faculty & staff NEWS Fond Farewells Four long-standing members of the Harvey faculty and staff are retiring or moving on to new adventures at the end of the 2021-22 school year. We wish them all that best and know we will miss them! She will definitely miss the relationships that she has made with some of the faculty during the last 17 years. She will also miss teaching students to appreciate math and showing them that they can be a mathematician even when they have not had success in past classes. “I know that the relationships I have made with current students and alumni will continue into the future,” Mrs. Phillips says. One of her favorite memories at Harvey is one of her first, which she regularly shared with new teachers. While teaching in public school, she often had 30 students per class and didn’t get to know many of them well. On her first day at Harvey, she had the following conversation with one of her students:
Amie Phillips 2005-22 What has Amie Phillips not done at Harvey? She finishes her career as the mathematics department chair, Upper School math teacher, and varsity softball coach. In addition, she’s been the co-coordinator of the Equestrian Riding Program, varsity girls soccer assistant coach, advisor to the Fantasy Sports Club and Cooking Club, new teacher mentor, and a participant on the admissions committee and athletic director hiring committee. On top of all that, she’s a Harvey parent herself! Mrs. Phillips is not sure of her next chapter, but she will find it in Lexington, Virginia, where she is moving with her husband, Greg Phillips, head of security at Harvey. “I plan to take a few months to decompress and enjoy relaxing by the Maury River,” says Mrs. Phillips. “We hope to have a garden and a few chickens at our house to keep us busy while we decide on our next steps.”
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Liz: “Mrs. Phillips, where do you live?” Mrs. Phillips: “I live in Dutchess County, which is about an hour north of Harvey.” Liz: “Oh, ok.” Mrs. Phillips: “Why were you asking?” (Thinking she was going to egg my house or something!) Liz: “In case I need extra help at night, I wanted to know how far away you were. But it will be too far.” Mrs. Phillips went home that night and told her husband that “I had no idea where I was now teaching but apparently students come to teachers’ homes for extra help.” “Amie has been an incredible presence on our campus and in our community since her arrival,” says Head of Upper School Phil Lazzaro. “Her work, both in the classroom and in the softball and equestrian communities, has had an impact beyond words. I appreciate all she has given to the students in our community,” Mr. Lazzaro says. As she transitions to a more relaxed pace, Mrs. Phillips plans to visit her son Connor ’18 in Georgia, where he was commissioned after graduating in May from the Virginia Military Institute. She also looks forward to daughter Erin ’22 attending Virginia Tech in the fall, where Mrs. Phillips will enjoy attending her horse shows. Many well wishes on this new chapter in your lives, Amie and Greg!
