List of 7 members.

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  Diane DeVore 

  Grade 6 Dean, Librarian, Drama, Performing Arts

  (339) 686-4564
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  Julia Auster-Hogan 

  Grade 7 Dean, French, Drama, Peer Mentoring

  (781) 235-9300 ext. 518

  Bio

  Julia Auster-Hogan '06 joined the Rivers faculty in 2016. Previously, she taught French immersion at Robert Adams Middle School in Holliston, MA, and sixth grade French at F.A. Day Middle School in Newton, MA. Julia earned a BS in education studies and French at Skidmore College and an MEd in teaching French from Union Graduate College. She teaches middle school French and Theater Arts, serves as an advisor, and is the producer for all extracurricular drama performances on campus.
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  James Long 

  Special Assistant to Head of School, Grade 8 Dean, Admission Interviewer

  (339) 686-2272
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  Christine Pynchon 

  Grade 9 Dean, Mathematics

  (339) 686-2459

  Bio

  Christine Pynchon is an Upper School mathematics teacher and the head coach of the varsity softball team. She also serves as an Upper School grade dean. She has a BS in mathematics from Colby College, where she played varsity softball. Prior to joining Rivers, she taught upper level math and coached softball and soccer at the Berkshire School after interning at Phillips Exeter Academy.
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  Meredith Caplan 

  Grade 10 Dean, English Teacher, MS Soccer Coach

  (339) 686-2412

  Bio

  Meredith Caplan teaches Upper School English and serves as ninth-grade dean. Prior to joining Rivers in 2013, she taught and coached at Newark Academy in New Jersey and at The Hotchkiss School in Connecticut. She also worked for The Steppingstone Foundation in Boston. She holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Bowdoin College and a master’s degree in the teaching of English from Teachers College at Columbia University. She has traveled to Romania with Rivers students to work with Romanian children. In addition to advising underclassmen, Meredith is the assistant coach for varsity girls’ soccer.
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  Kimberly Webster 

  Grade 11 Dean, Mathematics

  (781) 235-9300 ext. 721
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  Daniel St. Jean 

  Grade 12 Dean, English

  (339) 686-2295

  Bio

  Dan St. Jean earned a BA from Yale University and an MA from Middlebury College. Prior to joining Rivers, he spent 12 years teaching English and served as a college counselor at Germantown Academy in Pennsylvania, where he also served as a college counselor. He shares Rivers’s commitment to student-centered education, to the principles of equity and inclusion, and to teaching that fosters depth of inquiry and joy in learning. In addition to teaching Upper School English, he also helps coordinate the senior speech program and serves as assistant coach of the alpine ski team.