Contact Us & Directions

List of 5 members.

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  Jacqui Byrne 

  Founder and Head of School, Berkeley Heights

  908-322-0554

  Bio

  Jacqui is the visionary behind FlexSchool, learning communities for gifted and 2e students. She loves all of the creative, quirky, asynchronous minds and finds figuring out how to reach each child very satisfying. Jacqui has deep experience in education, teaching, counseling, and writing. She is the co-founder of the widely respected Ivy Ed college preparation and counseling firm. Jacqui developed her own verbal test prep curriculum and also wrote a test prep book for McGraw-Hill. She is an acknowledged expert in education: training school district guidance counselors, speaking at college parent nights throughout New Jersey and presenting at professional conferences. Prior to founding Ivy Ed, she taught creative writing to gifted students at Milton Academy, completed an operations management training program on Wall Street, and started a boutique marketing company. Jacqui earned a B.A. from Yale and has children who are twice-exceptional.
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  Susan Hemingway 

  Director of Technology

  203-628-4018

  Bio

  Susan comes to FlexSchool from private IT consulting where her 30 year career included systems analysis, programming, project management and running customer service at a software start-up, heading marketing for a health care consultancy and finally going out on her own. The common thread in her career has been bridging the gap between creative types and deadlines and she looks forward to bringing that skill set to a new and more rewarding domain as Directory of Technology. Susan has a degree in French Language from Oberlin College and is the parent of a 2e daughter.
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  Lynne Henwood 

  Head of School, Bronxville

  914-704-3337

  Bio

  Lynne Henwood has been advocating for and serving the needs of gifted and twice-exceptional learners for over 7 years as a gifted teacher and program coordinator for Washington Township Schools in Morris County, New Jersey. In this role, Lynne designed and implemented strengths-based, student-driven programs throughout the district.

  Lynne graduated from Dickinson College with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and earned her Gifted Education Certificate from Rutgers University, where she serves on the Gifted Education Advisory Board. Currently, Lynne is pursuing a master’s degree in Educational Psychology from the University of Connecticut Neag School of Education with a concentration in giftedness, creativity, and talent development.

  In 2018, Lynne was named New Jersey’s Gifted Teacher of the Year and is the 2019 Mensa Foundation’s Gifted Education Fellowship Award winner. She currently serves as President of the New Jersey Association for Gifted Children, where she continues to educate teachers, administrators, and legislators about the importance of recognizing and meeting the needs of our gifted population.

  As a parent of four uniquely gifted children, Lynne understands that all children need to feel valued, accepted, and respected. Lynne brings her deep knowledge of the social, emotional, academic needs of gifted children along with her curiosity and passion for learning to the FlexSchool community.
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  Kathryn Sabol 

  Director, Special Projects

  Bio

  Kathryn Sabol, M.Ed, is a lifelong Montanan whose eclectic career found its roots at Montana State University, where she taught English, human development and

  education courses for nearly two decades. Always drawn to the most challenged and disenfranchised students, she eventually reached out to serve other at-risk populations, directing a methamphetamine treatment project for UCLA and also helping to launch a family drug treatment court. Next came service as a Peace Corps volunteer in the jungles of Suriname, followed by a leadership role in a private college, and then the opportunity to direct a statewide adoption agency. Kathryn also served as the Head of School for Montana Academy, a therapeutic boarding school in rural Montana.
  
  

  Int 2017, Kathryn relocated to New Jersey to serve as interim head of school for several campuses, assisting with opening new schools and recruiting staff. She also helpedestablish FlexSchool’s Cloud Classroom, working remotely with gifted and twice exceptional students from all around the world.

   

  While still maintaining her connection with FlexSchool, Kathryn also serves as the

  Academic Director for Dragonfly Transitions in Southern Oregon, working with young adults who in many cases share the attributes and exceptionalities of our FlexSchool population.
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  Sarah Seeney 

  Operations Manager

  908-322-0554