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Faculty and Staff Directory

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    Janet Sachs
    Business Office, Administrative Support Staff
    School Store Manager
    781-314-0930
    Rochester Institute of Technology - B.S., Biology
    Bio
     
    What is your role at CH-CH?
    Chargie's Corner Manager, Rentals Coordinator, Purchasing Agent

    What about our students inspires you?  
    Our students are smart and creative, but today's world throws so many challenges at them. What inspires me most is watching how these students change and develop during their time at CH-CH, learning to overcome these challenges and graduate with the confidence to continue their education and make their mark on the world.

    What makes the CH-CH community unique?
    CH-CH is unique because they help every student succeed by encouraging them to discover their strengths and passions. I have watched many students completely transform themselves during their time at CH-CH.
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    Michael Safee
    Communications
    Champlain College - B.S., Broadcast Media Production
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    Kathryn Saunders
    Admissions, Administration
    Director of Enrollment Management
    781-314-0804
    Eugene Lang College - B.A., Psychology
    The New School for Social Research - M.A.. Clinical Psychology
    Bio
     
    What is your role at CH-CH? 
    Director of Enrollment Management

    What about our students inspires you?  
    The willingness for students to engage with our community as their whole selves. Our students care deeply for each other and for the community and are willing to take risks academically, co-curricularly, and socially.

    What makes the CH-CH community unique?
    Our students are intellectually curious and willing to try new things, constantly. Students are willing to dive into something new every day, whether academically, socially, or co-curricularly. 
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    Michael Savaria
    Science
    Science Department Chair
    UMass Dartmouth - B.S.
    UMass Dartmouth - M.S.
    UMass Dartmouth - Ph.D.
    Bio
     
    What is your role at CH-CH?
    Science Teacher

    How do you get to know your students best? 
    I get to know the students through the curriculum. In my science classes, I employ a great deal of student choice in project topics and presentation styles, to allow students to explore and share their passions. For example, if we are learning about cellular energy, students can pick any organisms of interest to them and present the required content in any format they choose. This method builds interest and creativity from students, where I may get students to present upon how sea turtle obtain energy presented in the form of a poem to how orchids obtain energy presented through a graphic novel.

    What activities do you enjoy outside of CH-CH?
    Outside of CHCH, I carry my passion and love for the nature and wildlife. I am an avid runner, kayaker, and snowboarder, which I combine with photography, so I am always ready to snap the next best photo. I keep a multitude of diverse and exotic pets. The kitchen is my escape as I love cooking and trying out new recipes.
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    Jennie Scafidi
    Administrative Support Staff
    Registrar
    781-314-0848
    Bio
     
    What is your role at CH-CH?
    My role within the CH-CH community is registrar. Imaintain official records for all students past and present, schedule student’s classes, and coordinate exams schedules.
     
    What makes the CH-CH community unique? 
    How inviting we are and how each person here is different in their own way! 
     
    What led to your career at CH-CH?
    Took a chance and decided to go into a field I have never thought about! It worked, CH-CH is the best place I have ever worked.
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    Chris Schafale
    English, History
    English Teacher, History Teacher
    DePaul University - B.A., English
    Boston College - M.A., English
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    Salma Selim
    Communications
    Assistant Director of Marketing
    781-314-0814
    MISR International University - B.A., Marketing
    Cambridge College - M.B.A.
    Bio
     
    What is your role at CH-CH?
    Assistant Director of Marketing

    What about our students inspires you?  
    What inspires me about CH-CH students that they speak for themselves, try to express themselves, and they do what they believe in!

    What makes the CH-CH community unique?
    It accepts all people, regardless of their ethnicity, race, status, gender, language, or religion! Specifically, the CH-CH community is unique because of its diversity of experiences, viewpoints, backgrounds, and life experiences.
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    Tim Seston
    Skills & Academic Strategies, Mathematics
    Skills & Academic Strategies Teacher
    Colby College - B.A., Biochemistry
    Massachusetts Bay Community College
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    Samantha Shay
    Mathematics
    Math Teacher
    Rutgers University - B.S., Physics
    United States Air Force Officer Training School - Graduate and Commissioned Second Lieutenant
    University of California, Irvine DCE - Graduate Certificate Paralegal Studies
    Bio
     
    What is your role at CH-CH
    Mathematics Teacher

    What about our students inspires you?  
    Their intellectual curiosity and pursuit of knowledge

    What makes the CH-CH community unique?
    The avant-garde-like structure to education unbounded by convention to help those students for whom a traditional academic setting may not be the best bet.
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    Gwendolyn Shipley
    Science, Science
    Science Teacher
    Brown University - B.A.
    Boston University - M.A.T.
    Bio
     
    What is your role at CH-CH?
    Science Teacher

    What makes the CH-CH community unique?
    I love to share my love of science with young people at an age where many of them have lost their child-like enthusiasm for nature. I try to encourage their natural curiosity by creating a classroom that welcomes all ideas and questions. Hopefully, after spending a year learning about how their own bodies work and observing nature, some of them will reconsider a career in science. What makes CHCH unique is that I am given the freedom to teach non-traditionally so we can spend time exploring together rather than being expected to lecture and pass on knowledge. I also love how diverse our community is and how welcoming of differences we are.

