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ENTERING FACULTY & STAFF 2022-23

BRITTANY ANDERSON
CLASS III TEACHER

What was the best book you read this summer?​
Where the Crawdads Sing

Do you have a pet?​
I have a Bernese Mountain Dog named Bowie

What is your favorite childhood memory?
Renting an RV and going to Yellowstone with my family.

What are you most looking forward to about being at Waterford School?
As a parent of a Waterford student, I was absolutely blown away by the incredible teachers that my daughter had last year as she began PreK-3. I feel very blessed to be a part of the incredible staff here at Waterford. I look forward to working with, and learning from, my amazing colleagues. 


MADDIE DUKE
KINDERGARTEN TEACHER & ASSISTANT WOMEN’S SOCCER COACH

Best book you read this summer?​
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

What is your favorite dessert?​
Cake Batter Ice Cream

What is your favorite childhood memory? 
Growing up, I remember visiting and spending time at my grandparents’ home/cabin in Hobblecreek Canyon. I remember roaming their beautiful yard, walking up and down the small roads, finding and observing the caterpillars and butterflies, and spending time with my extended family. I cherish all the memories there!

What are you most looking forward to about being at Waterford School?  
I am looking forward to working with and learning from amazing teachers and faculty and assistant coaching Women’s High School soccer. 


CASEY ROBIBERO
LOWER SCHOOL PHYSICAL EDUCATION

What is your favorite music album?​
Anything Taylor Swift—I can’t pick a favorite! I have seen her 6 times in concert!

What is your favorite dessert?
NY Style Cheesecake

Where is your hometown?  
Mahway, NJ

What are you most looking forward to about being at Waterford School?  
I am looking forward to being a part of the community and contributing to the school culture that fosters curiosity in students and evokes excitement in learning. 


KATE JAMES
PREK-3 TEACHER

Where is your hometown?​
I am originally from England, but I have lived in Germany and Switzerland before arriving in Sandy 10 years ago.

Do you have a pet?​
I have 2 dogs, both rescues, called Ozzy & Reggie

Who is the most interesting persion you’ve met?
I met Princess Diana at a dinner party

What are you most looking forward to about teaching at Waterford School?
 
I am most looking forward to having fun with the PreK3s and watching them grow through learning different things every day.


JEREMY FURNER
MS/US LATIN TEACHER

What is your favorite dessert? 
My favorite dessert is strawberry rhubarb pie.

Do you have a pet?
I have a one year old Bernese Mountain Dog, Bruce.

What are your favorite hobbies outside the classroom?​
Outside the classroom, I enjoy spending time with my wife and two kids. I also  spend most weekends juggling my hobbies of hiking, mountain biking, canyoneering, and golf.


ANN HENRIKSEN
MS/US COMPUTER SCIENCE TEACHER

What is the best book you read this summer?​
 One favorite of many that made me think was The Moment of Lift, Melinda Gates

Do you have a pet?​
I have two cats, including one giant Maine Coon, and a bunch of backyard birds (Chickens and Ducks)

What is your favorite childhood memory?  
When I was very young, my family lived next door to my Grandmother. My brother and I would sneak out across the rocky driveway to her house in our bare feet and pajamas to have Poptarts and yogurt for breakfast. Then, we would sneak back home again. My mom would pretend she didn’t know what we had been up to, and we felt like we had gotten away with something big… or something like that. It was fun.   

What are you most looking forward to about teaching at Waterford School?
I love people, teaching, math, and coding. I am excited to combine all of those things at Waterford! My two minute commute isn’t bad, either!


TANISHA SHEDDEN
MS COUNSELOR

What is the best book you read this summer?
An Abundance of Katherines 
by John Green

Where is your hometown?
West Jordan, UT

What are your hobbies outside the classroom?
I love the outdoors and animals


JESSIE LUND
MS/US MATH TEACHER

What is your favorite dessert?
A nice chocolate chip cookie

Do you have any pets? 
I have two German short hair pointers named Daniel and Benjamin

What is your favorite childhood memory?
Playing with my brother and neighborhood friends outside all the time

What are you most looking forward to about teaching at Waterford School?
Everyone seems so passionate about teaching and learning. I’m excited to work hard and to belong to a community where learning is so valued.


