. In early August, I went to Seattle for my best friend’s bachelorette party and then headed to Portland, OR for a week-long AP Chemistry workshop to hone my teaching and mentoring skills for the upcoming year. All in all, I had a very exciting and fulfilling summer.
What are you most looking forward to about being at Waterford School?I am most looking forward to inspiring students’ curiosity and passion for chemistry at Waterford School.
What is your favorite song or album? My favorite album to listen to is Stick Season (We’ll All Be Here Forever) by Noah Kahan- I can listen to it on repeat!
Best book you read this summer?This summer I have been focusing on rereading a lot of the classics- my favorite of all time is Jane Eyre.
How did you spend your summer vacation?My summer vacation has been spent either on trips with friends, reading books in the sunshine, or in quality time with my family. Or, in other words, the perfect way!
What are you most looking forward to about being at Waterford School?I am so excited to be able to come back home to Waterford! My time here shaped me and inspired me- I cannot wait to join the faculty side!
Do you have a pet?I have three dogs: Charlie, Effie, and Hero.
Where is your hometown?I am from Sandy, Utah.
How did you spend your summer vacation?This summer I spent a week at a beach house on Lake Huron, in Michigan with some friends. We also spent a week at our family cabin above Strawberry reservoir boating with my kids and their friends. My mother in law visited us from Bogota, Colombia. I played a lot of pickleball, volleyball, hiked, and went on lots of walks with my dogs.
What are you most looking forward to about being at Waterford School?I am really looking forward to getting to know my students and creating a happy learning environment.
Best book you read this summer?The Curse of Chalion
Where is your hometown?Iowa City, Iowa & Cincinnati, Ohio
How did you spend your summer vacation?Hiking, Bike Touring, Visiting Family
What are you most looking forward to about being at Waterford School?I am excited to work alongside all the great teachers I met during my visit and to contribute to the Robotics Program in any way that I can.
What is your favorite song or album?Ends of the Earth by Lord Huron
Where is your hometown?My hometown is Lima, Peru.
How did you spend your summer vacation?During my summer vacation I visited Machu Picchu and Rainbow Mountain in Peru. I went on several road trips across the east coast of the USA. I also spent several weeks of my summer packing and getting ready to relocate to Utah!
What are you most looking forward to about being at Waterford School?I’m looking forward to inspiring my students with love and appreciation for different cultures and traditions. Learn from my colleagues and work collaboratively for the well-being of our students.
What is your favorite dessert?My favorite dessert is sweet crepes with homemade ice cream
Do you have a pet?Yes, I have three dogs and my favorite is Chancho.
How did you spend your summer vacation?This summer, I had the chance to visit Hawaii for the first time, where I found my new favorite beaches and loved visiting Pearl Harbor. I also spent time with family in South Dakota, where we went rock climbing and toured Jewel Cave. Back home in Utah, I had fun running a mud run and hiking some of my favorite trails with friends.
What are you most looking forward to about being at Waterford School?I’m excited to help create unique and memorable experiences for the diverse events at Waterford.
Best book you read this summer?The Greatest Salesman in the World by Og Mandino
Where is your hometown?South America, Bolivia
How did you spend your summer vacation?Camping, fishing and working.
What are you most looking forward to about being at Waterford School?Looking forward to meeting and getting to know everyone at Waterford Schools. Being able to work and helping anyone needing my assistance.
What is your favorite dessert?My favorite dessert is an ice cream sundae with a waffle cone.
Do you have a pet?I have a 3 year old German Shepard Husky named Rip.
How did you spend your summer vacation?I spent my summer with my fiancé and dog camping, hiking and enjoying the outdoors!
What are you most looking forward to about being at Waterford School?I am looking forward to building relationships with all students and faculty and being a positive impact to the Waterford community.
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