    What activities do you enjoy outside of CH-CH? 
    When I am not teaching I spend time with my family (generally outdoors) and monitor saw-whet owl migration as a bird bander. I have also recently started to get more active politically to encourage lawmakers to focus on bills that combat global climate change.
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    Karen Sokolow
    Mathematics
    Math Department Chair
    Vassar College - B.A., Italian Language and Religious Studies
    Harvard University Extension School - M.A., Liberal Arts in Mathematics for Teaching
    Bio
     
    What led to your career at CH-CH?
    I started my teaching career tutoring, running small classes and teaching in China.  I started teaching when I was 17 and I would live there during the summers and teach English conversation, pronunciation, and then I morphed into teaching American and Western culture for those who wanted to travel. I loved teaching them the tools to teach language, which is by definition, alive. Communication is creative, responsive and spontaneous. This kind of teaching has helped me in my work here.

    What about our students inspires you?
    I love the incidental teaching - the parts where we get off topic and explore the world. The fact that we have the time and curiosity from the students makes me really excited. It gives us a chance to talk to the entire human being of the student because we have these small class sizes. The small class sizes and relationships we are encouraged to develop with the students, also the open atmosphere of the classroom and to think creatively as a teaching style helps us to truly help form future citizens of the world. You don’t have to be just a math student or just an art student I really appreciate that about this place.
     
    What activities do you enjoy outside of CH-CH?
    I really like rock climbing because it fits in with me personally. I was never good at team sports, and I’m not even a little bit competitive. Rock climbing is a great mixture of physical activity which I love, but without the pressure of the competition. The only person you are competing against is yourself. It’s personal competition against yourself to better yourself but it’s also a personal competition against fear and mistrust. Height is scary. I lead the rock climbing club here and know that climbing along a half inch wide cord thirty feet up in a tree is scary, and we ask our students to try it anyway. There are some kids who are all for it but watching the ones who aren’t sure take that extra step, build up trust in their fellow students, who are quite literally holding them up in the air, is neat to see. Furthermore, watching it translate into the classroom is amazing. They push themselves harder and I can also push them harder because I know they can persevere as I’ve seen them do it somewhere else. For our students with anxiety, conquering that in one place means they can conquer it somewhere else. Buy in from the student in their own abilities and trusting your fellow students when you are a teenager is not easiest thing in a world. I watch kids become closer.
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    Matt Soule
    Administration, Communications
    Director of Marketing and Communications
    781-314-0822
    Franklin Pierce - B.A. Multimedia Production
    University Of Massachusetts Amherst - M.B.A.
    Bio
     
    What about our students inspires you?
    I’m inspired by CH-CH students every day. They are some of the most creative, brave, energetic, and caring people I’ve ever met. Some of the most inspirational moments for me are when students give their senior presentations. Not only do these students address the entire school for 10-15 minutes, but they share some of the most personal and insightful stories. The courage and depth I’ve seen during these presentation can be awe-inspiring. On top of this, I’ve seen our students create artwork that is beyond a college level, I’ve seen them start fundraisers for charity and gain huge success, and I’ve seen them set their sights on a prestigious college, where they are now enrolled. I could go on and on - the number of inspirational moments from students in this small school is staggering.
     
    As a CH-CH community member, you play a lot of roles. Which do you love most and why?
    My favorite role in the School is the storytelling. Through videos, photos, and news stories, I get to share the amazing things that are happening on the CH-CH campus. To tell these stories, I get to sit in on exciting demonstrations in classes, talk about teaching philosophy with teachers, and work with students on all kinds of projects. The passion that everyone here feels for CH-CH is contagious and there is never a shortage of interesting stories to tell.
     
