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ann

email:

amurphy at thorntonfriends.org

Ann Murphy, English teacher, is beginning her third year at Thornton Friends and her twenty-sixth year as an English teacher. She graduated with an MAT from Harvard Graduate School of Education and has worked for both public and private schools.

 

david

email:

dfrye at thorntonfriends.org

David Frye, Science teacher, is beginning his fifth year at Thornton Friends School.  He comes to Thornton from the Montgomery County Public School system with over 30 years science teaching experience.  He has a BS in Biology Education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) and has worked on a Fine Arts degree at Western Maryland College (now called William McDaniel’s College). 

 

hannaemail:

hadnan at thorntonfriends.org

Hanna Adnan, Foreign Language teacher, is looking forward to returning for her second year at Thornton. She attended East Carolina University for her undergraduate degree. She speaks Arabic, English, French and Spanish.

janet

email:

jandruzzi at thorntonfriends.org

Janet Andruzzi, School Manager, is beginning her twelfth year at Thornton. She attended the University of Maryland many long years ago.

 

mike

email:

mduvall at thorntonfriends.org

Michael DuVall, Social Studies teacher, is excited to be returning to Thornton Friends after joining the faculty midway through last year.  He went to school at the College of Wooster where he received a BA in Religious Studies. 

jess

email:

jhenning at thorntonfriends.org

Jess Henning, Math, Science and Computer Art teacher, is excited to begin his fourth year teaching at Thornton after graduating from Lafayette College with a BS in Mechanical Engineering.

libby

email:

ledwards at thorntonfriends.org

Libby Edwards, English Teacher, is starting her fourth year of teaching at Thornton. She graduated from St. John’s in Annapolis where she studied Philosophy and other Humanities.

aurora

email:

acassells at thorntonfriends.org

Aurora Cassells, Math teacher, is back for a second round of Thornton *ding*.  She, like Libby, graduated from St. John's in Annapolis.

layne

email:lgarrett at thorntonfriends.org

Layne Garrett, Music teacher, is a teacher and professional musician. He graduated with a B.A. from Williams College, and is starting his first year at the upper and middle schools.

norman

email:

nmaynard at thorntonfriends.org

Norman Maynard, Principal and Digital Photography teacher, enters his thirteenth year at Thornton, his tenth as Principal of the upper school. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Architecture degree from Catholic University, and a Masters of Art in Writing from the University of San Francisco.

samantha

email:

sdubit at fsc1.org

Samantha Dubit, Counselor, is excited to return for her third year at Thornton Friends. She has a background in education and spent several years teaching before earning her Master’s in Counseling degree from the Johns Hopkins University. She has had over nine years experience working with children, adolescents, and young adults. She is working at the middle and upper schools this year.

sean

email:

scompagnucci at thorntonfriends.org

Sean Compagnucci, Dean of Students and Critical Thinking teacher, is in his twelfth year at Thornton after having taught in public, private, day and boarding schools. Along the way, he has earned a BA from Oberlin College and an MAT from Brown University.

 

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