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Amo Weld began his first year at Brooks as a Learning Center Specialist in 2024. A New Jersey native and graduate of Blair Academy, he earned his B.S. at Elon University and his master’s at Gonzaga University. He spent six years working at boarding schools, including Hebron Academy in Maine. Weld served as assistant athletic director and academic guidance teacher at Hebron, in addition to coaching a variety of sports. His proudest accomplishment as a coach is resurrecting the Hebron Boys Basketball program, taking the team from a winless record in 2023 to a NEPSAC tournament appearance in 2024. During the summer months, he spends his time on Mount Desert Island and recently fulfilled a lifelong goal of hiking every trail in Acadia during a single summer. Weld lives on campus with his girlfriend Hannah Southard and their two dogs, Alfie and Mia.

Jay Dawson was named Head Coach of boys 1st baseball in August 2024. For the past 10 years, he has coached AAU teams at Antonelli Baseball and Legends Baseball. Dawson was also part of the varsity baseball coaching staff at Bishop Fenwick High School in Peabody, Mass., in 2022 and 2023. Before that, he worked in the financial services industry for 30+ years and took an early retirement in 2021. During the past 10 years, Dawson has also coached high school basketball in Ipswich, Mass., where he and his wife Nancy live. They have three children who graduated from Brooks: Emma ’18, Abigail ’21 and Jack ‘24. Dawson is a former Babe Ruth coach in Ipswich, as well as a past board member of Ipswich Little League and Ipswich Travel Basketball. He is a graduate of Boston College.

After stints at Berkshire, Western Reserve Academy, and Boston University Academy, Lance Latham came to Brooks in 1998 to teach history. Although he has served the school in a number of administrative roles, his focus on teaching and learning at Brooks has been constant. Some of his favorite Brooks experiences include shepherding Winter Term through its early years, representing Brooks in Scotland and India, coaching New England championship girls basketball teams, advocating for a thriving arts program and mentoring new teachers. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Bates College in history and psychology, Latham earned an M.S. degree from Ohio University in child clinical psychology. He is currently pursuing a master’s in American history from Gettysburg College.