Lower School Archives - Aspen Country Day School

Stories from the Journey

The strength of our school community is built on the continued commitment of faculty, students, and families to support each other as they learn and grow. Here are stories of the people, places, and experiences that make up the Aspen Country Day School journey. 

Mary Frances Szoradi

August 31, 2023

Mary Frances grew up in Houston, Texas, and skied with Power Pandas at Buttermilk when she was a child. She studied undergrad at CU Boulder and earned a master’s in

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Rachel Nahirny

August 31, 2023

Rachel moved to Aspen in 2023 to work at Aspen Country Day and ski (a lot). Originally from Brookline, Mass., she has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Environmental Studies

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Aleda Deuble

August 31, 2023

Aleda moved to Aspen in summer 2023 after having lived in the Front Range of Colorado for a decade. Originally from Winnetka, Illinois, she previously worked at Graland Country Day

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Tana Rinaldi

August 29, 2023

Tana grew up in Massachusetts and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Education from the University of Massachusetts plus 180 education credits on top of her degree in a School

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Katie Hill

September 22, 2022

Katie Hill is originally from Duluth, Georgia, and moved to Aspen after college in 2003 for one summer before quickly figuring out she didn’t want to leave. She has Bachelors’

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Allison Fifield

September 19, 2022

A 2008 ACDS graduate, Allison is thrilled to be back in the Roaring Fork Valley. She attended boarding school at Interlochen Arts Academy and earned a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts

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Holly Orr

June 28, 2022

Holly joined the ACDS Second Grade team midyear in 2022-23. Her undergraduate studies were in journalism and mass media at the University of Colorado, and she studied abroad for a

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Tori Zimmer

June 28, 2022

Tori came to Aspen Country Day School in 2022 from Derby Academy in Massachusetts, where she was a Second Grade assistant teacher. Tori also taught at the Chestnut Hill School

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Melanie Doyle ’13

June 28, 2022

A 2013 graduate of Aspen Country Day School, Melanie attended Aspen High School and continued on to Colorado State University, where she completed a double major in Human Development and

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Cecelia Martin

January 28, 2022

Joining Aspen Country Day School midway through the 2021-22 school year was a natural for Cecelia, also known as Cec. She quickly became a warm and welcoming presence at the

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