April
3, 2007
INFORMATION
FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT
ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES AT
PENTUCKET
REGIONAL
SCHOOL DISTRICT
I.
Sweetsir
School
Principal /
Bagnall
School
Assistant Principal
I am most pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Patty Messina as the
new Sweetsir School Principal. Mrs. Angela Jervey is retiring after 37 years
serving the Town of
Merrimac
. Patty is an experienced educator with a strong curriculum and early childhood
background. Currently she is the principal of the PreK - 5
Captain
Samuel
Brown
School
in
Peabody
,
Massachusetts
. Like Sweetsir, this school also houses many of their district based early
childhood special education programs. Prior to arriving at the
Brown
School
in 2004, Patty served as a Curriculum Coordinator for the Winthrop Public
Schools for seven (7) years from 1997 - 2004 where she was responsible for
coordinating the PreK – 12 Curriculum for the MA State Curriculum Frameworks
which are the basis for the MCAS testing. Patty was a primary grade classroom
teacher also in
Winthrop
for six (6) years from 1991 - 1997. Her earlier experiences were as a primary
teacher in
Lynn
and a private kindergarten teacher in
Winthrop
. She earned a Masters of Education Degree in Elementary Education and a
Bachelor of Arts in Early Childhood Education from Salem State College.
Please join
me in welcoming Patty to our district. She may attend several events at
Sweetsir
School
where you will have an opportunity to welcome her prior to the end of school as
her schedule allows. Officially, she will start on July 1, 2007. I wish to
publicly thank the teachers, parents, community members, and administrators that
helped us with the initial screening interviews and the site visit process to
help us make this positive decision for the future of
Sweetsir
School
.
Shawn
Maguire, Assistant Principal at the
Bagnall
School
, has accepted the Principals’ position at
Rockport
Elementary School
in Rockport effective July 1, 2007. We
will be advertising for this position to have a replacement in place by the
start of the next school year.
II.
Middle School
and High School Principals
I have also received a resignation letter from Arlene Townes, High School
Principal. Mrs. Townes is retiring as of June 30, 2007 after serving at the High
School for 9 years. For this transition to happen smoothly, I have done some
planning on how to maintain stability within the district. It must be recognized
that a search for a strong high school principal would be difficult this late in
the school year in order to have someone on board for July 1st.
Mr. Binaghi,
Principal at the Middle School, was planning on retiring this coming December
2007. In discussion with him, he is willing to extend his retirement date until
June 30, 2008. Therefore, I have decided to appoint Mr. Binaghi as High School
Principal for one year. I am also pleased to elevate Robin Wilson to the
position of Middle School Principal. We will advertise for an assistant
principal at the middle school level. In my efforts to stabilize all aspects of
Pentucket
Regional
School District
, I feel that these are the proper changes to make. We will advertise in
December for a high school principal with the hope of filling the position by
February vacation of 2008 for a start date of July 1, 2008. The process will be
inclusive of staff, students, parents, community members and administrators.
Please contact me should you have any questions.
We are fortunate to have two fine educators at Pentucket in Renzo Binaghi
and
Robin Wilson
. Mrs. Wilson has a Bachelor of
Science Degree in Education from Bridgewater State College and a Masters Degree
in Educational Administration from
Cambridge
College
. Robin has been the Assistant Principal of the Middle School since 2000. Prior
to that, she served as the Assistant Principal and Student Services Coordinator
at the
Marblehead
Community
Charter
School
and as a middle school teacher in Newfields and
Fremont
,
New Hampshire
. Mrs. Wilson also worked for the
Massachusetts
Prevention
Center
in
Salem
,
MA
as an At-Risk Youth Prevention Specialist.
Mr. Binaghi is a
graduate of
Eastern
Nazarene
College
with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, a Masters Degree in Education with a
focus in Counseling, and further graduate work in Educational Administration
from
Salem
State
,
Wright
State
University
in
Dayton
,
Ohio
and the
University
of
New Hampshire
. Prior to his work at Pentucket for the last 14 years, his previous teaching
and administrative positions were with the Methuen Public Schools, New Lebanon
Local Schools in New Lebanon, Ohio, and in several counseling and therapeutic
schools and health centers. Please help me in welcoming them into their new
roles within our schools.