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WALTHAM GRADUATES IN THE NEWS

Graduates Who Have Been Hired or Who Have New Positions

Megan Bergeron Music teacher throughout the district (Megan is also working towards her PhD at UMass Amherst.) WHS Class of 2004 Kennedy 6-8 Fitzgerald K-5

Amanda Marcou Brennan New position in 17-18 as Interim Assistant Principal at Plympton (Amanda has also been a teacher at Fitzgerald, an instructional technology specialist and a housemaster at Waltham High School) WHS Class of 1995 Central Middle School 6-8 Banks School K-5

Kelly Ann Brophy Grade 2&3 Special Education Teacher at Plympton WHS Class of 2009 McDevitt Middle School 7-8 Fitch 6 Whittemore K-5

Alysha Cericola SPED Para in Connections Program at Kennedy WHS Class of 2012 McDevitt Middle School 6-8 Fitzgerald part of 2-5 Bright School for K-most of 2

Stephen Duffy New position in 17-18 as Interim Principal at Plympton School (Stephen has been a Social Studies teacher at Waltham Vocational High School and Waltham High School. He has also been a housemaster at Waltham High School and Assistant Principal at Whittemore.) WHS Class of 1986 South Junior High School 7-9 Bright School K-6

Pamela Burke Logue Grade 5 teacher at Plympton WHS Kennedy Junior High 7-8 Northeast K-6

Kelly McAvoy New position as Interim Assistant Principal at Northeast (Kelly has been a teacher at MacArthur.) WHS Class of 1998 Kennedy Middle School 7-8 MacArthur School 4 - 6 Whittemore School K - 4

Adrienne Norris Assistant Principal Kennedy WHS Class of 1995 Central Middle School 6-8 Banks School K-5

Alex Parrella Television Broadcasting Teacher at Waltham High School WHS Class of 2006 Kennedy Middle School - Grade 7-8

Natalia Creonte Parrella New position at Kennedy as a School Adjustment Counselor (Natalia has been a paraprofessional at Stanley and McDevitt.) WHS Class of 2006 South Middle School 7-8 Banks K-6

Brenda Ortiz Pena: Housemaster at Waltham High School, WHS Class of 1998
South Middle School Grades 6-8, Fitch School Grades 4-5, Plympton School K-3

Valerie Washburn Alfeo: Director of Mathematics K-12, WHS Class of 1999
South Middle Grades 7-8, Whittemore Grades K-6

Jennifer Muscato: Northeast Kindergarten

Lauren Chiacchio DeLeon, WHS Class of 2000 was named Interim Director of the Career & Technical Education Department. She has taught at Northeast Elementary and the Kennedy Middle School before becoming the School to Career Coordinator at the high school.

Authors who graduated from Waltham High School

Judy Byron Schachner
Class of 1969, www.judithbyronschachner.com
Children’s author and illustrator
Dewey Bob
Skippyjonjones
Bits and Pieces
The Grannyman
How the Cat Swallowed Thunder
I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
Mr. Emerson’s Cook
Yo, Vikings
Willy and May

Lisa Genova
Class of 1988, lisagenova.com
Still Alice
Inside the O’Briens
Love Anthony
Left Neglected
Every Note Played (March 2018)

Anthony Giardina
Class of 1968, anthonygiardina.com
Norumbega Park
White Guys
Recent History
The Country of Marriage
A Boy’s Pretentions
Men with Debts
Plays
Living at Home
Custody of the Eyes
Black Forest

Leo Landry
leolandry.com
Children’s author and illustrator
Eat Your Peas, Ivy Louise
Oh Baby! A Celebration of Babies
Trick or Treat
Space Boy
What’s Up, Chuck?
Grin and Bear It
Sea Surprise

Caroline Leavitt
Class of 1970, www.carolineleavitt.com
Cruel Beautiful World
Is This Tomorrow?
Pictures of You
Girls in Trouble
Meeting Rozzy Hallfway
Living Other LIves

Joanna Schauffhausen
Class of 1992, www.joannaschaffhausen.com
The Vanishing Season

Alfred A. Blanchard (1945-2004)
Class of 1963 and Social Studies teacher at Kennedy Middle School
President of the New England Chapter of the Mystery Writers of America
(at the time of his passing)

Steve Asher Mystery series
(Steve Asher is a middle school history teacher)
Murder at Walden Pond
The Mad Season
Crucial Judgment
Murder on Cape Cod
The Iscariot Conspiracy
The Disappearance of Jenna Drago
The Stalker and other Tales of Love and Murder.

Brian Jones, Class of 1971, was featured in a series entitled “Helping America’s Animals” in the May/June issue of All Creatures Magazine. Brian is a volunteer at the New England Exotic Wildlife Sanctuary in Hope Valley, Rhode Island. He daily helps to maintain and socialize the rescued parrots. Brian is also a professional tap dancer and choreographer.
 