Jed Silverstein, Ph.D., joins our team
Over the past two decades, Jed Silverstein, Ph.D., has worked at some of the most highly selective independent schools in the country, including Riverdale Country School in New York City, Moses Brown School in Providence, R.I., and the Latin School of Chicago. He comes to us, most recently, from The Derryfield School in Manchester, N.H., where he served as the upper school head. Among his numerous responsibilities there, he taught courses in history — a passion he will continue to nurture at EMS while teaching eighth-grade history.
Silverstein will work closely with Assistant Head of Middle School Gerard Allen, Dean of Student Life, ensuring that our families are well supported during their child’s transition from middle school to secondary school.
“Secondary school placement is a partnership between the school and the family,” says Silverstein. “Families are the experts in who their child is and what their happiness looks like. EMS has extensive knowledge of public, day, and boarding schools where its students have attended and flourished. In the end, families are in the driver’s seat during the secondary school placement process, but EMS is there to offer a hand on the steering wheel.”
Parents and caregivers of rising eighth-graders received an invitation to a Zoom call with Silverstein over the summer where everyone got to know each other and kickstart the secondary school process.
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