New Faculty Appointments
With the start of school fast approaching, the Bridgehampton School has hired several new staff members, including a new athletic director and its first-ever full-time business teacher.
Michael Miller will be the school’s new gym teacher and athletic director, filling the role recently vacated when Eric Bramoff left to become the athletic director and facilities administrator in the Sag Harbor School District. Mr. Miller “comes highly recommended from Mattituck” schools, according to Lois Favre, Bridgehampton’s superintendent.
Mr. Miller taught health and physical education at Mattituck for five years, and prior to that taught in Center Moriches. Originally from Dolgeville, N.Y., a tiny hamlet upstate, Mr. Miller holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the State University at Cortland and an administrator’s certification from Stony Brook University. He played football, basketball, and baseball in high school and played basketball in college.
Reached by phone on Tuesday, Mr. Miller said, “The first thing I want to do is meet as many people as I can and introduce myself.”
He will teach gym classes in the mornings and work as the athletic director in the afternoons. He hopes to get as many students involved in athletics as he can and help them measure and improve their overall physical fitness; also to integrate technology into the health and gym curriculum and help build the respect, pride, and tradition that he said he has already observed at the Bridgehampton School.
Kameron Kaiser, who holds nine certifications — including business education, special education, and teaching English to speakers of other languages — as well as degrees from SUNY Cortland and Long Island University, has been appointed to a full-time business and marketing teaching position. Mr. Kaiser, a Southampton native, previously held leave replacement, teaching assistant, and substitute teaching positions in districts including Hampton Bays, Tuckahoe, and Amagansett.
“His certifications are so perfect for a small school district,” Ms. Favre said. “I’m really, really excited to have him on board.”
Christina Cassel has been appointed to the part-time position of family and consumer-science teacher. A resident of Sagaponack, Ms. Cassel holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Johnson and Wales University. She is not only a teacher, but “a chef extraordinaire,” Ms. Favre said. She has taught at East Providence Career and Technical Center, a high school in Rhode Island, and as a substitute in Bridgehampton, Southampton, and East Hampton schools. Ms. Favre said it has been two years since Bridgehampton had a certified family and consumer-science teacher.
“It’s going to be an exciting year all around,” she said.