The Gorham School Department has approved the following new staff for the upcoming 2021/2022 school year. Please welcome them when you see them around the schools.
Penelope (Penny) Coward is a behavior program teacher at Village Elementary School, replacing Karen Richards, who is retiring. She has a B.A. in Elementary Education from Franklin College, graduated from the SPARC program from The University of Maine at Farmington (UMF), and has a M.Ed. in Special Education from The University of Southern Maine (USM).
Meghan Cushing is a math teacher at Gorham High School (GHS), replacing Scott Becker, who resigned. She has a B.A. in Secondary Education in Mathematics and a M.Ed. in Special Education, both from Assumption College.
Alicia Davis is a third-grade teacher at Great Falls Elementary School, replacing Darren Choate, who resigned this summer. She has a B.S. in Elementary Education from UMF and is currently working on her Masters from the University of New England (UNE) (anticipated 2022).
Alyssa Dolley is a third-grade teacher at Great Falls, in a new position funded by federal funds for 2021-22. She has a B.S. in Elementary Education from UMF.
Meaghan Dupuis is a FLS/Autism teacher at Gorham Middle School (GMS), in a new position. She has a B.A. in Elementary and Special Education and a B.S. in Interdisciplinary Studies from Southern Connecticut State University and a M.Ed. in Teacher Leadership from USM.
Josh Galvin is a Kindergarten teacher at Narragansett Elementary School, in a new position funded by federal funds for 2021-22. He has a B.A. in English from Bates College and a M.Ed. in the ETEP program from USM.
John Haley is a science teacher at Gorham High School (GHS), replacing Brigid Franey, who resigned at the end of the 2020-21 school year. He has a B.A. in Outdoor Education from Northland College and a M.Ed. in Environmental Studies from Antioch University.
Sophia Hendrix is a second-grade teacher in a one-year position at Great Falls, in a new position. She has a B.A. in Elementary Education from UMF.
Natasha Jordan is a Kindergarten teacher at Great Falls, replacing Brent Stevens, who resigned at the end of the 2020-21 school year. She has an A.S. in Early Childhood Education from Southern Maine Community College and a B.A. in Early Childhood Education from The University of Maine at Augusta.
Lucy Knowlton is a cross country coach. She has a B.A. in History from Bowdoin College.
Mason Karter is assistant football coach.
Jennifer Macaluso is a fifth-grade teacher at Narragansett, in a one-year position paid via federal funds to reduce class sizes. She has an A.S. in General Studies at Massasoit Community College, a B.A. in Psychology from Bridgewater State University, and an anticipated M.Ed. in Education (2022) from USM.
Cara Maloney is a FLS teacher at GHS, replacing Eric Lelansky, who will be on a one-year sabbatical. She has a B.A. in Science from James Madison University.
Miranda MacDonald is a K-5 music teacher, replacing Amy Steward, who resigned at the end of 2020-21 school year. She has a B.A. in Music Education from Rhode Island College.
Jodi Mezzanotte is principal at Village, replacing Dr. Brian Porter, who is taking on the Assistant Superintendent role. She has a B.A. in Communications and a M.Ed. in Educational Leadership, both from USM.
Vanessa Nickerson is an instructional strategist at GHS, replacing Maura O’Connor, who is retiring. She has a B.A. in English from USM, a M.Ed. in Gifted and Talented Education from St. Joseph’s College, and a C.A.S. in Educational Leadership (Special Education) also from USM.
Jill Ouellette is an English teacher at GMS, replacing Sheila McAtee, who is retiring. She has a B.S. and M.Ed. in Elementary Education, both from The University of Maine at Orono (UMO).
Emily Pineault is an autism teacher at Great Falls, in a new position. She has a B.A. in Psychology from The University of New Hampshire and a M.Ed. in Special Education from Southern New Hampshire University.
Marc Sawyer is assistant principal at GHS, replacing Ryan Watts, who resigned this summer. He has a B.S. from UMO, a M.Ed. from Southern Illinois University, and a C.A.S. from UNE.
Brittany Taylor as instructional strategist at Narragansett, replacing Jesse Forest, who resigned this summer. She has a B.A. in Sociology and a M.Ed. in Education, both from USM.
Marissa Thiele is a Spanish teacher at GHS, replacing Sally Reynolds, who is retiring. She has a B.A. in Hispanic Studies from USM.
Jenna Willey is a special education FLS teacher at Narragansett, replacing Amy Hague, who resigned this summer. She has a B.A. in Communications and Business Administration from USM and a M.S. in Special Education from UMF.
Erica Woods is a K-5 ELL teacher, in a new position. She has a B.S. in Elementary Education from UMO and a M.Ed. in Teaching English Learners from American College of Education.