Mrs. Albright, B.A., is the Assistant Head of School/Head of Middle School and the Middle School English teacher. She joined the Peabody School faculty in 2000.  Mrs. Albright earned a B.A. in English from Lynchburg College and has done graduate work at George Mason University, University of Cincinnati, and Michigan State University.  She has over twenty years’ teaching experience, mostly at the high school level, including in International Baccalaureate and Advanced Placement programs.  A world traveler, her teaching assignments have taken her to international schools in Egypt, Philippines, Oman, and Pakistan.

Miss Basile-Wood, B.A., teaches Peabody School's Kindergarten class. Ms. Basile-Wood graduated from the University of Virginia in 1989 with a degree in psychology/history and earned her teaching certificate in elementary education from Mary Baldwin College. Prior to joining the Peabody School faculty in 2001, Ms. Basile-Wood spent many years teaching young children in both preschool and pre-kindergarten classes. In addition, she served as a homebound instructor for the Charlottesville City Schools. Heavily involved in youth swimming, Ms. Basile-Wood is currently Meet Director and a member of the Board of Fry's Spring Swim Team. Miss Kim is also our Basketball Coach.

Marie Beaurline , B.S., M.A.T., teaches third grade math and science at Peabody School.  Mrs. Beaurline received her B.S. from Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts and her M.A.T. from Mary Baldwin College.  She also attended the University of Virginia and studied instructional technology at the graduate level.  Mrs. Beaurline has been associated with Peabody School since 1997.  She has taught kindergarten, first grade, and fifth grade at Peabody.  Prior to joining the full-time faculty in 1999, Mrs. Beaurline coached one of the school’s Odyssey of the Mind teams.

Katell Bourhis, B.A., M.A., is one of Peabody School’s French Teachers, and she is also an After School Progam Leader.  Ms. Bourhis is a French citizen and teacher.  Ms. Bourhis possesses the French equivalents of a bachelor’s degree in teaching methods and English language, and a master’s degree in language instruction.  She has spent the past five years teaching students across a range of grade levels in Paris, and her work includes the successful implementation of projects combining language, cinema, legends, cooking, and art.  Ms. Bourhis’ teaching has coordinated her students’ learning with museum projects at le Louvre and la Villette.  A native speaker of French, she is fluent in English, intermediate in German, and a beginner in Chinese language.  Ms. Bourhis is also a trained dancer (jazz, African dance, contemporary) who graduated from the Royal Academy of Dancing, the English ballet school.  She is an art lover who also enjoys traveling, sports, trekking, rock climbing, and surfing.

Lisa Gorsch, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., joined the Peabody School faculty in 2004 as the Middle School science teacher. She earned a B.A. in History from Princeton University in 1985 and a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from Dartmouth Medical School in 1995. Disenchanted by mediocre science teaching in early academic years, Mrs. Gorsch started intensive scientific training relatively late. Her irrepressible enthusiasm for science is matched by her profound desire to make science fun, interesting and comprehensible for secondary school students. Mrs. Gorsch's doctoral research on nucleocytoplasmic RNA transport was published in The Journal of Cell Biology.

Julie Gottschalk, B.A., M.A.T., is the third grade language arts and social studies teacher at Peabody School.  Ms. Gottschalk received her B.A. in Liberal Arts from the New School for Social Research in New York and her M.A.T. from Mary Baldwin College.  In addition to teaching at Peabody School since 1996, she has served as a gifted resource teacher in the Albemarle County schools, as the drama teacher at Peabody School, and as an Odyssey of the Mind coach.

Renee Henslee, B.A.,  is Assistant Head of Lower School and a first grade teacher. A graduate of Mary Baldwin College, Mrs. Henslee joined the Peabody staff in 2002.  She has been a classroom teacher for first grade and second grade at Peabody, and she has also served the school as a member of the Enrichment/Resource Team and as the school's in-house substitute teacher.

Sharon McCord, B.A., M.A.,teaches general music and is the band/chorus director at Peabody School.   Prior to joining the Peabody faculty in 1999, Ms. McCord was on the faculty at the Queens School of Music.  In addition to teaching at Peabody School, Ms. McCord performs in the pit orchestras of Charlottesville's New Lyric Theater, Live Arts, UVA Drama Department, and Heritage Repertory Theater.  She directs the Chutzpah! Chorus at Congregation Beth Israel and maintains a music studio, teaching lessons in woodwinds, voice and guitar.

Kate Macdonald, B.A., M.A.,is an After School Program Leader.  Kate earned the equivalent of a master’s degree in Oriental Studies at the University of Oxford (U.K.), and she holds bachelor’s degrees in English and Religious Studies (double major) from the University of California-Berkeley, where she graduated with Honors (Phi Beta Kappa).  In addition to her work leading weekly lectures on Classical Buddhism at Oxford, Kate has also served as an advisor and tutor to students across a range of ages, and she has successful experience as a childcare provider and academic coach.  Kate has numerous academic achievements and honors to her credit for her work at Oxford and Berkeley.

Kim Nash, B.S., is the physical education teacher for the Peabody School's students.  A 2002 graduate of Longwood College with a major in physical education/health, Mrs. Nash joined the Peabody School faculty in the fall of 2002.  Mrs. Nash offers Peabody students a wide range of physical education and sports opportunities throughout the school year, encouraging each student to achieve his or her personal best.  A longtime resident of Albemarle County, she enjoys hiking and rock climbing.

Pam Rini, B.A.,M.A., M.Ed., is the school’s Spanish teacher, and she is also an After School Program Leader.  Mrs. Rini holds a B.A. in Secondary Education, with a major in Spanish and a minor in English, from Calvin College. She earned her Master's in Romance Linguistics with a Spanish Emphasis from the University of Michigan. As well, Mrs. Rini possesses an M.Ed. in Counselor Education from the University of Virginia.  Mrs. Rini has twenty-two years of combined foreign language teaching and counseling experience, and she recently worked as a counselor at Louisa Middle School.  She has taught elementary and intermediate Spanish at Longwood College and the University of Virginia, and she taught Latin in Charlottesville City Schools (Walker).  Pam is married and has two sons.

Demi Runkle, B.A., M.Ed., is the Assistant Head of School/Head of Lower School and the fourth and fifth grades math and science teacher at Peabody School.  Ms. Runkle received her B.A. in theater arts from Mary Washington College and her M.Ed. in reading from the University of Virginia.  She has completed extensive course work in gifted education, counseling, curriculum and instruction as well as in administration and supervision. In the 1980's, Ms. Runkle traveled extensively throughout the state to instruct teachers in how to teach reading-to-learn, writing-to-learn, and word study. During the mid-1990's, she administered a federal grant that helped teachers facilitate reading, writing, and spelling in their classrooms. Before coming to Peabody School, Ms. Runkle served as a Gifted Resource Teacher in the Albemarle County School system.  She also taught grades one through five in her thirty-one years in public education.  Ms. Runkle has been actively involved in local children’s theater and is a state Challenge Master for Destination Imagination.  Ms. Runkle joined the Peabody faculty in 2000.