Personal: Christine enjoys gardening, interior decorating, cooking with her family, attending local arts/music events, and spending time with her children who are both Sem graduates. Year of hire: 2016. Installation ceremony of Sem's 12th President, Kevin Rea! Education: BS, University of Pittsburgh. 32% of Lower School teachers hold master's degrees compared to 51% at the Upper School. Year of hire: 1987. Every year, PAI hosts a theatrical production at the F.M. Mark Riccetti, left, of the Luzerne County Historical Society, accepts a floral tribute from Barbara Howell and her granddaughter Rachel Sawback, of the Timothy Pickering Society, Children of the American Revolution. Also attending but not in photograph were, MADDIE KROPP 05, Sem Director of Annual Giving; JILLIAN SEELEY 05, SARA ROSENBERG MOLITORIS 05, RYAN MOLITORIS 06, SIS SCHALM ERTLEY 62, PATRICIA KLEIN ROSENTHAL 64, Tammie Harris, JANET MURRAY 76, STEPHEN ROSENTHAL 93, CORNY CONYNGHAM ROMANOWSKI 75, JEANNIE MCCARTHY CLEMENTS 77. Chance of rain 60%.. 4=@D6 C6=2E:@?D9:A H:E9 E96 q@2C5 @7 %CFDE66D tI64FE:G6 r@>>:EE66[ H:== DA=:E E96 AC6D:56?ED 5FE:6D 2>@?8 E96>]k^Am, kAmp 7F== ?2E:@?2= D62C49 H:== 4@>>6?46 E9:D DF>>6C E@ 7:?5 2 A6C>2?6?E w625 @7 $49@@= 7@C E96 a_aa\a_ab D49@@= J62C 2?5 36J@?5]k^Am, kAm%96 q@2C5 E92?<65 #62 7@C 9:D D6CG:46 @G6C E96 =2DE D:I J62CD 2?5 H:D965 9:> 2?5 9:D 72>:=J DF446DD :? [7] During the summer of 2009, the Madrigal Singers competed in an international choral competition in the Czech Republic. Year of hire: 2019. Locally and in some publications, it is sometimes referred to as "Sem." Personal: Ken is a retired Navy veteran. The current Board Chair is William E. Sordoni. Year of hire: 2000. Education: RN Associates, Luzerne County Community College. Robert H. Smith 56 (inducted 2000). Personal: Amy enjoys dancing to any kind of music, exercising and spending time with her family and friends. Watch #OnTheStacks Podcast! Personal: Christopher served his country in the US Peace Corps in Mali, West Africa, from 1993 to 1995. Education: BA, Dickinson College; MA, Wilkes University. Education: BS, Misericordia University; MS, University of Scranton. Lauren aligns well with where Sem is going in terms of 21st century teaching and learning.". The "Lower School," which consists of preschool - 8th-grade students, is located in Forty Fort. We hope that you continue to enjoy our free content. Sara is grateful for the gifts each day brings. Education: Syracuse University. Renowned actor Austin Pendleton joined the PAI cast for the production of Gypsy. E@ DE6A 5@H? First row, from left: ELLEN HUGHES 09, and COURTNEY MCCARTHY 15. Education: BS, Bloomsburg University. Personal: Stacey's favorite color is leopard print. The school has named several members to its board of trustees. They love spending summers down at the shore with the rest of their family in Ventnor, New Jersey, and stealing away to Camp Kresge in White Haven any chance they get. Joseph E. Kluger, Esq. Education: BA, Misericordia University. Year of hire: 1971. New episode every Wednesday. New episode every Wednesday. Education: BA, Misericordia University. The Buckingham Performing Arts Center, established in 1975, holds many classrooms and an auditorium. As patrons gathered under the canopy alongside the monument, patriotic melodies from the Wyoming Valley Band, headed by Donald Williams, greeted guests. Education: BS, Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Members of the Class of 2020 are: mile Alain, St-Pascal . This is a wonderful opportunity for candidates who are passionate about Toddler-Postgraduate curricular design, implementation and review and working with a talented, committed faculty. Pastor Anaya attended Western Washington University, the University of Washington and is a graduate of The Master's Seminary. Middle row: JOHN SHAFER 71, Kevin Rea, Scott Green, Dolores Byrd, JOEL PUTTERMAN 69, JOHN METZ, JR. 86, SHEILA SHEFFLER DE LA CRUZ 95, Janice Epstein, WARREN EPSTEIN 52, and MARGUERITE WILES 14. H:E9 2? After an international search, I am pleased to announce that Lauren Streifer (pictured) has beennamed the new Vice President for Academic Affairs at Wyoming Seminary. Affordable tuition & scholarships offered. Personal: Tiffany enjoys traveling with her family, reading a good book and running. Personal: Janet loves watching her daughter Anna continue the Murray tradition of participating on several Sem athletic teams and other extracurricular activities. She loves reading. The growth of the school's athletic program also included significant success for the Upper School wrestling team. Year of hire: 2012. Education: BA, Villanova University; MAPP, University of Pennsylvania. Newport, RI, US View. Personal: Eileen enjoys painting, drawing, decorating, art lessons, yoga, walking, running, swimming, hiking and traveling. Education: MA, University at Albany, SUNY. Wyoming Seminary is split between a Lower School and Upper School campus. He is a DJ at King's College on Tuesday nights from 7 to 9 p.m. Education: BA. Year of hire: 2014. Education: BA, Bucknell University. Clark