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David Beare

Rachael Beare

Dean of Faculty

Dean of Admission

David Beare has worked in
education for 25 years. He
graduated from Harvard
University with advanced degrees
in the study of Religion and
in Education, and earned his
undergraduate degree with Honors
from the School of Foreign Service
at Georgetown University in
Washington, D.C. Mr. Beare has
spent his entire career at schools
such as Phillips Exeter Academy
in New Hampshire and Lakeside
School in Seattle, Washington,
where he was head of the History
Department and a senior mentor
to teachers. Most recently, he has
been Head of the Humanities
and Social Sciences department
and Director of the Humanities
program for all freshmen and
sophomore students at The
Hotchkiss School. As Dean of
Faculty at Keystone Academy,
he is responsible for the hiring,
professional growth and training
of the faculty.

Rachael Beare comes to Keystone
Academy from The Hotchkiss
School, one of the top boarding
schools in New England, where
she was the Dean of Admission
and Financial Aid from 2008–2012.
Her career in admission and
financial aid spans more than 20
years and has taken her to many
day and boarding schools in the
United States, including Lakeside
School, a leading day school in
Seattle, Washington, where she
was the Director of Admissions
& Financial Aid for ten years;
Phillips Exeter Academy in New
Hampshire; Deerfield Academy
in Massachusetts; and Loomis
Chaffee School in Connecticut,
her alma mater. Ms. Beare is
also a founding Director of the
Board for the Association of
Independent School Admission
Professionals (AISAP), and has
been a member of the Board’s
Finance and Governance
committees. Ms. Beare graduated
from Amherst College with a B.A.
in English, magna cum laude, and
earned her Ed.M. from Harvard
University’s Graduate School of
Education.

Guests, like author Kenn
Nesbitt, bring the world to
Keystone.

T H E K E Y S T O N E WAY

Honored Guests
To inspire our community and to create a forum and showcase for
important dialogue, Keystone regularly hosts guest speakers, visual
artists, authors, actors, musical and acting troupes. Recent guests
include: musicians Li Yundi, Chai Liang, Warren Mok, Jin Wenbin,
Shawn Moore and Kimball Gallagher; the International Schools Theatre
Association, which brought over 80 students from nine international
schools, 10 professional theatre artists, trainers and educators;
American children’s authors Aaron Reynolds and Kenn Nesbitt; National
Symphony Orchestra Of Ukraine; master actor Lei Quesheng; Olympic
champions Zhong Man and Jiao Liuyang; and Pomona College President
Dr. David Oxtoby, and Brown University education expert Dr. Jin Li
among others.

Small class sizes allow for
more individualized
instruction from teachers.
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