GEOFF GERBER
MS/US ENGLISH

What is your favorite song or album?​
My Stunning Mystery Companion, by Jackson Brown (the acoustic version from 2008) is my current favorite song.

What is the best book you read this summer?​
The Importance of Not Being Ernest: My Life with the Uninvited Hemingway, by Mark Kurlansky (Aside from all of the great literature that I have been reading from my classes).

Where is your hometown? 
St. Louis, MO

What are you most looking forward to about teaching at Waterford School?  
I am looking forward to those informal conversations with students when they have discovered something for themselves that interests them so much that they have to share it and share every insignificant detail about it, just to convince you that it really is interesting.


BROCK MICKELSEN
MS/US PHOTOGRAPHY

What is your favorite song or album?​
The Dead Tongues, Unsung Passage

What is the best book you read this summer?
Vesper Flights by Helen Macdonald

Who is the most interesting person  you have met?
William Kittredge is one of my favorite authors and I happened to sit just a few rows away from him on a flight, I even had one of his books with me.

What are you most looking forward to about teaching at Waterford School?  
I can’t wait to be part of such a fantastic community, I have been blown away by the camber of work produced by students at Waterford School.


STUART OWENS
MS/US SCIENCE

What is the best book you read this summer?
Non Fiction: Eternal Frontier by Tim Flannery, Fiction: Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde

What are your hometown?​
Kingston Upon Thames, London

What is your favorite childhood memory?
Favourite childhood memory is visiting the Natural History Museum when I was about 5 years old and standing under a Diplodocus skeleton

What are you most looking forward to about teaching at Waterford School?  I
I am most looking forward to immersing myself in a new culture within the school as this will be my first teaching experience in the United States. 


KATE EGAN
MS/US REGISTRAR

What is your favorite song or album?I
It’s constantly changing, but I’m constantly streaming Change by Djo

What is your favorite dessert?
I love brownies and cake! (really anything chocolate!)

What is your favorite childhood memory?
I loved visiting Utah when I was younger (I lived away for 14 years) and seeing all of my family members.

What are you most looking forward to about teaching at Waterford School?   
Working with like minded people and working with these amazing students!


KATE EGAN
MS/US REGISTRAR

What is your favorite song or album?I
It’s constantly changing, but I’m constantly streaming Change by Djo

What is your favorite dessert?
I love brownies and cake! (really anything chocolate!)

What is your favorite childhood memory?
I loved visiting Utah when I was younger (I lived away for 14 years) and seeing all of my family members.

What are you most looking forward to about teaching at Waterford School?   
Working with like minded people and working with these amazing students!


ALICIA KELLY
US COLLEGE COUNSELING

What is the best book you read this summer?
So far, it’s neck and neck between The Hunger Games series (which was the first time I’ve read them!) and 11/22/63 by Stephen King.

What are your hometown?​
My hometown is Greeley, Colorado! A small-ish town that probably felt smaller to me since I grew up there.

What is your favorite childhood memory?
I grew up in a household of sports fans, and I think my favorite childhood memories are rooted in going to games of all varieties: watching my dad coach football/basketball, my sister play volleyball, brother play basketball/baseball/football, being coached by my dad and brother in soccer/track/etc.

What are you most looking forward to about teaching at Waterford School?   
I’m excited to be a part of a growing and passionate group of educators! I’m looking forward to learning from each of our experiences and to foster supportive relationships with our students.


NEISHA WILLIAMS
MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATE

What is your favorite song or album?
My favorite song right now is September by Earth, Wind & Fire

Do you have any pets? 
I have a little dog named Winnie, he is a Maltese Yorkie mix aka a Morkie

What is your favorite childhood memory? 
My favorite childhood memory was every Summer traveling to Maryland to visit family.

What are you most looking forward to about teaching at Waterford School?   
The part of Waterford School that I’m most looking forward to is that Waterford is such a positive, engaging environment that I have the amazing opportunity to be so creative in and engage with the community in that unique way.

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