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tc Hanmer joined Rivers after several years of teaching high school English, most recently at Pomfret School. In addition to teaching Upper School English, they serve as an advisor and assist with the JV girls’ basketball team and the varsity softball team. tc earned their BA in Afro- American Studies and English at Smith College and graduated from Middlebury College’s Bread Loaf School of English with an MA in English. Outside of school, tc is an avid reader, a music lover, and a movie buff.

Katie Henderson has a BA in English and communications as well as an MEd in secondary education in English from the University of Pennsylvania. She is currently a candidate for a doctorate from the University of Minnesota, where she has served as supervisor of student teaching. Previously, Katie taught English at the Woodside Priory School. She teaches Upper School English and is an assistant coach for the girls’ cross-country team.

Jennie Hutton Jacoby joined the English department in 1995 and currently teaches eleventh and twelfth grade English in addition to running faculty evaluations. Before coming to Rivers, Jennie taught at the Breck School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and The Cincinnati Country Day School in Ohio. Jennie was the recipient of the Mida Van Zuylen Dunn Award for teaching in 2000, and in 2011, she was selected to join the Berwind Circle of teachers. She also serves on the Cum Laude Society Selection Committee. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude from Kenyon College.