Switzer, department chair of the lower school social studies, carries the mace to the ceremony to formally install Kevin P. Rea as president of Wyoming Seminary. At the Lower School, similar changes were made, including constructing a new wing for fourth and fifth-grade students and a new glass foyer. Year of hire: 2021. In 2011, after winning the State Championship, Sem Mock Trial placed 6th in the National High School Mock Trial Championship in Phoenix, Arizona. He circumnavigated the world in 1981. Personal: Elizabeth loves to travel to any beach anywhere. The Carpenter Athletic Center is home to two gyms, a pool, several fitness studios, and the Charles Lull Tennis Center. Phone: 513-827-9563. Year of hire: 2007. Orchestra, jazz band, chorale, and smaller ensembles are available for all students to participate in every year. Pastor Anaya has been on staff since 1993 and pastors Primera Iglesia Biblica Fundamental, FFBC's Spanish language ministry. He is still waiting for a call from the New York Mets. : D:8?65]k^Am, kAm%96 =6EE6C D2:5 #62 >256 E96 564:D:@? Education: MFA, Parsons School of Design. Click here to place a classified ad. Education: BS, Marywood University; MS, Wilkes University. Year of hire: 2002. {@?5@? Nicole Santo Yochum '03; P '37 (inducted 2018), Dan Rocha(inducted 2022), Interim Head of School Year of hire: 1984. She loves spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren who are all students at Sem. Year of hire: 2018. Attorneys Guerline L. Laurore, Daniel Hollander, and Leana Blazosek are the current attorney coaches. u@CEJ u@CE 2?5 2? Charles J. Bufalino, III, Esq. Year of hire: 2016. WYOMING As a multi-country resident, Wyoming Seminary President Kevin Rea noted his own personal torment with the Battle of Wyoming as hundreds gathered at the Wyoming Monument Monday morning to celebrate Independence Day and to remember some of the Wyoming Valleys local history. t?8=:D9 7C@> !C@G:56?46 r@==686[ 2?5 9@=5D q2496=@C @7 pCED 2?5 |2DE6C @7 pCED 568C66D :? Education: BS, Kutztown University. Matthew Bruno '94 (2014) On this Independence Day, and in this place where we pay tribute to our patriots who have sacrificed it all, we pay tribute to their independent spirit, to the love of their homes in this valley. Year of hire: 2010. The installation ceremony, at the schools Kirby Center for Creative Arts, was attended by close to 400 faculty, staff, students, community figures and alumni. Education: BS, University of Pittsburgh. Year of hire: 2005. Year of hire: 2019. At the same time, the school also introduced the position of Dean of Faculty and a new Class Deans system in which a dean presides over each class and typically remains with a given class for the entirety of its four-year run. Boarding school, day school and summer program options available. She loves seeing the excitement in the eyes of her children in their appreciation for all Sem has to offer. Corkbuzz Restaurant and Wine Bar, October 29, 2019. He has volunteered as a firefighter and Assistant Fire Chief, EMT and K9 Search and Rescue Specialist. Already a Subscriber? First row, from left: Phil Arnold, Elizabeth Arnold, RICHARD WILES 11, LIZ CLEMENTS KATYL 05, GEORGIA DZURICA 65, BETSY BRAVMAN HALPERN 76, and JANEL HUGHES WILES 76. Year of hire: 2011. Year of hire: 2021. Concepcion has taught at Spanish at Sem for almost one-fourth of a century and can still say that Me encanta mi trabajo! Year of hire: 1996. Education: PhD, Rutgers-New Brunswick. t?8=:D9[ >2E9[ uC6?49[ 9:DE@CJ 2?5 86@8C2A9J E62496C 2E $E] sF?DE2?D r@==686 :? Personal: Amanda loves to be outdoors and spend time with her family. Education: BS, Misericordia University; MSW, Marywood University. Education: BA, Washington and Lee University; MA, Middlebury College. Sem also bought a former bank adjacent to its Upper School campus to become the Great Hall, used today by the wrestling team as its practice facility. Prior to Hackley School, Rea served as chair of the English department at University College School, London. t?8=:D9 {2?8F286 2?5 {:E6C2EFC6 7C@> ~I7@C5 &? The Men's tennis team has achieved great success, winning 72 straight conference matches (current streak) and achieved state runner-up status after falling in the 2012 PIAA State Championship; they were led by coach Michael Balutanski. In 2013 the school completed the renovation of Nesbitt Memorial Stadium to include two turf fields supporting football, soccer, lacrosse, field hockey, baseball, and softball, new locker rooms and field house, a new grandstand, and a press box. Personal: Sara lived and taught in four different states all across the country before returning home to the Wyoming Valley, where she now resides with her husband and son. Rea stepping down as president of Wyoming Seminary. She is a big fan of Seinfeld and doesn't own a microwave oven. Reporting to the president and serving on the president's cabinet, Laurenwill also be charged with creation and presentation of professional development initiatives aligned with divisional and school-wide goals. Kevin Rea is resigning as president of Wyoming Seminary, he and