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ON
CAMPUS
New Faces
Darrow welcomed a talented group of faculty and staff in the fall
DANNY ALVORD is the
most recent addition to the
faculty, joining Darrow in
January as a house parent,
coach, and advisor. A
Colorado native, Danny
has a B.A. from Western
State Colorado University.
NICHOLAS FORCIER,
Director of College
Counsel ing, has worked
as an admission officer for
Binghamton University and
Bennington College. He has
a B.S. from SUNY College at
Oneonta and an M.A. from
Stony Brook University.
BRIAN GRANGER is an
English teacher, as well as
a writer of plays, songs, and
scholarly essays. He has a
B.A. from Kenyon College,
an M.F.A. from New York
University’s Tisch School of
the Arts, and a Ph.D. from
UC Santa Barbara.
CHLOE KALNA is a visual
arts teacher and mentor
with skills in illustration,
print making, and graphic
design. She has a B.F.A.
from the Pratt Institute and
is also teaching Darrow’s
newest noncompetitive
sport this year: Dance.
JOE PARADIS brings a
passionate interest in math
and science to his role as
a teacher and mentor at
Darrow. He has an M.S.T.
from the University of New
Hampshire, and loves playing
soccer and Ultimate
Frisbee when not teaching.
LEAH PENNIMAN, science
teacher, has 15 years of
experience as an environmental
educator and is a
two-time winner of a national
award for excellence in
project-based curriculum.
She has an M.A.T. degree
from Clark University.
MIKA SAARELA joined
Darrow in July as the
Director of Studies. A native
of Finland, he has a long
career as an educator and
administrator in the world
of independent schools.
He has M.Phil. and M.A. degrees
from Yale University.
CATHERINE STINES, a
Pennsylvania native, joins
Darrow’s History Department
with an M.Ed. degree
from Arcadia University.
She has traveled extensively
in the U.K. and
Europe, and also studied at
the University of London.
LEARN MORE
To learn more about Darrow’s amazing faculty and staff,
visit darrowschool.org/Our-People.
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