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Community

Hayground School’s mission is simple: to create a community of students and mentors who explore together the central questions of human culture in the natural world. Our shared tools are meaningful inquiry, authentic scholarship, a spirit of creativity, and a respect for different perspectives.

Alumni

Since its first graduating class in 1998, Hayground has graduated over one hundred creative, independent thinkers who know that their ideas and actions can—and will—make a valuable difference in the world around them.

 
 
Alumni Gallery
Baxter Parcher Charles
Baxter Parcher Charles

Baxter attended Hobart College in upstate NY where he majored in Sociology and minored in Philosophy.

TEMIDRA WILLOCK ‘03 and TANYA WILLOCK ‘07
TEMIDRA WILLOCK ‘03 and TANYA WILLOCK ‘07

Temidra graduated from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles in 2010, and is currently the owner of “VIVID Blueprint,” a company specializing in custom design rugs. Tanya graduated from SUNY Purchase College Westchester in 2015 with a BFA in Fine Arts and focus on photography. Together, Tanya and Temidra opened Hidden Gem NY, an “authentic” home design store in Southampton, NY. Please follow their wonderful work at www.vividblueprint.com and Hiddengemny.com.

Bridie Raustiala
Bridie Raustiala

Bridie Raustiala is an undergraduate student at Adelphi University where she is majoring in English and Education. She works with children of all ages at a pediatric physical therapy office in her hometown.

Juliet Garrett (Wolosoff)
Juliet Garrett (Wolosoff)

Graduated from Princeton University last june. Her band Psychobaby just released a new EP “Rough Trade” and follow her band at http://www.psychobabymusic.com.

Kai Parcher Charles
Kai Parcher Charles

Is currently a Sophomore at East Hampton High School and is very happy to be playing a lot of lacrosse this Spring. He is co-captain of the High School team and will be traveling all over the east coast this summer playing in lacrosse tournaments and showcases in front of Division I, II, & III college coaches, and is hoping to get recruited to play in college.

Katya Wolosoff
Katya Wolosoff

is a senior at the Ross School, where she is the student body president. She graduates this June and will be attending Skidmore College in the fall.

 
 

Parents

With seeds planted by the school’s founders, Hayground’s legacy of collaboration and respect remains intact, and parents continue to be a cornerstone of the school’s foundation.  The school’s most basic expectation of parents is to embrace Hayground’s daily life and to work in respectful partnership with one another.

At Hayground, parents are integral members of a robust school community brimming with children and adults all committed to learning, growing and creating together. Hayground families also provide pivotal support, contributing their time and efforts to facilitate everyday activities at Hayground by:

  • Participating in myriad school projects and programs

  • Serving on committees

  • Assisting in the classroom

  • Pitching in at Helping Hands, designated workdays where families work on physical/grounds improvements

  • Volunteering at special events including the Chef’s Dinner

 
 
“I am, in fact, preparing to re-educate myself, to go back to school. Not the school to which I was “sent off” at five years of age, but a far brighter, more illuminating place. This time, with my children at my side, with friends and neighbors all around me, I will be learning things that no one cared to teach me last time around. Things like respect, not for facts, but for people and what they can teach you. Respect for oneself, one’s emotional, physical, spiritual and historic self. Respect for one’s capacity for learning and invention and creativity. Respect for all of the members of one’s community—not just the ones who look and sound like me. Together we will be learning how to teach and be taught, how to help and be helped, how to ask questions and find answers. You see, I am doing this for myself, to become a better person. This way, if my kids take after me or I take after them, well, we’ve got it covered either way. Will Hayground School change the world? I don’t know, but it will change mine. I’ll start with that. ”
— Jeff Salaway (1955-2001) - Hayground Parent & Founder
 
 
 

Faculty & Staff

Hayground believes that great teachers make a great school. Our faculty is composed of teachers who are themselves lifelong learners, not to mention as passionate about a particular domain—history, art, science, literature, mathematics—as they are about the craft of teaching.

