Dan So-Schoos

A seasoned teacher, Dan So-Schoos has taught subjects ranging from Latin to Conceptual Physics. His newest discipline in his twenty-year teaching career is the interdisciplinary 7th grade Quest program,  and an Upper School history class. His favorite part of teaching is having the students discuss and be fully engaged with the topic at hand. Aside from teaching, he loves spending time with his kids, running, camping, and watching classic movies.

Joanne Rodricks

Joanne Rodricks is a part-time Upper School Math teacher. Before coming to MFS, she taught college Calculus at various levels for 4 years. This is her first year teaching an algebra-based class, but she said it’s her favorite class to teach. Rodrick’s favorite activities outside of teaching include hiking and reading. Her favorite book genre is fantasy and her favorite author is Brandon Sanderson.

Jobi Dan’Sy

Jobi Dan’Sy is a Middle and Upper School French teacher. She has been teaching for 22 years, and she started her career teaching fifth and sixth grade. After that, she taught all subjects to a class of first, second, and third graders in Guatemala. Following her teaching in Guatemala, she started teaching French and even taught in France for two years. Her favorite part of teaching French is the discussions with her students, as well as introducing younger people to the study of French. Outside of school, Mrs. Dan’Sy loves to rock climb and perform circus arts.

Damian Long

Although he is new to the MFS community, Damian Long is no stranger to the college counseling world. He was a college counselor at St. Augustine Preparatory School, the Associate Director of College Counseling at The Hun School of Princeton for three years, and most recently, he was the Associate Director of College Counseling at the Shipley School for two years. Long was a student advisor at all of these schools and held other positions such as psychology teacher at St. Augustine and Chair of the Culture Competency Committee at The Hun School. He is passionate about college counseling and believes in focusing on every student uniquely and individually when it comes to their college process, and he appreciates that this approach is used in every aspect of Quaker and independent school education. Long also loves basketball, maybe as much as college counseling, as he played during his time as an undergraduate student at Villanova University and has coached both boys’ and girls’ basketball teams. Fishing has been a favorite pastime of his since the pandemic, and he enjoys spending time with family, especially his nieces and nephews in the area.

Olivier Harménil

Bienvenue à M. Olivier Harménil, one of the two new MS/US French teachers. His teaching career started when he was in college, when he was a substitute teacher in Bordeaux, France. He has since worked as a French and Spanish teacher in the midwest and as an English teacher in Martinique. Harménil wasn’t always a teacher, though, as he also worked as a translator at a New York law firm dealing with cases surrounding aviation law. Outside of teaching, he enjoys playing soccer and tennis and is an assistant US Girls’ Tennis coach. He is also a fan of current events, politics, and modern art.

Kristen Johnson

Kristen Johnson, or Teacher Kristen, is located in Room 104 and is the new MS/US religion teacher. This will be her 8th year of teaching; she previously taught at Westtown School for 6 years before taking a year off to travel. She then returned to teaching at Germantown Academy last year before returning to a Quaker school at MFS. She is quite the traveler, as she has visited a whopping 85 countries, and she is thankful that she has the time to travel during summer and school breaks. Aside from traveling, she loves volleyball. She coaches a local college team and plays beach volleyball regularly during the summer. She notes that the energy she has seen from the MFS students so far has been “awesome,” and she is excited to work with them throughout the year.

Sue Stutzman

Passionate about education and working with students, Sue Stutzman is embarking on a new journey in her teaching career. She taught middle school Social Studies at Northern Burlington Regional Middle School for 21 years, and is now the College Counseling Administrative Assistant. Stutzman has two children, twins, in high school and she loves to attend her daughter’s color guard performances and watch her son’s soccer games. She is excited to help students with their college application processes while learning about the process for herself. In her free time, she loves to do an array of activities including cooking, baking, bike riding, and swimming.