Joseph will assist Sheri Shea in running and developing KO’s Camp KO, and other auxiliary programs. Joseph will also be assisting with our communications and marketing. For the past several years, he was a phys ed and health teacher at Bristow Middle School, Kelly Lane School in Granby, and Canton High School. As a volleyball coach, he worked at Canton and Farmington High School as well as the Bristol Crush club team. He coaches to create a culture where players love to be and love to work hard to achieve their goals. “I care for my players just as much off the court, fostering academic success, aiding them through everyday trials and tribulations, as well as contributing to their character development,” he said.

Megan comes to KO from the Pingry School in New Jersey, where she taught junior and senior seminars and the 10th-grade English course. She is also interested in ancient texts such as the Tain and the Epic of Gilgamesh, exploring the intersection of modern media and literature. In her classes, student collaborate with each other to engage deeply with literature and find resonance in their own lives. A life-long learner, Megan learns from her students daily, a shared inquiry into knowledge that unlocks the doors to the world and the lives between the pages of books and the world around us.