 

Hayground teachers meet every week to reflect on the process of teaching and learning, and to participate in regular mentoring and professional development.  Faculty discussions are guided by the following goals and questions:

  • Are students learning about things that are important?

  • Are they seriously engaged with interesting, rich, and complex material?

  • Are they learning to think rigorously and adventurously?

  • Are they becoming literate in a deep, meaningful way?

  • Are they developing habits of self-restraint?

  • Are they learning to build community?

  • Are they learning to become citizens capable of intelligent action?

 

LIST OF FACULTY & STAFF

 

    • BA, SUNY, Stony Brook

    • MS.Ed, Bank Street College

    • Apprenticeship (Senior Learner) Group

    • Since 1996

    • email: lbertsch@hayground.org

    • BFA, Rhode Island School of Design

    • MA, Columbia University

    • Art Studio

    • Since 2018

    • email:  pburns@hayground.org

    • BS, Brooklyn College

    • MA, Columbia University

    • Middle Group

    • Since 2022

    • email: lcornacchia@hayground.org

    • Brooklyn College

    • Culinary Arts

    • Since 2022

    • pdonovan@hayground.org

    • Roger Williams University

    • Early Childhood Group

    • Since 2024

    • email: jgibbons@hayground.org

    • BA, SUNY Old Westbury - Anticipated 2025

    • Since 2023

    • email: ejackson@hayground.org

    • BA, Vassar College

    • MA, Pratt Institute

    • Middle Group

    • Since 2023

    • email: llomuscio@hayground.org

    • BS, SUNY, Stony Brook

    • MA, SUNY, Stony Brook

    • Scientist-In-Residence

    • Since 2025

    • email: rokeeffe@hayground.org

    • BA, California State University

    • Garden

    • Since 2021

    • email: masmith@hayground.org

    • BA, University of Massachusetts

    • Early Childhood Group

    • Since 2020

    • email: ttarrant@hayground.org

    • MS. ED, Bank Street College

    • BA, California State University of Northbridge

    • Middle Group

    • Since 2024

    • stogi@hayground.org

 
 

Board of Trustees

 

Arjun Achuthan, Emily Aspinall, Liz Bertsch, Richard Boseley, Cheryl Buck, Perry Burns, Philippe Cheng, Justine Engel-Snow, Julie Fanelli, Kim Feierstein, Tony Hitchcock (Treasurer) Marcelle Langendal, Maria Lavezzo, Lora Lomuscio, Valerie Marvin (President), Marybeth Pacilio, Susan Ringo, Toni Ross, Emily Samuels, Nick Samuels, Jon Snow, Laura Solinger, Tohanash Tarrant, Tinka Topping (Vice-President and Secretary), Doug Weitz.

 

Committees

 

