Belmont Hill Welcomes New Faculty

Belmont Hill is proud to welcome four new educators to the faculty. 

Evan Kendall
Mr. Kendall joins Belmont Hill School's Math Department where he will teach four sections of math, advise, and coach Varsity Nordic Skiing and Middle School Cross Country. Most recently, he was the associate dean of students at the Dublin School, a duty team leader in the school's residential program, and taught Geometry, AP Calculus AB, Linear Algebra, and Economic Literacy. Prior to Dublin School, Mr. Kendall was a member of the mathematics faculty at Berwick Academy and spent summers at Kingsley Pines Camp where he was the boys campus head. Mr. Kendall holds a master of science in school leadership from UPenn, a master of arts in teaching – secondary from Boston University, and a B.A. in mathematics and psychology from St. Olaf College.

Al Murphy '98
Mr. Murphy returns to Belmont Hill School both as an alumnus from the Class of '98 and from a previous tenure at Belmont Hill (2006-2021) where he taught mathematics, served as the assistant athletic director, and coached soccer, basketball, and track. Mr. Murphy will teach four sections of math, coach 5th soccer and basketball, and advise students. He recently served as the director of admissions and financial aid at Catholic Memorial where he also taught math and was the founder of the fishing club. He holds a B.A. in economics and a master's in educational leadership both from Boston College.

Petros Palandjian '13
Belmont Hill welcomes back Mr. Palandjian to teach Computer Science and coach Varsity Tennis. Mr. Palandjian received his B.A in computer science and B.S. in economics from Duke University. After graduation, he worked at Audax Private Equity where he trained analysts and associates on modeling, Excel, and PowerPoint and built an internal data science team to handle complex data exchange, transform, and load (ETL) processes. In 2020, he founded and led, Good Filling, the world's largest zero-waste vending business. In his free time, Mr. Palandjian has developed his knowledge of computer science and emerging technologies, completing an MIT professional education class on machine learning and artificial intelligence as well as online classes on AI, HTML, CSS, C#, and SQL.

Bennett Pitcher
Mr. Pitcher joins Belmont Hill as a one-year Teaching Fellow where he will teach History 1 and 2, advise, and coach Varsity football and basketball. He will also be a member of the Residential Life team on campus. A recent graduate of Harvard University with a B.A. in History with a secondary in folklore and mythology, Mr. Pitcher was also a member of the Harvard basketball team. While in college, he served as a varsity football assistant coach at BB&N and was a teaching assistant, dorm counselor, and coach at Phillips Andover summer program.

Pictured from left to right, Evan Kendall, Bennett Pitcher, Al Murphy '98, and Petros Palandjian '13.