THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, JULY 22, 2022 Page 5 School Committee welcomes new administrators By Adam Swift T he School Committee officially welcomed a new leadership team at Revere High School and a new principal at the Paul Revere Innovation School at its Tuesday meeting. Christopher Bowen, most recently the assistant principal for the high school’s Freshman Academy, is the new RHS principal. “Chris has a vision for defi ning and implementing a multi-tiered system of student supports, including entry criteria, the referral process, monitoring, and exit criteria to ensure progress toward graduation for students who would benefi t from timely, coordinated academic and social and emotional intervention strategies,” said Superintendent of Schools Dr. Dianne Kelly. Bowen has degrees in mathematics, sociology and educational leadership, all from Boston College. “His knowledge of our high school, our staff , our students, and our community will be an asset to fostering change at Revere High School,” Kelly said. Bowen shared some of what he said he hopes to bring to the table as the new leader of Revere High School. “As we think about the challenging years we have all had as educators and students and families throughout the horror of this pandemic, I think nothing is more obvious than the need to think about culture, to think about community and to think about the way we need to intentionally build culture,” said Bowen. “I truly believe that what happens in classrooms every day has the power to change the world, and I think that we need to be mindful of how we are empowering our teachers to latch onto that passion and give voice to our communities and our families and our kids to empower them to do just that.” Bowen said it is important to think about what it means to be a leader for social justice. He said the school needs to think about students who have been marginalized by society and how those students can be put at the center of reforms. “There are some very concrete ways that we as schools can do that, and we’ve got a great faculty here who are very mindful of that,” said Bowen. CAITLIN REILLY New RHS deputy principal MAURICE COYLE New principal in the Revere schools for 18 years, the past eight as the assistant principal at the Lincoln School. “It is my honor and privilege to serve as the new principal of the Paul Revere Innovation School,” said Coyle. “Since being appointed to the position in the spring, I’ve had the opportunity to become more acquainted with the school, and I’ve met with staff and faculty and have been able to go to a PTO meeting and meet with all the students.” CHRISTOPHER BOWEN New RHS principal Caitlin Reilly, the new deputy principal at Revere High School, previously worked as a high school Spanish teacher and instructional coach at Cesar Chavez Charter School in Washington, D.C., and as a principal of the Summit Charter School in Redwood City, California. She has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia, a master’s in teaching from American University, and a master’s in school leadership from Harvard. “I moved back to this area at the start of the pandemic to be near my family as my sister was starting to have kids,” said Reilly. “I’ve been in kind of a twoyear search of what is my postschool leader self, and I really started to feel the call this spring that I was not done with being a school leader. That is the best work that one can be doing, to be in a building with students every day working with a teacher team. “I really love getting to do the behind the scenes visioning and strategic thinking that sets up teachers to be their best selves.” A familiar face in the Revere schools is the new principal of the Paul Revere Innovation School. Maurice Coyle has been Like us on Facebook advocate newspaper Facebook.com/Advocate.news.ma Gerry D’Ambrosio Attorney-at-Law Is Your Estate in Order? Do you have an update Will, Health Care Proxy or Power of Attorney? If Not, Please Call for a Free Consultation. 14 Proctor Avenue, Revere (781) 284-5657 Attorneys at Law 14 Norwood St., Everett, MA 02149 Phone: (617) 387-4900 Fax: (617) 381-1755 John Mackey, Esq. * Katherine M. Brown, Esq. Patricia Ridge, Esq. Open a 2-year CD with one of the region’s highest rates. 419 BROADWAY. EVERETT, MA 02149 771 SALEM ST. LYNNFIELD, MA 01940 WWW.EVERETTBANK.COM Member FDIC | Member DIF
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