    • Valerie Marvin, Chair

    • Arjun Achuthan

    • Emily Aspinall

    • Liz Bertsch

    • Tony Hitchcock

    • Marcelle Langendal

    • Nick Samuels

    • Tinka Topping

    • Doug Weitz

    • Valerie Marvin, Chair

    • Emily Aspinall

    • Marcelle Langendal

    • Lora Lomuscio

    • Laura Solinger

    • Tinka Topping

    • Liz Bertsch, Chair

    • Emily Aspinall

    • Cheryl Buck

    • Marcelle Langendal

    • Susan Ringo

    • Laura Solinger

    • Tinka Topping

    • Tony Hitchcock, Chair

    • Arjun Achuthan

    • Daniella Alvarez

    • Emily Aspinall

    • Richard Boseley

    • Cheryl Buck

    • Zoe Geller

    • Marcelle Langendal

    • Valerie Marvin

    • Nick Samuels

    • Fritz Schoenhut

    • Doug Weitz

    • Tohanash Tarrant, Chair

    • Arjun Achuthan

    • Eve Achuthan-Kozar

    • Liz Bertsch

    • Emma Buckner

    • Julian Cheng

    • Justine Engel-Snow

    • Elijah Jackson

    • Lora Lomuscio

    • Basil Lynch

    • Simon Lucarelli-Senft

    • Kai Parcher-Charles

    • Bridie Raustiala

    • Jon Snow

    • Audrey Wood

    • Aluna Yacoe

    • Marcelle Langendal, Chair

    • Zara Beard

    • Liz Bertsch

    • Stephanie Bulger

    • Justine Engel-Snow

    • Kristina Felix

    • Tony Hitchcock

    • Madeline Kiss

    • Maria Lavezzo

    • Emily Samuels

    • Julia Travis

    • Verena Zannantoni

    • Julie Fanelli-Denny, Chair

    • Jamie Diamond

    • Dominique Garstin

    • Madeline Kiss

    • Marcelle Langendal

    • Maria Lavezzo

    • Lisa Quillen

    • Megan Quinlan

    • Bridie Raustiala

    • Sun Sinawi

    • Perry Burns, Chair

    • Daniella Alvarez

    • Alexa Bredbury

    • Khalia Brophy

    • Matt Brophy

    • Julie Fanelli-Denny

    • Jonathan Garnett

    • James Lawless

    • Emma Snyder

    • Gregory Thorpe

    • Joe Titus

    • Sara Topping

    • Kim Feierstein, Chair

    • Stephanie Bulger

    • Alexa Bredbury

    • Khalila Brophy

    • Julia Conlon

    • Manuela DeMattei

    • Elaine Duff

    • Kristina Felix

    • Susan Garcia

    • Amanda Johnson

    • Megan Quinlan

    • Tatsiana Ramanava

    • Emma Snyder

    • Jenna Solis

    • Sara Topping

    • Verena Zannantoni

    • All other interested parents

    • Tony Hitchcock

    • Arjun Achuthan

    • Doug Weitz

    • Tony Hitchcock, Chair

    • Daniella Alvarez

    • Liz Bertsch

    • Stephanie Bulger

    • Richard Boseley

    • Philippe Cheng

    • Bill Delano

    • Michael Donovan

    • Madeline Kiss

    • Marcelle Langendal

    • Ginger Lucas

    • Valerie Marvin

    • Louise Riggio

    • Nick Samuels

    • Fritz Schoenhut

    • Doug Weitz

 

Special Committees

 

    • Tinka Topping

    • Laura Solinger

    • Sarah Stenn

    • Arjun Achuthan

    • Tony Hitchcock

    • Josh Capon

    • Leslie Close

    • Tom Colicchio

    • Brian Halweil

    • Tony Hitchcock

    • Victoria Munroe

    • Scott O’Neill

    • Joseph Realmuto

    • Susan Ringo

    • Eric Ripert

    • Sandra Ripert

    • Clifford Ross

    • Mark Schneider

    • Lori Silverbush

    • Arjun Achuthan

    • Elizabeth Bertsch

    • Perry Burns

    • Kathy Engel

    • Susan Engel

    • Kathy Faraone

    • Nicole Feret

    • Anna Gerschman

    • David Gruber

    • Elizabeth Thunder Bird Haile

    • Sarah Stahl Jaffe

    • Gordon J. Klopf

    • Marcelle Langendal

    • Susan Ringo

    • Toni Ross

    • Jeff Salaway

    • Roy Scheider

    • Brenda Siemer

    • Jonathan Snow

    • Lisa Stamm

    • Tinka Topping

    • Lauryn R. Williams

    • Terrie Wilson

    • Richard Wingfield

 
 
 

Businesses & Organizations

Beyond our school community is an incredible group of local and regional businesses, organizations, and individuals who have consistently offered their support. This network continues to embody the service spirit of Hayground, and we are deeply grateful to them:

 
 

Almond Restaurant

East Hampton Star

East End Food Institute

Dime Community Bank

The Church

ARF

Hampton Library

Kathryn Markel Fine Art

L&W Market

Sofo

CMEE

Bridgehampton School

Leon Levy Foundation

Marders

Nick & Toni’s Restaurants

Rodney L. White Foundation

Sag Harbor Express

Hampton Library

Parrish Art Museum

Watermill Center

John Jermain Library

The Leonard and Louise Riggio Foundation

The Bridgehampton Childcare and Recreational Center