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College Placement program to expand for 2025-2026 school year

The Dunham School is excited to announce the expansion of the college placement program for the 2025-2026 school year. In June, Richard Beaugh will join Director of College Placement Dr. Deidra Johnson in providing guidance to our Upper School students as they begin to search for and apply to colleges and universities.

A native of Baton Rouge, Mr. Beaugh most recently served director of communications for New Schools for Baton Rouge.  In addition to his previous tenure as Dunham’s college placement director from 2008-2012, he has fulfilled roles in admissions, college placement, and marketing at Episcopal School of Acadiana, Virginia Episcopal School, and Catholic High School. He received his bachelor’s degree from Southeastern Louisiana University and his master’s from the University of Louisiana, Lafayette. He and his wife, Katie, have two children, Rece and Presley.

Upper School teacher and English Department Chair Angi Eagleton will also join the college placement team, primarily working with students looking to apply to tier-one, competitive colleges.  Mrs. Eagleton will continue teaching English in addition to her college counseling duties.

The expansion of the college placement team will add a new level of customized service to an already robust program that is individualized to help students identify their strengths, interests, and career aspirations. 

Most recently, the members of the Class of 2025 earned more than $17 million in scholarship offers and gained acceptance to 85 colleges and universities across the country, including Duke, Tulane, Vanderbilt, Penn, Stanford, Brown, Dartmouth, and Columbia.