Faculty, Administration and Trustees
The adults at Buxton are available and open to young people, concerned with their growth in academic disciplines and in every other respect as well. They are committed to teaching, but also to the overall life of the school. Many members of the faculty have advanced degrees, and most have significant teaching experience. Faculty members are given great freedom to design their own courses, ensuring that the material stays fresh. This allows them to respond flexibly and sensitively to specific groups and individuals.
All teaching families and most teachers live at the school, interweaving their daily lives with those of the Buxton community. Along with teaching in the classroom, faculty members have leadership, administrative, and caretaking responsibilities.
This means that students and faculty enjoy an unusually high degree of interaction and camaraderie. Over the course of a day, you might be woken up by your math teacher, eat lunch with your French teacher, and sing next to your English teacher during a chorus rehearsal.
At Buxton, students and faculty share their lives in ways both mundane and profound, forming bonds that range far beyond the typical classroom interactions you may be used to. We see the development of honest and caring friendships between adults and students not just as a lucky by-product of our program but also as an educational goal in itself.
Faculty
(The year in parentheses is when the faculty member joined Buxton.)
C. William Bennett, Co-Director (1969)
B.A. Williams College
Admissions
English III, Senior Seminar
Boys’ Dormitory
BBennett@BuxtonSchool.org
Linda Kathryn Burlak (1988)
B.A. Carleton College; M.S. Cornell University
Physics, Biology, Marine Biology, Astronomy
Courses of Study, Testing Advisor, Girls’ Dormitory
Bradford K. Davis ‘63 (1970)
B.A. Williams College; M.A. Brown University
American History, Advanced European Studies
Boys’ Dormitory
David Denhard (1982)
B. A. State University of New York at New Paltz;
M. Mus. Binghamton University
Music I, II, III; Piano; Vocal Coaching
Chamber Music, Chamber Orchestra
Edward R. Gale (1970)
B.A. Williams College
Pre-Calculus, Calculus I, Chemistry
Chorus, Boys’ Dormitory
Pilar Ciriza El Cid Gale (1968)
Bachiller Superior, Colegio del Sagrado Corazon, Spain
ESL Program: Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced TOEFL Preparation,
Spanish IV
Dina Jacir ‘05 (2009)
Hampshire College
Teaching Intern
Rights and the Law
Alternative Sports, Girls’ Dormitory
Alcia Jackson (2007)
B.A. Williams College
French II, III, IV and V, Psychology
Alternative Sports, Girls’ Dormitory
Frank Jackson (2007)
BFA Virginia Commonwealth University;
MFA University of California at Davis
Painting, Drawing
Basketball
Adrian Lash-St. John ‘00 (2004)
B.A. Bennington College
Algebra I and II, Introduction to Trigonometry, Video Production
Boys’ Soccer, Skiing and Snowboarding, Work Program, Boys’ Dormitory
Amrita Lash-St. John ‘99 (2003)
B.A. Bennington College
Ceramics
Girls’ Dormitory
Will Miller (2007)
B.A. Oberlin College, ISSA Certified Fitness Trainer
Biology, Sports Science, Geometry
Weight Training and General Fitness
Kathleen Oliver (1987)
Study in Contemporary and Ethnic Dance and Percussion
Africa, African, Caribbean and Balinese Dance, Drumming and Percussion, Gamelan
Girls’ Dormitory
Kevin B. Reilly (2005)
B.A. Williams College
English II, IV, Photography
Basketball, Creative Writing, Boys’ Dormitory
Ben Ripley ‘99 (2007)
B.A. St. John’s College
Photography, Geometry, Shakespeare, French I
Franny Shuker-Haines, Associate Director, Director of Admissions (1997)
B.A. Wesleyan University
English IV
Timothy Shuker-Haines (1997)
B.A. Swarthmore College; M.A. San Fransisco State University; Ph.D. University of Michigan
Rights and the Law
Henry Smith (2009)
B.A. Bard College
English I, Algebra II
Girls’ Soccer, Boys’ Dormitory
Peter S. Smith ‘74, Co-Director (1984)
B.A. Clark University
Drama I and II
Drama Activity, Boys’ Dormitory
Carmen Welton (2007)
B.A. Oberlin College
Spanish I, II, III, IV, and V
Girls’ Soccer, Girls’ Dormitory
Asher Woodworth ‘05(2009)
Bennington College
Teaching Intern
Video Production, Drama I
Boys’ Dormitory
Administration
(The year in parentheses is when the faculty member joined Buxton.)
C. William Bennett (1969)
Director
B.A. Williams College
BBennett@BuxtonSchool.org
Shriya Bhargava-Sears (2007)
Assistant to Director of Annual Fund and Alumni Relations
B.A. St. Xavier’s College Kolkata, India
M.A. Emerson College
Shriya@BuxtonSchool.org
Will Bhargava-Sears ‘90 (2007)
Assistant Director of Admissions
B.A. Bard College
will.sears@BuxtonSchool.org
Margaret L. Cardner (1991)
Senior Recruitment Officer
B.S. Clarkson University
M.S. The Pennsylvania State University
Margo@BuxtonSchool.org
Aimee Davis (2009)
Administrative Assistant
Aimee@BuxtonSchool.org
Judy Lescarbeau (1997)
School Secretary
Office@BuxtonSchool.org
Chris St. Pierre (1996)
Student Services
Mike St.Pierre (1980)
Buildings and Grounds, Woodworking
Scott C. Sanfilippo (2001)
Executive Chef
A.O.S. New England Culinary Institute
Lawrence Smith (1997)
Librarian, Computer Support
B.S. Cornell University
Franny Shuker-Haines (1997)
Associate Director, Director of Admissions
B.A. Wesleyan University
Franny@BuxtonSchool.org
Cynthia Thomayer (2003)
Business Manager, Student Records
Accounts@BuxtonSchool.org
Maria Vincent (2006)
Director of Annual Fund and Alumni Relations
B.A. State University of New York at Albany
Maria@BuxtonSchool.org
Trustees
(As of 12/9/09)
OFFICERS
B. Graeme Fincke, M.D. ’61 President
Julius Rosenwald, III Vice President
Nancy E. Glowa, Esq. ’73, Vice President
Gerald Friedman, Treasurer
Susan Merrett, Secretary
Diana Hitt Potter ’51, Clerk
TRUSTEES
Andrea Currier ’74
Ruth Duell ‘69
Kester Hodge ‘85
Edward W. Martin M.D. ’72
Alex Matisse ‘03
Nancy Newberger
Horatio R. Potter ’82
Anthony Rousmaniere ‘91
Peter Shumlin ’74
Alison Bidlack Smith ‘76
Elaine Stangland
Marco Williams ’75
Isaac Zaur
FACULTY TRUSTEES
C. William Bennett, Co-Director
Franny Shuker-Haines (Associate Director)
Peter Smith ’74 (Co-Director)
Kathleen Oliver
HONORARY TRUSTEE
Ann F. Wiener