Summer Arts Camps for Teens

Jan Baldwin has been an arts educator and leader at Stuart for over 30 years. Over the years, Jan served on many committees including Curriculum development, Professional development, admissions liaison,social emotional learning inclusion, faculty culture, NCGL #leadlikeagirl. Ms. Baldwin has developed and taught leadership classes in Middle School.She has studied Leadership at NAIS and the Gardner Carney Leadership Institute. Ms. Baldwin is a Scholar at the Leadership Lab at the Gardner Carney Leadership Institute. As a faculty member of The National Center for Girls Leadership at Stuart, Ms. Baldwin has been a presenter at NJAIS, NCGS in Pasadena and the 2021 NCGS Virtual conference and #Leadlikeagirl conference for 3 years. Her presentations include teaching leadership through Advisory in Middle School and Creating Peer mentoring in Middle school at the National Coalition of Girls School conferences. Ms. Baldwin has also participated in conferences at the Institute for Social Emotional Learning, World Leadership School Purpose Summit, and NAIS Rising Heads leadership Seminar. As an adjunct professor at LaSalle University, Ms. Baldwin has taught Architecture and a survey course of Visual Art and Performing Arts history. She currently teaches classes in Public Speaking, Acting and Directing, Stagecraft and design, Comedy, Pop Culture, Cinematography and Architecture at Stuart. She is a member of the Actors Equity Association and a working Professional Actor and Singer. She is a solo performer with the Capital Singers of Trenton and has performed in over 20 Equity productions in the Philadelphia Area.She has directed 4 professional operas and over 80 plays and Musicals at Stuart. Ms. Baldwin holds a bachelor’s degree in English and Theatre from Skidmore College, Cum Laude and a Masters of Arts in Education, with Distinction, from LaSalle University.

Kelsey Lewis joined Stuart's Middle and Upper School faculty in 2020 as music teacher, choral director, and music director for theatrical productions. In 2023, she joined Stuart's Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) team as coordinator for the middle and upper school. Before joining Stuart, Kelsey began her career in music education at Cambridge School in Pennington NJ, where she nurtured music learning in a specialized setting for students with language based learning differences such as dyslexia and ADHD.

From 2022-2023, Kelsey was a member of the Global Action Research Fellowship through the International Coalition of Girls' Schools. Her action research project focuses on methods of social emotional learning in the music classroom. Kelsey is an active member of professional organizations NAfME and ACDA and has presented her own research at national conferences. This year, she was invited to be a clinician at the 2024 Texas Music Educators conference in San Antonio. As a professional classical singer, Ms. Lewis is a member of the Philadelphia Orchestra Symphonic Choir and is also on artistic staff of the Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia. Past engagements include performances with Opera Philadelphia, Berlin Philharmonic, NY Philharmonic and Spoleto Festival USA. She holds a Master of Music degree with a concentration in pedagogy from Westminster Choir College in Princeton NJ.