MSSM appoints three new trustees

    LIMESTONE — The Maine School of Science and Mathematics (MSSM) has welcomed three new members to its board of trustees: Dale Gordon of Caribou, Craig Kesselheim of Southwest Harbor, and Christine Voyer of Kennebunk. The trustees were appointed by Governor John E. Baldacci and the members of the 124th Maine Legislature’s Education and Cultural Affairs Committee.     The board of trustees is the governing body of MSSM, responsible for setting school policies and overseeing the school’s administration. MSSM is public, residential magnet schools that offer high-achieving high school students a challenging educational experience through a rigorous curriculum in advanced science, mathematics, and humanities.
    Gordon of Caribou is the parent of three MSSM graduates and has served as president of the MSSM Parent Association. She is a family nurse practitioner in The Aroostook Medical Center emergency department and moonlights at Full Circle Health Care and Cary Medical Center. She has served on nursing faculty at Northern Maine Community College and University of Maine at Fort Kent and provided primary care at the Indian Health Service Micmac Clinic.
    Gordon earned a B.A. in biology from Smith College, an M.S. in nursing from McGill University and a C.A.S. in nursing from the University of Maine. She was appointed to the Maine State Board of Nursing and served nine years on the Caribou Board of Education. She is currently vice chairperson of the newly consolidated Eastern Aroostook RSU 39. Gordon is a long-time member of the Caribou Branch of the American Association of University Women and the Unitarian Universalist Church of Caribou.
    Kesselheim of Southwest Harbor is a senior associate with the Great Schools Partnership.
He supports school improvement in Aroostook, Washington, Penobscot, Knox and Hancock counties. He has worked as a middle school science teacher, a K–12 curriculum coordinator, and K–8 principal. He was also director of education at Teton Science School in Wyoming, assistant professor of biology and science education at University of Central Arkansas, and a science facilitator with the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance.
    Kesselheim earned a B.A. in human ecology from College of the Atlantic, an M.A.T. in biology from Bridgewater State College, and an Ed.D. in science education from the University of Maine. He and his wife live on Mount Desert Island. His hobbies include birding, canoeing, photography and gardening.
    Voyer of Portland is a 1998 graduate of MSSM. She received a B.S. in natural resource management from Cornell University, and worked in the field of molecular ecology following undergraduate study. She then completed her M.A. in teaching from Cornell University and returned to Maine and currently teaches science at Kennebunk High School.
    For more information about Maine School of Science and Mathematics go to www.mssm.org.