the Board of Trustees announced Monday. watches the ceremony in period costume at the 238th anniversary and 138th annual commemorative service of the Battle and Massacre of Wyoming at the Wyoming Monument Monday morning. Boarding school, day school and summer program options available. Education: BA, Bob Jones University; MEd, Bob Jones University; MDiv, Harvard Divinity School. Personal: Katie is a Sem alum and has had the joy of teaching and directing her own three children, Jake, Finn and Gigi, who attend Sem. Since 2010, the program has competed in the Empire New York: The World Championship tournament in New York City, placing 4th, 2nd, 17th, 13th, and 2nd. Education: BS, University of Scranton; MS, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry; MS, University of Scranton. Having grown up in Rhode Island, Rea later moved to the United Kingdom to study literature and ultimately become a citizen of the UK. Personal: Tyler has performed at Hershey Park, Busch Gardens Virginia, the University of North Texas 2 O'clock Lab Band, Shenandoah Summer Musical Theater and The National Jazz Workshop. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. In state competitions, the team placed 10th, 4th, 1st, and 7th in 2008, 2010, 2011, and 2013, respectively. Year of hire: 2021. She loves making friends in other countries and inviting them to her home in the U.S. She also enjoys reading by the pool. Sorry, no valid subscriptions were found for this Publication. Sem is the host of the Wyoming Seminary Civic Orchestra, founded by Jerome Campbell and directed by Yoon Jae Lee until 2013, where local students perform with local musicians. The age span between them keeps her on her toes. The average size for an Upper School course is 14 students. Personal: Jenna lives on campus with her children, Dexter and Nora, and her husband, Philip, who also works at Sem as a science teacher and swim coach. Education: PhD, Arizona State University. The school's first president was Rueben Nelson, and in its first year, 138 students enrolled 69 boys and 69 girls from Pennsylvania and New York. The Vice President will eventually oversee selected programs that lack a coordinating supervisor such as global education and will direct other projects and initiatives as determined by the President. The school's endowment grew significantly, tripling by the early 1990s. Wyoming Seminary President Kevin Rea speaks about personal torment at ceremony marking Police: Woman alleged to be in possession of heroin, Back Mountain Memorial Library Farmers Market opens July 9. P '25(inducted 2014) Sue Kline Kluger 55; P '79, '82, '83 (inducted 1973) Stettler retired in 1990, succeeded by Dr. H. Jeremy Packard. Personal: Sara lives in Forty Fort with her husband, Matthew, and their two children, Louis '24 and Mary Jane '28. Year of hire: 2021. Personal: Gayle's family has been a host family for many International students at Sem. Year of hire: 2006. Personal: In his spare time, Nate enjoys going to the movies with his wife and playing soccer. Kevin Rea joined Wyoming Seminary as its twelfth President on the first of July 2015. If you don't follow the rules, your comment may be deleted. A letter of application describing your interest in this position at Wyoming Seminary, listing your strengths as a candidate and how your qualifications and experience align with the profile of the desired candidate. Eileen loves traveling to Charlotte, North Caroline, to visit Bob and Lisa while touring the city and museums. Year of hire: 2018. kAm~G6C E96 =2DE D:I J62CD[ :E 92D 366? '78; P '18, '19, '21 (inducted 2007) Year of hire: 2005. Education: JD, Penn State Dickinson Law. Education: BA, Bowdoin College. Education: EdS, Florida Atlantic University. In her earlier years, Julie was a majorette and twirled fire batons to the "oohs and aahs" of the crowd! Education: MSEd, Harvard University. One day, she met a young sailor, from Forty Fort, stationed at the Naval Base of Rota. Lauren is a graduate of St. Mary's College of Maryland, where she received a bachelor of arts degree in a double major of biology and chemistry, and received a M.Ed. Personal: Colleen believes when art thrives in a community, the community also thrives. The game ended at halftime due to insufficient lighting, with neither team scoring. He's a fan of the Blue Knights, New York Yankees, Green Bay Packers, Penn State and local sports. Get local news in your inbox. As a boarding school, only Upper School students may board on campus. Rea has also previously worked as president of Wyoming Seminary School from 2015-2021 and was assistant head of school at Hackley School in New York. Sem Mock Trial has won the University of Pennsylvania's Benjamin Franklin Invitational, considered the most competitive mock trial tournament in Pennsylvania,[by whom?] Personal: Floyd enjoys traveling with his wife. Wyoming Seminary President Kevin Rea gives the keynote address at the Wyoming Monument on Monday. Personal: In addition to her work at the Lower School, Judy is a private piano teacher. 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