Masters Bids Farewell to Faculty Members

Caroline Dumaine has spent her career writing award-winning essay collections, publishing longer memoirs, and, for the past 26 years, teaching English at Masters. Now, she’s departing the School to focus on her own writing and her family.  Dumaine is currently a part-time teacher, teaching one section of 11th grade AP English Language and the senior Creative Non-fiction writing course, also know...

After 13 years as a Masters community member and nine years as head of the science department, Frank Greally is leaving. He said, “Leaving Masters was not an easy decision. It's been a difficult year for everybody. My wife and I discussed it, and after evaluating where we are in our lives and what we are looking for, we are taking a pause.”  Greally said he and his wife are going to live in Delaware to re...

The Masters School will bid farewell to Dr. Jayanti Nerurkar, or Dr. N, a valued member of the Science Department, as the 2020-2021 school year comes to a close. Dr. Nerurkar joined the Masters community in January 2017, as a first-time educator. Prior to her time at Masters, Nerurkar worked as a scientist in the pharmaceutical industry. Over the past four and a half years, she has become a very suc...

Judy Murphy has worked as the librarian at Masters since before many students at the school were even born. Although Murphy will be retiring, in her 16 years here, she has made a great impact as an advisor, teacher and book enthusiast.  Prior to coming to Masters, Murphy worked on Wall Street as a broker and on the trading floor dealing with corporate bonds. After 14 years, she decided to leave the...

To the world she may be Sue Greally, but to Masters she’s so much more. She’s “Huddles:” a passionate swim coach, dorm director and P.E. teacher, and after 16 years, she’s departing Masters and leaving a lasting mark on the community. During her time at Masters, Sue Greally never shied away from a challenge. From building both the Middle and Upper School swim programs from the ground up, to ...

When Matthew Kammrath first arrived at Masters 18 years ago, he taught physics, there were no ethical leadership classes, and the boys’ basketball team had only won four games in the last three years. Now, nearly two decades later, he has left his mark on the school: Kammrath has revitalized the basketball team into a state-championship winning program, created the Business Dynamics class, and mo...

A devoted and loved member of the Masters community, Sydney Kadiyala leaves a large legacy at Masters behind.  Kadiyala has been teaching in the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center (IEC) for four years, teaching two courses: engineering, drawing and design as well as principles of engineering. Kadiyala also currently runs the robotics co-curricular and is the head coach of the school’s rob...

When Masters developed its “A Better Masters” anti-racism and anti-bias plan, upper school science teacher Elisabeth Merrill knew that she had an opportunity to make real change in the school community. She had always wanted to incorporate more aspects of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) into her curriculum, but never the time to sit down and focus on creating something bigger. This year, Me...

Those who have had the pleasure of knowing Latin teacher Smith during this school year at Masters speak of how she’s not just an amazing teacher, but an amazing person. In the words of Jonathan Karpinos, the head of the Department of Modern and Classical Languages, “She’s really, really kind and caring as a person.”  Karpinos said, “She’s really generous with her fellow teachers in terms of ...

After spending six years (check that) at the Masters School, History teacher and soccer coach, Brendon Barrios has decided to move on to the next chapter in his life. Barrios is moving to Virginia, where he will take on the position of Dean of Students at the Virginia Episcopal School. “It's a professional opportunity to step into administration but it’s also a personal opportunity to get closer to ho...