Kaitlin McCarthy joined PSED in September of 2024 school year as our new  Associate Director. Kaitlin has a Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood and Elementary Education from Champlain College and has been working with children in a variety of capacities since 2011. Her experiences include summer camp, after school, preschool, and swim lesson instruction. Kaitlin began working for a residential summer camp in 2011 and worked there for nine summers moving through the ranks to become the Assistant Camp Director. After that she worked at the YMCA as the Out-of-School Director and on-site Summer Camp Director. Most recently Kaitlin was working for a preschool center as a float teacher for the summer, helping out mainly with the infant classroom. Outside of work Kaitlin is a big fan of the outdoors, spending as much time as possible camping or at her family’s lake house in Maine in the summer. In the winter she is an avid skier and spends many weekends in New Hampshire and Vermont. Kaitlin enjoys swimming, boating, and is also a certified lifeguard