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Counseling Staff

Sarah Beyreis

Mrs. Sarah Boocock Beyreis
Director of College Counseling
(513) 979-0261

Yale University BA (1985), MA (1994); Middlebury College MA (1996)
Mrs. Beyreis has directed the Country Day College Counseling Program since 2005. She also directs the school’s job shadow and internship program, serves on the CCDX course planning committee, and advises families in search of summer programs. She has taught sophomore and freshman English at Country Day and advised The Scroll, the student newspaper. Before moving to Ohio, she was the director of college counseling at The Pingry School in Martinsville, New Jersey. Mrs. Beyreis is a member of the Association of College Counselors in Independent Schools, the National Association of College Admissions Counselors, the Ohio Association of College Admissions Counselors, the College Board and the Clambake Group.

Chuck McGivern

Mr. Charles F. McGivern
Associate Director of College Counseling
(513) 979-0334
mcgivernc@countryday.net

LaSalle University BA (1997), Temple University, MS Ed. (2003)
Mr. McGivern has been counseling students at Country Day since 2007. He has also taught senior English electives. He has a master’s degree in education with a specialization in technology integration from Temple. Mr. McGivern grew up in Philadelphia, where he attended William Penn Charter, a private school he describes as “exactly like Cincinnati Country Day.” He came to Country Day from Interboro High School in Prospect Park, Pennsylvania, a Philadelphia suburb, and before that from William Penn High School in the city. Mr. McGivern is a member of the Association of College Counselors in Independent Schools, the National Association of College Admissions Counselors, the Ohio Association of College Admissions Counselors and the College Board.

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Sam Fox
Administrative Assistant & Testing Coordinator
(513) 979-0274
foxs@countryday.net

Northern Kentucky University BA (2015), University of Louisville M.Ed (2017)
Ms. Fox is a new addition to CCDS, starting in the 2024-2025 school year. After completing her master’s degree in counseling, she worked in various settings, including adolescent mental health, adult substance abuse treatment, and provider insurance enrollment. Ms. Fox spent her elementary school years in Marysville, Washington, a suburb of Seattle, before moving with her family to Louisville, Kentucky. After completing her bachelor’s degree at NKU, she moved back to Louisville, where she stayed until permanently moving to Cincinnati in 2018. When she is not working, Ms. Fox enjoys running, drawing, and playing roller derby – she skates with the Cincinnati Rollergirls, Black-n-Bluegrass Roller Derby, and Team Ohio All-Stars.