THE STONE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL

Meet the
team.

Headline about Faculty

Writing about the faculty

Lower School Team

Middle & Upper School Team

Admin
at Stone.

Close-up portrait of a middle-aged man with gray hair, a gray beard, wearing black-rimmed glasses, smiling gently, against a dark background.

Mike Simpson

Head of School
12th Grade Dean

simpsonm@stoneindependent.org

A woman with red hair wearing a denim jacket, black shirt, and patterned skirt, standing in front of a chalkboard wall.

Abby Kirchner

Associate Head of School
Director of Education
Director of College Counseling
12th Grade Dean

kirchnera@stoneindependent.org

Katya Hottenstein

Dean of Middle & Upper School Students
Head of House Qualls

hottensteink@stoneindependent.org

Melissa Groff

Dean of Lower School Admissions

diehlk@stoneindependent.org

Kristen Diehl

Head of Lower School

diehlk@stoneindependent.org

Sarah Hurley

Director of Experiential Education

hurleys2@stoneindependent.org

Christy Post

Registrar

postc@stoneindependent.org

Kelly Whalen

Director of Marketing

whalenk@stoneindependent.org

  • A woman speaking at a podium in front of a seated audience in a well-lit room decorated with artwork and greenery.
  • A man with curly black hair, a mustache, and glasses smiling outdoors, holding a green mug and a vinyl record album titled "Jascha Heifetz Favorite Encores" featuring a picture of a violin on the cover. He is wearing a brown jacket, green pants, a striped shirt, and a patterned scarf around his neck, standing in front of a red brick building with parked cars.
  • A woman and a man standing outdoors in a parking lot, each wearing a blue inflatable swim ring around their waist. The woman is smiling, wearing sunglasses, a white shirt, and a scarf. The man has a gray beard, glasses, and is wearing a black Patagonia hoodie. They are posing with their arms around each other.
  • Group of graduates in black caps and gowns with orange stoles taking a selfie with a man in glasses and a woman in a blue dress in a hallway.
  • Man holding a small crab with blue claws out towards camera, smiling, outdoors, with a blurred beach background.
  • Two women smiling and taking a selfie outdoors, standing next to a large tree with lush green landscape and a stone wall in the background.
  • Students sitting at a long table in a classroom, taking notes, with a teacher writing on a whiteboard in the background.

“I'm proud of the way the staff teach and
how much they care about the educational environment they are building.”

~ S T O N E P A R E N T