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Heather Prescott previously taught French in Massachusetts and Vermont, Spanish in New Hampshire, and English at a bilingual school in El Salvador. Heather likes to focus on cultural and political awareness in the classroom. Two of her research publications on Second Language Acquisition and Writing to Learn were published in 1994 and in 2001, and she is a member of AATF and ACTFL. She was a presenter at the 2005 Quebec City conference of the AATF, speaking about Mercersburg’s newest advanced-French course: Contemporary Issues in the French-Speaking World. She is a College Board Examination Reader for the Advanced Placement French Language and Culture Course. Heather was the 2008-2009 recipient of the Zern Excellence in Teaching Award and is a former head of Mercersburg’s classical and modern languages department. Heather stays in touch with many of her former students, both by letters and by email.
Ben McNeil teaches French and Latin and is the head coach for Mercersburg’s boys’ thirds soccer team and boys’ JV lacrosse team. Ben lived in New England most of his childhood and played football, hockey, and lacrosse at Williston Northampton School, where he earned 10 varsity letters and was an All-New England All-Star in lacrosse. He went on to play lacrosse at Providence College, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in French. He also holds a master’s degree in French pedagogy and linguistics from Middlebury College and Latin credits from Catholic University. Ben came to Mercersburg from the Tilton School in New Hampshire in 2014. He and his three sons, Manny, Finnegan, and Everett, live in Main Hall.