    What led you to a career at CH-CH?
    I’ve had a video camera in my hand since I was eight-years old, and from a young age I had one goal - to work on films and TV. After graduating from college, I worked on several major film sets, TV shows, and traveled the country with CNN. After years of working in production, I realized that what I really missed was the energy of a school environment. I heard many great things about CH-CH, and I was able to use all of the experience creating film and TV in CH-CH’s Marketing and Communication department.
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    Samantha Stone
    English
    English Teacher
    University of Florida - B.A., English
    New York University - M.A., Educational Theatre & English Education
    Bio
     
    What is your role at CH-CH
    English Teacher and Theatre Program Assistant Director

    What about our students inspires you?  
    Nothing stops our students. I'm continuously in awe of how our students break down barriers and overcome obstacles. No matter how much work they get or how challenging something is, they find a way through it. It's deeply inspiring.

    What led to your career at CH-CH?
    I worked as a comedian and a journalist in New York City before pursuing my master's in education. I have always loved working with children and teens, and I love nothing more than guiding students through the world of literature. Once I discovered CH-CH in my home state of Massachusetts, I fell in love with it. I'm thrilled to be here!

Contacts by Department

Absences
To report an absence, tardiness, or early dismissal, please call the Attendance Line before 9:00 a.m. on the day in question at (781) 314-0900 to leave a message. To report changes please contact the Executive Assistant to School Leadership at sdaniels@chch.org.

Academics and Student Life
To talk about the academic curriculum or student life program please contact the program director for your child's grade:

Ben Riggs, Grades 11 and 12: 781-314-0892
Sara Masucci, Grades 9 and 10: 781-314-0841
Kelly Walsh, Grades 7 and 8: 781-314-0844

Admissions
Call Kathryn Saunders, Director of Enrollment Management, at 781-314-0808

Athletics
To find out the upcoming schedule of games and practices call the Athletic Hotline at 781-314-0999.

Business Office
To discuss billing issues, please contact Denise Goguen, Accounts Receivable Manager, in the business office at 781-314-0994.

Family Contact Information
To report changes to address, phone numbers, marital status, or other critical information, contact Stephanie Daniels, Executive Assistant to School Leadership, at 781-314-0802.

Health Services
To ask about medications and physical health issues, please contact, Ashley Jones, Director of Nursing, at 781-314-0826.

To discuss a student's social or emotional well-being, please contact Neil Hagen, Director of Counseling and Wellness, at 781-314-0825. 

Institutional Advancement
For information about supporting CH-CH please contact Leslie Jacobson Kaye, Chief Advancement Officer, at 781-314-0812.
 
Residential Life
For questions regarding our boarding program and student life, contact Michael Buckley, Director of Campus Life at mbuckley@chch.org.

Technology
For assistance logging in to our website (for parents and students), with student network and email accounts, or WiFi activation, please contact Jon Andruchow, Director of Technology, at 781-314-0972.

Transcripts
For information accessing or requesting transcripts, please contact Jennie Scafidi, Registrar, at 781-314-0848. 

Website or Media Inquiries
For questions about our website or media inquiries, please contact Matt Soule, Director of Marketing and Communications, at 781-314-0822.
Chapel Hill-Chauncy Hall School
785 Beaver Street
Waltham, MA 02452
Main Line: 781-314-0800

Office Hours:
8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday

AOD Contact Info

Available between 4:30 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. weekdays, and after 4:30 p.m. Friday until Monday 8:00 a.m.

This is an emergency use phone number. DO NOT leave a voice message on this phone. If the line is not answered, the on-duty personnel may be talking to another parent. Please call back.

Telephone: (339) 222-8542 

Grade Level Deans

List of 4 members.

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    Kasey American Horse 

    9th Grade Dean; History Teacher
    Providence College - B.A., History and Secondary Education
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    Ericka Berman 

    10th Grade Dean; Skills and Academic Strategies Teacher
    Endicott College - B.S., Communication
    Mercyhurst University - Graduate Certificate, Organizational Leadership
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    Ana Ibave 

    11th Grade Dean; Spanish Teacher
    The Autonomous University of Chihuahua - B.A., Spanish Linguistics and Literature
    University of Rhode Island - M.A., Spanish Linguistics and Literature
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    Chris Abrams 

    12th Grade Dean; Visual and Performing Arts Teacher
    Harvard University - B.F.A., Visual and Environmental Studies
    Mass College Art of Boston - M.F.A., Sculpture
    Harvard University - Certificate, Architecture Associate Degree

Chapel Hill - Chauncy Hall

785 Beaver Street
Waltham, MA 02452
781-314-0800
admissions@chch.org
Located 10 miles from Boston, Chapel Hill-Chauncy Hall (CH-CH) is a private, college preparatory day and boarding school for grades 7-12/PG. CH-CH cultivates intellectual courage, creative ambition, and unwavering empathy that drives students to achieve their best.
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