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...在信誉第一网投平台，我们有一个完整的社区! Our expert educators, coaches, mentors, staff, 顾问们团结起来，朝着一个共同的目标努力:准备, empowering, 并激励每一个走进信誉第一网投平台大门的女孩. Our community members 为艾利斯的学生树立了积极的榜样, 倡导他们的成功，并在整个教育过程中指导他们.
Ellis Employee Spotlights
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Jenn Moynihan, Head of Middle School
When she moved across the country to start her position as Ellis’ new Middle School Division Head, 珍·莫伊尼汉的到来并没有让人觉得那么遥远. A native of Lansdale, Pennsylvania, Ms. 莫伊尼汉在洛杉矶生活了一段时间后回到了“基石州”, California, 在阿彻女子学校工作了九年. At Archer, 她曾担任高中英语教师，后来担任学生主任, 亲眼目睹了全女子教育的力量. -
Brianne Kelly，中学体育老师
They say you have to see it to be it, and that’s exactly what Brianne Kelly, 新中学体育教师, is doing for Ellis girls. A former Division I athlete, Ms. Kelly is modeling to her students how teamwork and perseverance can take you places both on the court and off. Prior to Ellis, Ms. Kelly spent six years overseas playing professional basketball in Germany, Slovakia, and Italy. She was also a four-year letter winner on Penn State’s women’s basketball team and earned Big Ten Conference honors each year of her collegiate career. Now in her first year of teaching, Ms. 凯利正在分享她学到的关于保持活跃的经验, committed, 和信誉第一网投平台的女孩们一起运动. -
杰克·加德斯，世界语言系主任
Whether he’s introducing students to a human rights activist from Argentina or sharing a story about his eventful weekend bike ride, Upper School Spanish Teacher Jack Gaddess never fails to find a way to bring a dose of excitement and fun to his Spanish classroom. An adventurous educator who has led Ellis girls on trips to Spain, Costa Rica, and Mexico, Mr. Gaddess proudly shares his love of the Spanish language and its culture with his students through interactive learning opportunities and experiences. From joining the faculty number in the Upper School musical to blocking and serving in the annual winter volleyball game, Mr. 加德斯带来了他对学习坚定不移的热情, and having fun while doing so, to Ellis every day. -
Sara Sturdevant，表演艺术系系主任
在过去的二十年里，她是高中社区中充满活力和受人爱戴的一员, Sara Sturdevant is a teacher that has inspired hundreds of Ellis students with her passion for the arts, and in turn, 激发了他们毕业后的创造性事业和努力. 她是表演艺术的坚定支持者. Sturdevant has directed, choreographed, staged, 并在过去的23年里制作了数百部信誉第一网投平台的作品和表演. Her commitment to her craft and can-do attitude energizes and ignites students’ independence and individuality on and off stage as they’re pushed to believe in themselves, their abilities, and their potential. Whether she’s teaching a cast how to perfect Fosse jazz hands or leading a discussion from the halls of Carnegie Museum of Art, Ms. Sturdevant’s gusto, charisma, 她对学校和学生的奉献精神体现在她所做的每一件事上. -
Amy Sidari, English & History Teacher and Grade 5 Dean
五年级教务长，英语和历史老师, Amy Sidari, 在过去的17年里一直欢迎信誉第一网投平台中学的女孩们. In her classroom, you’ll find her teaching students about the wonders of Greek mythology and ancient civilizations, 还就反乌托邦故事进行了热烈的讨论，比如 The Giver and classic coming of age stories like Bridge to Terabithia. An avid reader and bibliophile, Mrs. Sidari brings her lifelong love of literature (her mom owned a bookstore) to not only her students, 而是整个中学，因为她领导信誉第一网投平台的书之战挑战. 她是一位热情的老师、院长和健身爱好者. Sidari shares her favorite book to teach to her students and what she loves most about her job. -
Kassie Wadsworth, Science Teacher
Science Teacher Kassie Wadsworth has brought inquiry and discovery-based learning to Ellis students in the Upper School for the last four years. A University of Pittsburgh alumna who originally planned to become a research scientist, Mrs. Wadsworth integrates her extensive experience from Pitt’s state-of-the-art labs into her biology and anatomy courses so students can garner a meaningful understanding of textbook lessons via active, experiential engagement. This fall, Mrs. Wadsworth’s students will take on their most high-profile and real-world experiment yet as they join the Small World Initiative, an innovative program that crowdsources budding scientists from across the nation to address the diminishing supply of effective antibiotics. -
