Baxter attended Hobart College in upstate NY where he majored in Sociology and minored in Philosophy.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Arjun Achuthan
BA, Long Island University
MS.Ed, Bank Street College
Faculty Chair
Since 1996
email: aachuthan@hayground.org
Liz Bertsch
BA, SUNY, Stony Brook
MS.Ed, Bank Street College
Apprenticeship (Senior Learner) Group
Since 1996
email: lbertsch@hayground.org
Cheryl Buck
Watterson College Pacific (Vista, CA)
Office Manager
Since 1996
email: cbuck@hayground.org
Perry Burns
BFA, Rhode Island School of Design
MA, Columbia University
Art Studio
Since 2018
email: pburns@hayground.org
Lucille Czerniuk
BS, Brooklyn College
MA, Columbia University
Middle Group
Since 2022
email: lczerniuk@hayground.org
Sabra Elliot
BA, New York University
Umbra Institute, Perugia, Italy
Art Studio
Since 2016
email: selliot@hayground.org
Julie Fanelli-Denny
BA, Hampshire College
MS.Ed, Long Island University
Middle Group
Since 1999
email: jfanelli@hayground.org
Phoebe Donovan
Brooklyn College
Culinary Arts
Since 2022
pdonovan@hayground.org
Travis Foreman
BA, Hofstra University
Since 2016
email: tforeman@hayground.org
Hannah Holmes
BA, Bucknell University
Scientist-In-Residence
Since 2023
hholmes@hayground.org
Elijah Jackson
BA, SUNY Old Westbury - Anticipated 2025
Middle Group
Since 2023
email: ejackson@hayground.org
Marcelle Langendal
BS, Skidmore College
MS, Dowling College
Faculty Chair
Since 1996
email: mlangendal@hayground.org
James Lawless
Plant Manager
Since 2008
email: jlawless@hayground.org
Lora Lomuscio
BA, Vassar College
MA, Pratt Institute
Early Childhood Group
Since 2023
email: llomuscio@hayground.org
Scott O’Neill
BFA, Rhode Island School of Design
Culinary Arts
Since 2012
email: soneill@hayground.org
Marybeth Pacilio
BA, Keene State College
MS, CUNY Hunter College
Middle Group
Since 2004
email: mpacilio@hayground.org
Richard J. Partington III
BA, Excelsior College
SUNY New Paltz
Since 2018
email: rjpartington@hayground.org
Mark-Antonio Smith
BA, California State University
Garden
Since 2021
email: masmith@hayground.org
Amy Taylor-Adkison
BS, Columbia International University
MA, Columbia International University
Middle Group
Since 2022
email: ataylor@hayground.org
Tohanash Tarrant
BA, University of Massachusetts
Early Childhood Group
Since 2020
email: ttarrant@hayground.org
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. ”
Administrative Team
Valerie Marvin, Chair
Arjun Achuthan
Emily Aspinall
Liz Bertsch
Tony Hitchcock
Marcelle Langendal
Tinka Topping
Doug Weitz
Committee on Trustees
Valerie Marvin, Chair
Emily Aspinall
Marcelle Langendal
Laura Solinger
Tinka Topping
Personnel Team
Liz Bertsch, Chair
Emily Aspinall
Cheryl Buck
Marcelle Langendal
Susan Ringo
Laura Solinger
Tinka Topping
Finance
Tony Hitchcock, Chair
Arjun Achuthan
Emily Aspinall
Richard Boseley
Cheryl Buck
Jesse Lane
Marcelle Langendal
Valerie Marvin
Nick Samuels
Fritz Schoenhut
Doug Weitz
Alumni Group
Tohanansh Tarrant, Chair
Arjun Achuthan
Liz Bertsch
Emma Buckner
Justine Engel-Snow
Elijah Jackson
Lora Lomuscio
Jon Snow
Sarah Stenn
Look and Language / PR
Marcelle Langendal, Chair
Liz Bertsch
Phillippe Cheng
Elaine Duff
Justine Engel-Snow
Steve Feuerborn
Tony Hitchcock
Mike Hogan
Madeline Kiss
Maria Lavezzo
Valerie Marvin
Emily Samuels
Laura Solinger
Sarah Stenn
Gregory Thorpe
Julie Travis
Social Media Group
Julie Fanelli-Denny, Chair
Jamie Diamond
Dominique Garstin
Mara Gerstein
Marcelle Langendal
Maria Lavezzo
Kent Pierce
Sun Sinawi
Buildings & Grounds
Perry Burns,Chair
Alexa Bredbury
Khalia Brophy
Matt Brophy
Abby Clough
Julie Fanelli-Denny
Steve Feuerborn
Dominick Forlenza
Scott Hagedorn
James Lawless
Emma Snyder
Gregory Thorpe
Joe Titus
Sara Topping
Parent Group
Kim Feierstein, Chair
Stephanie Bulger
Alexa Bredbury
Khalia Brophy
Manuela DeMattei
Elaine Duff
Susan Garcia
Amanda Johnson
Maria Kosmaoglou
Nicole LaBarbera
Vanessa Roth
Emma Snyder
Jenna Solis
Sara Topping
Julia Travis
All other interested parents
Facility Usage and Events
Tony Hitchcock, Chair
Arjun Achuthan
Marcelle Langendal
Doug Weitz
Development Group of Working Committees:
Donor Outreach
Tony Hitchcock, Chair
Richard Boseley
Madeline Kiss
Marcelle Langendal
Ginger Lucas
Valerie Marvin
Fritz choenhut
Doug Weitz
Chefs Dinner/Special Events Committee:
Arjun Achuthan, Chair
Monica O’Connor, Event Coordinator
Zoe Geller
Melanie Gomez
Lauren Gaede Lower
Ginger Lucas
Scott O’Neil
Melanie Shorenstein
Maria Lavezzo
Annual Appeal
Tinka Topping
Laura Solinger
Sarah Stenn
Capital Campaign Endowment
Arjun Achuthan
Tony Hitchcock
Chefs Dinner Advisory
Josh Capon
Leslie Close
Tom Colicchio
Brian Halweil
Tony Hitchcock
Ron Kaplan
Victoria Munroe
Scott O’Neill
Joseph Realmuto
Susan Ringo
Eric Ripert
Sandra Ripert
Clifford Ross
Mark Schneider
Lori Silverbush
Hayground Founders
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
Almond Restaurant
American Express
Cavaniola’s Gourmet
East Hampton Star
East End Food Institute
Edible East End
Good Water Farms
Hampton Library
Kathryn Markel Fine Art
L&W Market
Leon Levy Foundation
Marders
Nick & Toni’s Restaurants
Rodney White Foundation
Sag Harbor Express
Sag Harbor Florist
S.Pellegrino
Parrish Art Museum
Watermill Center
