THE STONE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL

Meet the Lower
School team.

Primary
Classroom
at Stone.

Melissa Berardi

Primary (K/1) Teacher

berardim@stoneindependent.org

Amanda Fogarty

Primary (K/1) Assistant Teacher

fogartya@stoneindependent.org

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Lexi Huhn

Lower Elementary (Grades 2/3/4) Teacher

huhnl@stoneindependent.org

Lower Elementary
Classrooms
at Stone.

A classroom with students and a teacher or instructor at a table, surrounded by laptops and school supplies, with some students sitting and some standing, and educational posters and equipment on the walls.

Austin Young

Lower Elementary (Grades 2/3/4) Teacher

younga@stoneindependent.org

Julie Aeschliman

Upper Elementary (Grades 5/6) Teacher

aeschlimanj@stoneindependent.org

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Upper Elementary
Classroom
at Stone.

Two people standing by a narrow waterway in a dry, grassy landscape with mountains in the distance, under a clear blue sky.
  • A woman speaking at a podium in front of a seated audience in a well-lit room decorated with artwork and greenery.
  • Man holding a small crab with blue claws out towards camera, smiling, outdoors, with a blurred beach background.
  • 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.
  • Three women and a man, wearing a chef's hat, sit at a kitchen counter with pizza in front of them, smiling and having a conversation.
  • 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.
  • Group of people gathered around a table with a large map, discussing and pointing at various locations.
  • 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.

Lower School
Specialists
at Stone.

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Brian Lehman

Visual and Performing Arts Chair
9th Grade Dean
Visual Arts Instructor

lehmanb@stoneindependent.org

A young woman with long blonde hair smiling in front of a dark wall, wearing a denim jacket and earrings.

Becca Goebel

11th Grade Dean
Performing Arts Instructor

goebelr@stoneindependent.org

Theater stage with actors in period costumes, set with furniture and props, viewed from above.

Staff
at Stone.

A middle-aged man with glasses wearing a blue T-shirt, standing against a dark wall.

James Fagan

Head of Maintenance

A group of students gathered around a table with an instructor in a classroom or workshop setting, examining and working on historical photographs or documents.
A group of students gathered around a table with an instructor in a classroom or workshop setting, examining and working on historical photographs or documents.

Meet our Lower School Team

“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