Alumni & Careers

School Leadership

Where are they now? Class of 2005

Principal Licensure Students

Drew Echelson
Assistant Principal
Richard J. Murphy School Dorchester, MA

Devan Ganeshananthan
House Principal
New Rochelle High School, New Rochelle, NY

Amy Koehler
Assistant Principal/SLC administrator
Charlestown High School, Boston Public Schools

Alison Brown
Chair of History Department
Sierra Canyon School, California

Anthony Shaw
Fellow
Building Excellent Schools

Melissa Matarazzo
Principal
Higgins Middle School, Peabody Public Schools, Peabody, MA

Mike Kerr
Founding Principal of Achievement First Crown Heights Elementary School
Brooklyn, NY

Shawn Benjamin
Principal Elect
New Leaders New Schools/ Leadership Public Schools

Nikki Ruzek
Dean of Students
Farmington High School, Farmington, CT

School Developer Students

Sky Fauver
Middle School Dean of Students
The Breck School, Minneapolis, MN.

Jen Pineau
7th Grade Teacher (Integrated Studies: English & History)
The Fenn School, Concord MA

Luthern Williams
Upper School Director
Beaver Country Day School

Patti Mora
5th grade teacher/gifted coordinator
Robert F. Kennedy Elementary (Los Angeles Unified School District)

Rita Leung
Science Department Chair
Sierra Canyon School 9-12

Sarah Wolf
10th/12th English Teacher
Beaver Country Day School

Adam Tanney
Research Associate, RMC Research Corporation
"We are a research, evaluation, training, technical consulting, and product development firm, serving educational and human service agencies of federal, state, and local governments as well as private foundations and providers of educational products and services."

Danielle Pilon
Special Education Coordinator
DC Preparatory Academy

Jesse Smith
Bioregional Outdoor Education Project (BOEP) Intern
Four Corners School of Outdoor Education, Flagstaff, AZ

Seth Herschthal
Middle School English Teacher
Woods Charter School, NC

Luke Janka
English Teacher, Critical Friends Coach
Humanities Preparatory Academy, NY, NY

Teacher Leader Students

Anthony Bowes
The Pingry School, Martinsville, NJ

Chris Colbath-Hess
5/6 teacher, literacy coordinator and current CTA secretary
Cambridge Public Schools

Dori Kamlet Klar
Teacher, 4th grade
Jewish Primary Day School of the Nation's Capital, Washington, D.C.

Jennifer (Potkay) Hegland
Princeton Regional Schools

Melissa Goodrich
7/8 Social Studies teacher
New Boston Pilot Middle School

Where are they now? Class of 2004

Principal Licensure Students

Almi Abeyta
Principal
McKay K-8 Elementary School, Boston Public Schools

Clint Calzini
Upper School Principal (7-12)
The American School of Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro

Alison Elmer
LAB Cluster Coordinator
Boston Public Schools

Katie Graves
Director of Operations (and co-founder)
Namaste Charter School, Chicago

Kim Wechtenhiser
Associate Vice President
Charter Schools Institute, State University of New York

Teacher Leader Students

Kirstin Hernandez
Middle School Math Teacher
North Kenwood-Oakland Charter School, Chicago
(chartered by the University of Chicago)

Lindsay Malanga
Writing Teacher
East Harlem Village Academy Charter School (New York)

Ed Rhee
Teacher/Administrator
The Chapin School in Princeton, NJ

School Developer Students

Nicole Boardman
Director of Operations
KIPP Ascend Charter School, Chicago, IL
Web: www.kippascend.org

Dan Ceaser
School Director
KIPP TECH VALLEY

Matt Pakos
Educational Specialist in the Accountability and Targeted Assistance Unit
Massachusetts Department of Education

Matt Underwood
Humanities Teacher
Francis Parker Charter Essential School in Devens, MA