Brad Steward, Class of 2008
Brad graduated from The University of Maryland Eastern Shore. He is currently married with two children. Brad loves his career as a Naval Flight Officer in the US Navy on board the Navy's Maritime Patrol Aircraft. His career has enabled him to see the world, lead others and build a future for his family.
Brad attended Wilmington Montessori School in Toddler through 1st grade, then moved to Hockessin Montessori School for 2nd through 8th grade. He graduated with one of our very first Middle School classes! Brad greatly misses his time at HMS and always think about the opportunities his Montessori Education has allowed him. Montessori gave him the innate ability to perform, especially when it came time to immerse himself in public high school. Naturally being an "A" student, due to habits and skills he developed in Montessori, this provided him to opportunity to receive a full ride, Honors Scholarship to earn a Bachelors in Environmental Science and use that degree to serve in Naval Aviation.
Join us in congratulating Brad on his many outstanding accomplishments and thanking him service to our country! We are also grateful to him for sharing his story and furthermore reinforcing ... That a Montessori Education has Proven Results! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Buster Gerard Julian Santos Thompson graduated in our very first 8th grade, Class of 2006. Buster moved on to attend Crystal River High School and then Eckerd College. Throughout his school and career has been involved in numerous organizations including Drama Club, National Honor Society, Homosassa Springs State Wildlife Park volunteer, Friends of Strays volunteer, rugby club, and a counselor at the Wisconsin Badger Camp for adults, teens and children with a variety of special needs. After graduating Eckerd College in 2014, Buster started reporting on crime and city government for the Citrus County Chronicle Newspaper in Florida. Within his career, Buster was recognized with several awards including Citrus County Chronicle's Employee of the Month for March 2015, May 2018 and July 2020; Citrus County Chronicle's Employee of the Year for 2015 and 2020; and three Landmark Community Newspaper awards for best news story and best news writing.
Buster is about to celebrate his second wedding anniversary with his wife, Amber. Buster says he will always remember The Hockessin Montessori School as the environment that encouraged him to be creative and independent when either developing a new idea or trying to solve a problem. Montessori taught him to be tolerant, understanding and patient with the world and people around him, and he hopes to pass those same lessons to his children.
Once again, our remarkable HMS Alumni stories demonstrate that Montessori Education has Proven Results! Please join us in congratulating Buster on his outstanding accomplishments!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jeremy Copeland, Class of 2012, moved on to graduate from Salesianum High School and York College of Pennsylvania. In high school, Jeremy was the Football Manager. He began playing Rugby which he continued into college on the York Mens Rugby Team and even received several team awards.
Jeremy is currently employed at Penske Truck Leasing in the Remarking Department selling used commercial vehicles and doing customer service.
A Montessori education gave Jeremy the foundation and the tools he needed to set goals and accomplish whatever he set his mind too.
Once again, our remarkable HMS Alumni stories demonstrate that Montessori Education has Proven Results! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Alton, Class of 2006 is a Rensselar Polytechnic Institute Biomedical Engineer Graduate and a Regional Abbott Technical Sales Lead. He and his fiancé are getting married this September 2022.
Ben, Class of 2010 graduated from Carnegie Mellon with a dual degree in Chemical and Biomedical Engineering and is a Manufacturing Engineer at Merck. Ben is also planning a wedding with his fiancé for June 2022.
Dan, Class of 2012 is finishing his professional year at University of the Sciences and will graduate in May 2022 with a Doctorate of Pharmacy.
Parents, Ann and Ken, credit their children’s success to the foundation they developed in a Montessori education. This approach to individualized education with multi-aged classrooms focuses not only on educating the child but enhancing their community involvement and independent decision making.   Martin Hunt, Class of 2013 HMS Alumni, Martin Hunt Jr is the recipient of the 2021 Campbell Award, the highest University Wide honor bestowed upon student leaders.
We are so proud to share the latest honor bestowed upon HMS alumnus, Martin Hunt, Jr.! Martin graduated this year from Columbia University and has been chosen as the 2021 Recipient of the Campbell Award, the highest university-wide honor recognizing exceptional student leaders.
The Campbell Award is presented to a student who "has demonstrated a commitment to building the University community and pride, as exemplified by the late Bill Campbell."
This summer he will begin his career working at Goldman Sachs in New York City as a private equity investment analyst.
Martin attended HMS for all program levels, Toddler through Middle School, and his positive leadership skills were apparent even then! |