Outside of the classroom, Michaella runs an Upper School girls' dorm and coaches girls cross country. She enjoys baking pies, rooting for the New York Mets, and catching up on the newest developments in the eco-hydrology world. After many years away from New England, she is excited to re-explore the region with her husband, Daniel.

Jon Creamer holds a B.Sc. in mathematics from Brown University and an MFA in photography from Bard College. Before arriving here in 2002, he taught at Cushing Academy and Lawrenceville.

At Groton, he teaches mathematics and supervises the Math Club. As time allows, he works on his photography and likes to travel by car or train; Wisconsin and North Dakota are the only two contiguous states he has not visited.

Jon is a 2011 recipient of the Presidential Scholars Teacher Recognition Award. His cats, Scout and Sammy, are well-known fixtures on campus.

 

Nishad Das began teaching mathematics at Groton in 1999, after having taught in England for nine years, at Cheltenham College and Caterham School. Both his BA, from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University, and his MA, from Cambridge University, are in mathematics. During his years at Groton, he has taught a variety of courses ranging from Geometry, Algebra 1, and Algebra 2 to Computer Science, Precalculus Accelerated Honors, BC Calculus, Linear Algebra, and Cryptography.

Nishad chaired Groton’s Technology Committee from 2001 to 2004, a period in which the school introduced a laptop program and developed the all-school intranet. In 2004, Nishad became co-chair of the Mathematics Department, and in 2011 he dropped that position to become director of Global Education. In 2006, he received the Jonathan Choate Award for teaching and coaching.

As director of Global Education, Nishad has set up global partnerships for Groton’s GEOs (Global Education Opportunities), started an incoming and outgoing student exchange program, and worked with the Global Education student committee and Global Education student prefects to coordinate and organize various Global Education events during the academic year. He is a member of the GEBG (Global Education Benchmark Group), a group of some two hundred-plus independent schools committed to global education, and in April 2016 was elected to the GEBG board.

Outside the classroom, Nishad has coached cross country, field hockey, and was the girls varsity squash coach from 2004 to 2016. Also connected to the world of squash, Nishad chaired the Girls New England Inter-Scholastic Squash Association from 2006 to 2016. He lives on campus with his wife, Sravani Sen-Das, who chairs Groton's English Department, and their three children, the oldest of whom graduated from Groton in 2016. Nishad loves to spend time with his family in Maine, hiking kayaking, and playing board games.

Outside the classroom, Michael helps coach the school’s Debating Society and enjoys discussing politics, religion, and philosophy—especially where those topics intersect with science and technology. He also coaches JV boys hockey. He lives with his husband Matthew and their two cats, Alex and Daphne.

In addition to teaching a variety of math courses, Eddie coaches cross country in the fall and rowing in the spring, and serves as a dorm affiliate. He enjoys teaching statistics because it is an unloved branch of math that has many applications across STEM fields and the social sciences.

Eddie picked up endurance sports in high school and has followed these passions ever since. Depending on the season you will find him running on a road, gliding on a cross-country ski trail, rowing on a river, or hiking on a mountainside.

Katharine Leggat joined Groton after teaching at Northfield Mt. Hermon School from 1980-83. Her first job after graduating from college in 1978 was teaching in a tutorial school at Waterville Valley, a stint primarily intended to support her skiing “habit.” At Dartmouth College, Kathy majored in geography and played field hockey and ice hockey, a team she helped start her first year there.

 

Like many faculty at Groton, Kathy has worn numerous hats over the years:  full-time mathematics teacher, dean of students, acting assistant head, dorm head, coach of varsity field hockey and girls ice hockey.  She is currently the academic dean, teaches in the mathematics department, is a field hockey assistant coach, a dorm affiliate in the Lower School, and holds the Thomas S. Williams Chair.

 

When the School gives her time off, Kathy gardens, skis, reads, and spends time on the water.  She lives on campus with her husband, fellow mathematician Jonathan Choate.

After graduating from Connecticut College in 1980, Catherine Lincoln joined Groton as a math intern, then was hired to be a full-time math teacher, coach, and dorm head. After serving as co-head of the Math Department for more than fifteen years, Cathy continues to teach but now devotes more time to crisis management and mitigation. She holds the LuAnn S. Polk Coeducation Chair.

 

After raising her children, Cathy moved back into the dormitory and now heads an Upper School dorm. Her dorm apartment has a huge fireplace, and she enjoys having the girls in for hot chocolate in front of a roaring fire. Over the years, Cathy has coached girls varsity and thirds soccer and girls varsity crew; currently, she times varsity basketball games.

Cathy is an EMT and a nationally certified firefighter for the Town of Groton, as well as mother to Alex ‘07 and Abigail ’10. She has a master’s from Dartmouth College. When she finds time, she can be found baking in her kitchen or working in her gardens.

Nat lives on campus with his wife, Julie ’95, their two elementary school-aged children, and two cats. In addition to his teaching and coaching interests, Nat enjoys speedskating, cycling, hiking, camping, and reading.

Zara is originally from Jamaica and enjoys learning how to garden and farm. They can sometimes be found walking around their community, admiring the trees and flowers.