Administrative Team
HCS Principal
Tim Trevithick
(802) 482-6298
HCS Assistant Principal
Alexis Kelly
(802) 482-6299
HCS Special Education Administrator
Alicia Kurth
(802) 482-6200
Administrative Assistant
Deb Lavalette
(802) 482-6200
Tim Trevithick, HCS Lead Principal
Tim is a native of Vermont. He currently resides in Shelburne with his wife Megan and their five children. When not working, Tim loves being active outdoors embracing every season Vermont has to offer. He started his educational career 18 years ago at Hyde Park Elementary School in Hyde Park, Vermont.
Since then, Tim has had the privilege of working in four different educational settings. He served students and school community members in several roles; as a Health Teacher, SAP Counselor, Assistant Principal, and Principal. This includes ten years at Champlain Valley Union High School where Tim was nominated as CVSD Educator of the Year in 2020. He returned to Champlain Valley School District after spending two years as an Assistant Principal at Enosburg Falls High School. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Keene State College (B.A. History), his master’s degree at Johnson State College (M.A. Counseling), and he’s in the process of completing his Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies from Saint Michael’s College in School Leadership.
Alexis Kelly, HCS Assistant Principal
Alexis comes to Hinesburg Community School from Essex Junction’s grade 4/5 Thomas Fleming School, where she worked as a Learning Specialist, in addition to serving as the school’s EST Coordinator/Site Intervention Team Facilitator, PLC Leader/Guiding Coalition Member and Special Education Mentor Teacher. Alexis began her tenure at the Thomas Fleming School in 2019 as a Title One Academic Interventionist, and completed her Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study in School Leadership through St. Michael’s College in spring 2025.
When she’s not working in schools, Alexis can be found practicing and teaching yoga in the Burlington area as well as racing sailboats on Lake Champlain and captaining the Friend Ship and Wild Rose for Whistling Man Schooner Company. Alexis also loves live music, gardening, reading fiction, and walking in the woods with her rescue dog, Spinnaker.
Alicia Kurth, HCS Director of Special Education
Alicia is the Director of Special Education at the Hinesburg Community School, as well as the CVSD Director of Parentally-Placed Evaluations. She has been serving in these roles since 2016, and part of the CVSD community since 2013. She began her career in education as a preschool teacher in Maryland and then had the good fortune to run an early education program on a small island off the coast of North Carolina prior to moving to Vermont. Alicia has since worked in various capacities in Pre-k-Grade 8 systems throughout Vermont for over 20 years. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Maryland and her M.Ed. from St. Michael's College. She lives in Bristol with her husband, while her two grown kids are off adventuring in New York City and Alaska. In her spare time, Alicia enjoys hiking, kayaking, yoga, and getting lost in a good book.