Keara Savage, Lead Teacher

After teaching at our Arnold Arboretum location for a year, Keara is excited to transfer to our Sudbury program at beautiful Wolbach Farm.

Having grown up regularly immersed in the natural landscapes of New England, Keara has been a lover of nature since childhood. Her passion for working with children began almost as early, when she opened a home-based outdoor French camp in middle school with her sister. Keara is a 2023 graduate from Bucknell University with a degree in Political Science and French as well as minors in Studio Art and Political Theory. During college, Keara continued to nurture her passions for childcare and teaching outside of the classroom while working at a childcare center, setting up ‘English play’ classes on her year abroad in France, and running a French book club for children in her hometown of Holliston, MA. It was within the classroom, however, that Keara began to make connections across the areas of her life and deeply consider critical questions regarding nature and education of the whole person, ultimately leading her to the world of outdoor education. She joined BOPN in 2023, and loves teaching and growing at BOPN, within a global community of teachers who share her wish to nurture children’s relationship with the natural world.

In her spare time, Keara enjoys experimenting with new recipes, taking ballet classes, and visiting museums. She is an amateur 'youtube video yogi' and she also likes to paint and draw.