The Bement Bulletin Fall 2021

faculty & staff news

Emma O’Neal and Donnell Jackson PF Lizzie Mae Jackson

Amie Keddy

Assistant Director of Residential Life Emma O’Neal and Donnell Jackson PF welcomed Lizzie Mae Jackson on August 21, 2021.

Upper School Head Amie Keddy and Josh Bell were married on July 17, 2021, in Walpole, NH, and Emily Lent Hemingway PF served as the officiant at their wedding.

Meg O’Brien ’95

Linda Temby

Meaghan Killeen

This past summer, Director of Residential Life Meg O’Brien ’95 completed a master’s degree in history from Southern New Hampshire University. In the spring, Meg attended Dignity and Justice for All: Stories of Protest, Resistance, and Change, a virtual conference presented by the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.

Upper school French teacher Linda Amie Keddy Temby was invited to present at the Voces Summer CI Conference 2021, a five-day virtual experience with session topics ranging from platform training to comprehensible input–based strategies. Linda led a workshop on how to explore, curate, and incorporate authentic multimedia resources to deepen cultural understanding in the world language classroom.

Kara Barrett

School nurse Meaghan Killeen and her husband Justin welcomed Peyton Mackenzie Killeen on July 23, 2021.

Meaghan, Justin, and Peyton Mackenzie Killeen

Rachael Carter Upper school English teacher Rachael Carter recently earned a Master of Education in curriculum and instruction with a concentration in reading and literacy from Southern New Hampshire University.

Will and Jack Barrett

First-grade teacher Kara Barrett and husband Adam Barrett welcomed William Barrett on November 6, 2021.

Renee Wu and Tom Mangan

Connor Alexander Mangan

Dorm parents Renee Wu and Tom Mangan welcomed Connor Alexander Mangan on July 10, 2021.

Caitlin Dembkowski, Frank Massey, and Meg O’Brien ’95 Last fall, Visual Arts Teacher Catilin Dembkowski, Director of English Language Learning Frank Massey, and Director of Residential Life Meg O’Brien ’95 attended the AISNE Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Conference.

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B E M E N T. O R G

Bement Summer Programs Alumni Staff The following Bement alumni came back to work at Bement Summer Programs this summer: L to R: (back) Jordan Bernier ’15, Ben Michalak ’14, Adam Sussbauer ’17, Jason Cooper ’16 (front) Paige Bernier ’19, Matt Plager ’12, Ben Plager ’16

Faculty & Staff Milestones We are pleased to announce the following anniversaries:

5 YEARS

Ellen Carter Ann Dubie Katie MacCallum P’29 Meg O’Brien ’95 Leslie Rockwell Linda Temby Brie Wisniewski

15 YEARS Alex Bartlett ’87

20 YEARS Rosemarie Gage P’10

40 YEARS Janice Currie P’99 ’02