Annie Connolly-Sporing provides her students with an intentional, personalized, and engaging education that challenges them to stretch their capabilities. She believes it is important for science as a whole to include larger discussions of representation and identity, and wants her students to think critically about science beyond reactions, compounds, and the biological building blocks of life.

Ms. Connolly-Sporing earned a M.S. in Education Policy from Johns Hopkins University and a B.S. with Honors in Chemistry from Haverford College. She also holds a Certificate in Education Finance from the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University. While at Haverford College, Ms. Connolly-Sporing was a recipient of a William Hartzell Trust Scholarship, awarded to students showing “unusually high promise of future distinction.” She also serves as Director of Summer Programming at Grayson, bringing accelerated and challenging enrichment programs to the greater community.