Dear Friends,
Mr. Frank Lacerenza, the principal of St. Mary School for almost thirty years, will be retiring at the end of June. This necessitated the appointment of a new principal.
Early in the fall, a search committee was appointed from members of the parish School Board who are not current school parents. The position of principal was announced as open and applications were solicited. This included the website of the Archdiocese of Hartford and the Office of Education, Evangelization and Catechesis of the Archdiocese as well. A number of worthy candidates submitted applications. These were reviewed carefully and interviews with prospective and promising candidates were conducted. In addition to this, input was solicited from the parents of current students at the school as well as from the faculty.
After a careful review of all pertinent materials, a recommendation from the search committee was transmitted to me. After some consideration, I accepted the recommendation of the search committee, offered the position to the recommended candidate, and then, on the acceptance of the offer, I asked Sr. Mary Grace Walsh, ACSJ, the Provost for Education, Evangelization and Catechesis of the Archdiocese of Hartford, for approval. This was granted on Tuesday, January 21.
Therefore, I announce that I have appointed Mr. Dominic Corraro as the new principal of St. Mary School, effective July 1, 2020. Mr. Corraro comes to us with significant qualifications, having served as a teacher and faculty member at Notre Dame High School in West Haven for many years, and for the past two years, successfully as principal of Holy Trinity School in Wallingford. Mr. Corraro is a man of faith, well-qualified, and will serve well as the new principal of our school as we lead it into the near future.
I welcome Mr. Corraro as our new principal and I know that the St. Mary School community will welcome him and work with him to make our school one of the best in the Archdiocese, a school that serves its students very well.
