8 THE WINGÈD OX
ALLISON SNYDER joins as the 3W Associate
Teacher. Most recently, she was a Grade 1 and
3 associate teacher at Ethical Culture
Fieldston School. She sees teaching as a
service and has taught writing to incarcerated women,
advocated for students with learning differences, and run
classes in executive functioning. She is a graduate of Sarah
Lawrence College.
JINLI SPENCER is an alum of St. Luke’s School
and is thrilled to return as the Grade 3P
Associate Teacher. A graduate of Wellesley
College with a master’s expected from the
University of Pennsylvania, Jinli is passionate about gender
equity in education. As part of their master’s program, they
taught third graders at a public charter school. In addition,
they have been an editorial assistant at a publishing house
specializing in children’s literature.
ZOE TEZAK joins Rebecca Swanberg in the
Communications Office as our
Communications Manager. She was previously
the middle school office manager at The
Dalton School and prior to that received her Bachelor’s of
Science in Media Studies and Communications from NYU.
ZAHARA WIGNOT joins St. Luke’s School as
the Executive Assistant to Head of School,
Tracy Fedonchik. Zahara has held similar
positions at Harlem Day Charter School,
Avenues The World School, and McKinsey & Company.
She holds a B.A. from the University of Washington.
New Year, New Faces (Cont.)
Retirements
Scenes from a special chapel service
celebrating Ms. Bramble on May 24, 2023.
We are so grateful to all our professional staff, and particularly
appreciative of the gifts of those who are moving on to new
adventures. We wish everyone well and are so grateful for their
time and impact at St. Luke’s School! Here we want to celebrate
the two incredible staff members who retired at the end of the
2022 – 2023 school year.
BART BALDWIN (Head of School) retired after 16 years as Head of School. (See page 4-5 for a
longer tribute to Bart’s years of service to St. Luke’s.)
BRENDA BRAMBLE (Registrar) retired after 34 years providing service and inspiration to the
families of St. Luke’s School. She was the first person many students, teachers, and families saw
when they entered the school each day and she masterfully juggled bus duty, phone calls, late
arrivals, and early dismissals with a smile each day. We will miss Mrs. Bramble and wish her a very
happy retirement!