Staff
Sarah Bettencourt
Director of Admissions & Marketing
Sarah joins us with over two decades of experience in public, charter, and independent schools. Most recently, she worked as the Director of Enrollment Management at the Tremont School in Concord, MA. Prior to that, she taught Visual Arts at Waldorf High School of Massachusetts Bay, while also serving on their leadership, admissions, and marketing teams.
Sarah received a BA in Visual Studies and English at Trinity College and later earned a graduate degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Geneva Cooper, Kitchen Director
Ms. Cooper began working in the kitchen as an assistant in 1998 and has run the school’s lunch program for over two decades. Her kitchen career has been ongoing in various ways for a number of years, as she has learned (and continues to learn) the craft from many mentors. She has also been on a large kitchen team for Dance New England Dance Camp every summer for many years, cooking for 500 people. Geneva is an active anthroposophist, has taught at the Waldorf High School level, and is a proud WSL alumna parent.
Anna Estes, Great Meadows Day Care Director
Kendall Helbock, Administrative Support Specialist
Ms. Helbock has worked over the past 20 years in various capacities with children of all ages. She spent 13 years with the Philipstown Recreation Department as a teacher with the Learning Center Preschool, Director of the Preschool Summer Fun Program and as an instructor with the aftercare program. After moving from New York to Massachusetts she has been a Lead Mentor Teacher at Meeting House Childcare in Newton. She has a B.A. in history from Manhattanville College. Kendall loves gardening, reading and taking care of her dog, Herman.
Sara Hyson, Operations Manager
Ms. Hyson has extensive office management and accounting experience. Prior to her work at WSL as the Assistant in the Evergreen Kindergarten (2019-20), she provided administrative support at Gentle Giant Moving Company, accounting services at Blue Cross Blue Shield, and served as Office Manager at two businesses on Nantucket. Ms. Hyson earned a B.A. in Linguistics with a Minor in Art from Macalester College in St. Paul, MN. She is a world traveler and a WSL alum and alum parent.
Jo Anne Frazier, Front Office Coordinator
Pauline Kelly
Head of School
Pauline Kelly is very familiar to many in the WSL community, having been not only a WSL parent (for three children in the classes of 2013 and 2016) and a former nursery teacher here for four years but also having served as a consultant for our Early Childhood program throughout the 2023-24 school year. Pauline is a native of Ireland where she started her teaching career by earning her teacher certification in Early Childhood and Special Education at Carysforth College, Dublin. One of the foundational experiences in her path to a career in Waldorf education was living in the Camphill Anthroposophical and Educational Community for disabled children in Kilkenny. Later, Pauline founded and directed the Anne Sullivan Center, the first school in Dublin for blind and deaf children. Her initiative and leadership have been recognized and supported by the Hilton International Foundation, through which she completed the Educational Leadership Program.
Since 2013, Pauline has run her own Waldorf-based Cherry Blossoms nursery program. Before starting Cherry Blossoms and doing early childhood consulting work and mentoring Waldorf teachers, Pauline worked as a special assistant to the leadership team at the Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown. Pauline earned her WECAN (Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America) Early Childhood Educator’s certificate from Sophia’s Hearth in Keene, NH.
Paul Menz, Building Manager
Mr. Menz graduated from Don Bosco Technical High School with a concentration in electronics. After entering college to study engineering, he decided to pursue his passion for the building trades. Mr. Menz received his Massachusetts Journeyman Electrician’s License and worked as an electrician at Tufts Medical Center for many years. He is now WSL’s indispensable Building Manager, responsible for every aspect of campus and facilities maintenance and enhancement.
Michael Massicotte, Director Of Finance & Operations
Mike has over 25 years of finance and operations experience for nonprofit organizations in the greater Boston area. He volunteers his time on several boards and is active in his local community. Mike enjoys the outdoors and is an avid skier and golfer.
Kimberly Rose, CFRE
Director of Development & Administration
As Director of Development & Community Life, Kim leads fundraising and engagement initiatives that strengthen the Waldorf School of Lexington and advance its mission. Drawing on more than a decade of experience and involvement at WSL, she works to build meaningful connections among families, alumni, donors, and friends of the school. Before joining the staff, Kim served in numerous volunteer leadership roles within the WSL community. As a parent of three children who attended WSL, she brings a deep understanding of the school's culture, traditions, and community.