Over 40 staff members working together create the nurturing community that is Little Keswick School. Involved in all aspects of student life, staff serve as crucial role models in the program.
On a daily basis, staff members model values such as respect, caring, and empathy, instilling and reinforcing these values in our students. Positive working relationships among staff members are an essential component of the safe, structured environment that our students need.

Little Keswick School's collegial, family atmosphere is reflected in community-wide gatherings, such as sharing daily meals together in the Depot Dining Hall, singing and playing guitar in the annual Talent Show, and running/walking in the LKS 3-Miler in the spring. Little Keswick School teachers are required to hold licensure in the field of special education, in the areas of emotional disturbance and/or learning disabilities. Residential staff must demonstrate previous experience working with similar student populations, and train in Life Space Crisis Intervention, Choice Theory, and Mediation. Currently, all clinical staff hold doctorates in child psychology.

Administrative Staff List

Headmaster: Marc J. Columbus, M.Ed.

Director of Admissions: (Ms.) Terry Columbus, M.Ed.

Director of Psychological Services: Marty Thomson, Ph.D.

Academic Coordinator: Mark Kindler, Ed..D.

Residential Coordinator: Gene Lemarr, B.A.

Staff News

Read an article recently published in JOPERD, written by our
Physical Education Instructor, Jason Bishop and our former
Health Instructor, Simon Driver: Service-Learning