Early beginnings……
• Born and raised on a farm in Piney Hollow
• Attended Franklin Township Public Schools
• Graduated with honors from Delsea Regional High School
• BA Degree, Magna Cum Laude, from Glassboro State College
• Earned Master’s Degree in Student Personnel Services at GSC
• Earned certification as Principal and Supervisor from GSC
Career path…..
• Taught fourth grade at Oak & Main School
• Taught sixth grade at Rossi School
• Guidance Counselor at Landis Middle School
• Guidance Counselor at Vineland High School 11-12
• Principal of Cunningham Elementary School (13 years)
• Opened Petway Elementary School (September 2006)
Career highlights….
• Winner of Vineland Exchange Club’s Educator
of the Year
Award (1993)
• NJ CAP Principal of the Year Award (1999)
• Started Vineland Public School’s first School Uniform
Policy – (2000)
• Winner of the first Governor’s School of Excellence Award
(2003)
• Delsea Regional High School’s Distinguished Alumni Award
(2003)
• PDK Educator of the Year Award (2004)
• VASA Educator of the Year Award (2005)