Macon Finley, Head of School
Macon Finley officially began her tenure as the fifteenth Head of The Ellis School on July 1, 2017. 在加入Ellis之前，她曾担任St . John Burroughs School的副校长. 她还在密苏里州的路易斯担任学术主任和数学教师. 她最近来到阿巴斯诺特府不仅意味着一个新职位, community, 要吸收和适应的文化也是一个新的城市. A proud St. 红衣主教的忠实粉丝. 芬利可能还没有举起海盗旗, 但她兴奋而热情地探索着信誉第一网投平台的一切, the East End, and Pittsburgh has to offer. 从盖特威城到钢铁城. Finley’s Midwest move marks a new chapter for the School as we look towards the second century of all-girls education at Ellis, 我们对由她掌舵感到无比兴奋. -
Tim Israel, Visual Arts Teacher
在和信誉第一网投平台的女孩们在照相馆度过了第三年之后, Visual Arts Teacher Tim Israel headed across the country this summer to be an Artist-in-Residence at Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area in eastern Washington state. 一个不断探索和磨练自己技艺的公路战士, Tim’s Pacific Northwest adventure marks the second time he’s made art at the invitation of the National Park Service. His interest in film, old cameras, and alternative techniques brings a dose of nostalgia to his digital age student photographers and filmmakers, 挑战他们在镜头后面重新组合和重新想象他们自己独特的视角.
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Macon Finley, Head of School
Named to her position in October 2016, 梅肯芬利于7月1日开始担任信誉第一网投平台的第十五任校长, 2017.
Ms. 芬利从圣约翰的约翰·巴勒斯学校加入信誉第一网投平台. Louis, Missouri. 在约翰·巴勒斯学校的十七年里. Finley served in various positions, including Mathematics teacher, Principal, Director of Academics, and as Assistant Head of School where she played a pivotal role in strengthening support for students, recruiting outstanding faculty, enhancing professional development, 并为一门新科学制定计划, technology, and research facility.
Ms. 芬利在约翰·巴勒斯学校的服务包括参加多样性, Education, and Values committees of the Board. 她曾担任招生面试官和招生决定委员会成员, 学院执行委员会主席, 学生性别平等组织的教师赞助商, 学院多元化委员会联席主席, 作为大学辅导员和学生顾问.
在加入John Burroughs School之前. Finley worked in the corporate sector for Ralston Purina and Pacific Gas and Electric Company as a Product Manager and Market Research Analyst, respectively. 在她职业生涯的早期，她曾在华盛顿大学工作. 并在斯坦福大学担任生物统计学研究助理.
Ms. Finley earned a B.A. in Statistics with honors and a lifetime Teaching Certification in Mathematics from Princeton University and she earned her M.B.A. 作为斯坦福大学商学院的阿杰·米勒学者. Mrs. Finley was active in the St. 在圣路易斯社区担任领导角色. 圣路易斯少年联盟路易斯地区儿童保育伙伴关系. 路易斯和大学联合卫理公会教堂. 她和丈夫彼得育有三个成年子女——女儿和两个儿子. Mrs. and Mr. Finley and their beloved golden retriever Scout relocated to Pittsburgh’s East End in June 2017.
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Board of Trustees
List of 18 members.
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Sarah Bumsted
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Lesley Carlin
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Stephen Chen
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Shanan Guinn
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Patrick Koeppl
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Charles Krimmel
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Dora Magovern
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Crystal McCormick Ware
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Christine Nalitz
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Marni Pastor
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Tomar Pierson-Brown
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Kimberly Roberts
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Barbara Rosston
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Joseph Schmid
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Colleen Simonds
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Corinne Smith
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Ariana Smyth
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Jill Swensen
