For many, this year seems like the end – and the beginning – of an era. AP European History teacher Daniel Neukom, director of admission Lonna Bloedau, English teacher Ron Bell, history teacher Bruce Baird, AP Studio Art teacher Patricia Kelly and lower-school teacher Anita Kassel would agree. They all have announced that this will be their last year at Country Day. Together the retiring teachers have put in 144 years at the school. Neukom’s tenure stretched some 44 years, … Continue reading Six teachers’ plans for retirement range from researching Native Americans to volunteering at the MIND Institute