February 2016 | Superintendent Announces New Shoemaker Principal
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Superintendent Catherine
Latham is pleased to announce the appointment of Christina Colella as
the principal of the Shoemaker Elementary School. Ms. Colella will
replace Patricia Riley who will retire on March 1st of this year.
Ms. Colella, a Lynn
resident and graduate of the Lynn Public Schools is an experienced
educator. She began her career as a third grade teacher in a
Structured English Emersion class at the Harrington Elementary School
and also has had classroom experience at the Connery and Sisson
Elementary Schools.
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Ms. Colella, a
Lynn resident and graduate of the Lynn Public Schools is an experienced
educator. She began her career as a third grade teacher in a
Structured English Emersion class at the Harrington Elementary School
and also has had classroom experience at the Connery and Sisson
Elementary Schools. She has taught Grades 2, 3 and 4 and has been a
Curriculum and Instruction Teacher and a teacher of students who are
newcomers to the United States. She has been the Program Specialist
at Harrington Elementary School for the past three years and during
that time was the acting principal while Harrington Principal Ruggiero
served as the interim principal at the Ford Elementary School.
Ms. Colella received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst majoring in English with a minor in Early Childhood Education, and a master’s degree in Education from the University of Massachusetts Lowell majoring in Curriculum and Instruction. She has also completed the Principals’ Preparation Program as part of the Northeast Consortium’s Merrimack Leadership Academy.
Licensed by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education as an elementary teacher, a teacher of English language learners and as a principal, Ms. Colella is experienced in data driven decision making, school law, school finance, standards based curriculum planning and delivery, and strategic planning in special education. Ms. Colella is excited and highly motivated to continue the excellent tradition of leadership at the Shoemaker School.
Ms. Colella and her husband have three children the oldest of whom attends the Aborn Elementary school in Lynn.
Ms. Colella received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst majoring in English with a minor in Early Childhood Education, and a master’s degree in Education from the University of Massachusetts Lowell majoring in Curriculum and Instruction. She has also completed the Principals’ Preparation Program as part of the Northeast Consortium’s Merrimack Leadership Academy.
Licensed by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education as an elementary teacher, a teacher of English language learners and as a principal, Ms. Colella is experienced in data driven decision making, school law, school finance, standards based curriculum planning and delivery, and strategic planning in special education. Ms. Colella is excited and highly motivated to continue the excellent tradition of leadership at the Shoemaker School.
Ms. Colella and her husband have three children the oldest of whom attends the Aborn Elementary school in Lynn.
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