A graduate of both the Choate School and Amherst College, Mr. Casertano holds a master’s degree in education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He spent most of his pre-Millbrook years at Loomis Chaffee School and at The Gunnery serving as director of admission and financial aid at both institutions. After nineteen years at Millbrook, however, Mr. Casertano is proud to say that he has been the school’s headmaster for more than half of his professional life.
Those are his formal credentials. What makes him an outstanding headmaster has to do with even more than education and professional affiliations.
During his more than thirty years in independent education, Mr. Casertano has also been a history teacher, a dorm parent, a director of student activities, a football, lacrosse, and hockey coach, and an advisor to dozens and dozens of students. And, he is dad to three sons. He involves himself in each of these activities at Millbrook. How does he fit it all in? Simply put, he makes time because he truly enjoys being a part of students’ lives.
Mr. Casertano is very proud of Millbrook School and would list the following among its most important characteristics:
"The clarity and importance of our mission. We know who we are and while one of our goals is to provide excellent preparation for college, we see our fundamental purpose to be to ready our students for lives which are satisfying and successful. More specifically, we seek to instill in each of our students curiosity, respect, integrity, stewardship of the natural world, and a commitment to serving others.
The exceptional talents and commitment of our faculty. These individuals have remarkable energy and ability and they find nothing more gratifying than using their talents and experience to help their students grow in healthy and substantial ways. They are an impressive group.
The richness of our program. At Millbrook students do not have to sacrifice choice and opportunity to benefit from the close individual attention and the strong sense of community which is so much a part of this small school. In fact, it is the combination of that choice and our size which creates the school’s hallmark - involvement. Millbrook students are fully immersed in the life of their school. They are encouraged to explore their talents and interests and to contribute to the well-being of others."
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