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Both finalists for the position of Principal of Masconomet, Katie DiNardo and Dan Hudder, completed their on-site interviews at Masconomet this week. During their visit the candidates met with district administration, high school students, high school leadership, department heads, and the high school faculty. Both candidates also participated in public interviews held via Zoom forContinue reading “Masconomet High School Principal Finalist Interviews”

I am pleased to announce the two finalists for the position of Principal of Masconomet Regional High School.  Our search process began with the advertisement of the position on March 13, 2023, with a closing date of April 7, 2023.  Semi-finalists were invited to Masconomet for interviews on April 25th and 27th.  At the endContinue reading “Masconomet High School Principal Finalists”

Dear Masconomet Community, On March 15, 2023 the Masconomet Regional School Committee adopted its budget for Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24), which will cover the 2023-2024 school year.  For FY24, the Total Expenditures Budget for the District totals $40,206,736, which is an increase of $1,839,604 or 4.8% over the current fiscal year (FY23).  After accounting forContinue reading “Letter Regarding the FY2024 Masconomet Budget”

Masconomet Participates in the Addressing Hate in Sports Initiative On Friday and Saturday April 28 and 29, Athletic Director John Daileanes and I will be participating in the Addressing Hate in School Sports Training at UMASS Lowell.  The Addressing Hate in School Sports initiative was created as a joint initiative between the Massachusetts Attorney General’sContinue reading “Superintendent’s Report to the School Committee, April 26, 2023”

Masconomet Students Honored in the 6th Congressional District High School Visual Art Competition The Masconomet Art Department is pleased to announce the Masconomet winning entries to the 2023 6th Congressional District High School Visual Art Competition.  From left to right: Vanessa Basame (’23), “Letter Building”, Best of School Award Jenna Lindsay (’24), “Leave a Mark”, Honorable Mention Haley Serafino (’23),Continue reading “Superintendent’s Report to the School Committee, April 12, 2023”

Theater Club in METG Finals Congratulations to Theater Advisor Brian Pereira and the cast and crew of Women and Wallace for being selected to compete in the Finals of the Massachusetts Educational Theater Guild’s High School Theater Festival.  Masconomet will perform Women and Wallace at 12:30 on Saturday, April 1st at the Back Bay EventsContinue reading “Superintendent’s Report to the School Committee, March 29, 2023”

Gymnastics Wins Fourth Consecutive State Championship Congratulations to our Gymnastics Team on winning their fourth consecutive MIAA Championship last Saturday, March 4th, at Algonquin Regional High School.  The team came back from a full point deficit to win in the final rotation over NEC rival Danvers High School.  The final score for the state meetContinue reading “Superintendent’s Report to the School Committee, March 8, 2023”

Masconomet High School Students Recognized in 2023 Scholastic Art Awards Art Department Head Stacy Mannheim is proud to report that the 2023 Scholastic Art & Writing Regional Awards were recently announced and Masconomet High School received the second largest number of awards of all public high school art programs in the state. Our students receivedContinue reading “Superintendent’s Report to the School Committee, February, 15, 2023”

Strategic Plan Update Our Strategic Planning Working Group will be meeting for the fourth time on February 14th.  For the past two weeks, the Working Group has been conducting a survey of the Communities of Boxford, Middleton and Topsfield and will be reviewing the results of this survey in a future meeting.  The survey linkContinue reading “Superintendent’s Report to the School Committee, February 1, 2023”

FY24 Superintendent’s Recommended Budget Presentation On January 18th, Assistant Superintendent Jeff Sands and I presented the Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) Superintendent’s Recommended Budget to the School Committee.  The Superintendent’s Recommended Budget represents a “Level Service” budget, or the funding required to continue all current positions, services and programs in the District.  The General Operating ExpenseContinue reading “Superintendent’s Report to the School Committee, 1/18/23”