Sage Hill alums head abroad to teach

Three Sage Hill School alumni will teach around the world next year as part of a prestigious international educational exchange program.

Sage Hill class of 2008’s Karam Sethi, Everett “Alex” Heiney and Heather Siegel were accepted in to the Fulbright Program for 2012-13.

Sethi will serve in Malaysia teaching English at a primary or secondary school, where he also wants to teach photography basics and start a soccer league. He graduated this year from Connecticut College as an international relations major with a concentration in national security.

Heiney will teach English in the country of Georgia and wants to start a program to teach locals land navigation skills. He graduated this year from Claremont McKenna College as a government major.

Siegel will teach at the University of Antwerp in Belgium. She also graduated this year from Claremont McKenna College. A double major in French and government, she was named valedictorian of her college class.

— Britney Barnes

Twitter: @britneyjbarnes