Miss Porter’s School

Ms. Moulton attended Pacific Lutheran University, where she majored in anthropology and played softball all four years. She received the award for the top female athlete at the end of her senior year, was a second-team All-American, an ESPN academic all-district, and the recipient of the anthropology alumni award. Upon graduating, Ms. Moulton taught science at North Central Charter School in Fitchburg, Massachusetts while earning a master’s degree in anthropology. She wrote her master’s thesis on the functional morphology of the hominoid talocrural joint, a sub-topic of evolutionary anthropology and comparative anatomy. She also completed eight weeks on an archeological excavation in Peru. Ms. Moulton came to Porter’s in 2012 and since then has earned a Cravens’ Grant, which she used to visit Austria and Germany, the yearbook dedication from the Class of 2016, and the graduation dedication from the Class of 2017.

 

Ms. Moulton teaches science and lives on campus with her husband, Ian, and their dog, Jake. She also serves as the advisor to the nature club, a field hockey and softball coach, a representative on both the faculty committee and the professional development committee, and an advisor. 

Kaitlin Cowles grew up in nearby Canton, CT, and graduated from Canton High School before attending the George Washington University in Washington, DC. While enrolled at GW, Kaitlin worked as a teaching assistant in the chemistry department, was a member of the university's NCAA Division I gymnastics team, and graduated cum laude with a B.S. in Chemistry.

Kaitlin came to Porter’s in 2017 as a teaching fellow in the mathematics department through the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education's Boarding School Teaching Residency. While completing their master's coursework and thesis, Kaitlin taught mathematics, coached several sports, and served as a dorm affiliate in Lathrop and Cottage.

In the spring of 2019, Kaitlin graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education with an M.S.Ed. and has since worked as a full-time member of the Porter's faculty, teaching in both the mathematics and science departments. Outside of the classroom, Kaitlin works as an advisor to a small group of students, a faculty advisor to the student-led Spectrum Alliance, and coaches Squash and Track & Field. 

 

Ms. Rigoulot graduated from Trinity College with a bachelor’s degree with honors in environmental science and minors in models and data. After graduation, she worked as an environmental educator before enrolling in Chestnut Hill College to earn a master’s degree in education, specializing in secondary science education and special education. Ms. Rigoulot has earned distinctions as a new science teacher academy fellow from the National Science Teachers Association and an ecology project international research & education fellow in the Sea of Cortez. She is passionate about exposing women to the STEM field and feels lucky to be able to do so in our community.

 

Ms. Rigoulot teaches science and lives on campus with her husband Dave, a teacher at Watkinson School, and their two dogs, Buddy and Avey. She also serves as an Earth Club advisor, crew coach, after-school yoga teacher, advisor, and dorm affiliate. 

Ms. Scanlon, an alumna of Loomis Chaffee, graduated summa cum laude from the University of Connecticut with a double major in chemistry and molecular and cell biology. She completed her undergraduate research in cell motility and played the viola in the university symphony orchestra. During the summer, Ms. Scanlon taught chemistry as a faculty intern at Loomis Chaffee. After graduating, she taught chemistry for three years at Wooster School. She has spent summers working on various research projects at different universities. In addition to her research on cell motility at the University of Connecticut, she has worked on comparing the effects of heavy metals on DNA repair genes at Yale, and Hofmeister chemistry with thermoresponsive polymers at Penn State.  

 

Ms. Scanlon lives on campus. She teaches chemistry and serves as a dorm affiliate and an advisor. 

Ms. Skenderian holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of South Florida. Before beginning her teaching career, she climbed the corporate ladder, emerging as a vice president for Bank of Boston. She then switched careers and taught biology at New Britain High School before joining the faculty at Watkinson School. While at Watkinson, she chaired the science department and was awarded an innovative teacher grant for synthetic biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Ms. Skenderian has chaired several committees related to educational leadership and organizational development. She also earned a master’s degree in science efforts from the University of St. Joseph’s and has taken numerous graduate-level courses in educational leadership at the University of Hartford.

 

Ms. Skenderian lives off campus with her family. She also serves as a mentor to the Penn Fellows, dean of InterMission, and an advisor. 

Sarah Tierney graduated summa cum laude from Montana State University with a Masters of Science in Science Education where she examined the impacts of outdoor education and citizen science on student learning. She did her undergraduate degree from the University of New Hampshire, graduated summa cum laude, where she majored in environmental conservation with a minor in hydrology and wetland ecology and a concentration in watershed management and policy. While in college, she studied abroad in New Zealand and decided to return upon graduating, working for the government conducting environmental surveys and designing environmental management plans. Prior to coming to Porter’s, Sarah Tierney worked at Brewster Academy for four years as a science teacher, coach, and the assistant head of residential life. There, she created a new curriculum for an upper level freshwater ecology class; presented at the National Science Teacher Association conference on student portfolios; and piloted an outdoor travel program to the Island School in Eleuthera, Bahamas. 

 

Sarah Tierney lives on campus and teaches science - marine biology, environmental lab science, freshwater ecology, and general biology. She also serves as an advisor and head equestrian coach.