Teachers
Liza Basso
Email: ebasso@arlington.k12.ma.us
Website: Ms. Basso's Virtual Classroom
Education: Brown University BA, Harvard Graduate School of Education M.Ed
Courses: Foundations of English, AP Language & Composition
Favorite Book:Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
Lucie Berjoan
Email: lberjoan@arlington.k12.ma.us
Education:UMASS Boston, BA; Sandberg Instituut (NL), MFA; University of Iowa, MAT
Courses: Foundations of English, American Literature (Honors and A Level)
Favorite Book: Franny and Zooey by JD Salinger
Lianna Bessette
Email: lbessette@arlington.k12.ma.us
Website: https://msbessette.weebly.com/
Education:Bowdoin College, AB English; Middlebury College Bread Loaf School of English, MA English
Courses: Examining Expression (Sophomore English), Poetry as Art (Senior Elective
Favorite Book: It's so hard to choose just one, but I love the poetry and nonfiction of Clint Smith
Justin Bourassa
Email: jbourassa@arlington.k12.ma.us
Education:Boston College: B.A.: English & Secondary Education; M.Ed.: Curriculum & Instruction
Courses:Examining Expression (10) & AP Literature & Composition (12)
Favorite Book: Steven Hall's The Raw Shark Texts
Matt Cincotta
Email: mcincotta@arlington.k12.ma.us
Education:Boston College B.A. and University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education M.S.Ed.
Courses:English 10 (Examining Expressions) and AP English Language and Composition
Favorite Book: Virginia Woolf's To The Lighthouse
Chris Dangel
Email: cdangel@arlington.k12.ma.us
Courses: Public Speaking, Examining Expression, American Literature
Kathleen Driscoll
Email: kdriscoll@arlington.k12.ma.us
Education: M.Ed from Quinnipiac University, B.A. from Mount Holyoke College
Courses: American Literature, Memoir, Poetry & Fiction
Nicole Eidson
Email: neidson@arlington.k12.ma.us
Education:RWU: Double Major in English Lit and Education. Stonybrook University : MAT
Courses: 9th grade ELA, 12th grade Memoir, Poetry, and Fiction. AP Certified. Director of the Internship Program at AHS
Favorite Book: Circe- Madeline Miller
Ari Gomez
Email: agomez@arlington.k12.ma.us
Education: College of the Holy Cross, BA; Simmons University, MAT
Courses:Foundations of English, AP Language and Composition
Favorite Book:The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
Lauren Geiger
Email: lgeiger@arlington.k12.ma.us
Education: Boston College Med
Courses: Missing Voices
Favorite Book: I cannot choose!
Julia Grace
Email: jgrace@arlington.k12.ma.us
Education:Bates College BA; Boston University MAT
Courses:Examining Expression 10H; Missing Voices; AP Literature & Composition
Favorite Book: The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Elizabeth harple
Email: eharple@arlington.k12.ma.us
Education: Stonehill College, BA English Literature ; Simmons College, MA Gender & Cultural Studies, MAT Secondary Education; Harvard University, Ed.M. Instructional Leadership
Courses: American Literature and AP English Language & Composition
Favorite Book: White Noise by Don DeLillo
Megan Miller
Email: mmiller@arlington.k12.ma.us
Education:Boston College BA and MEd
Courses:Foundations of Literature (9th grade) and AP Literature (12th grade)
Favorite Book: The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Allison Lee
Email: aelee@arlington.k12.ma.us
Education:Boston College B.A and M.Ed
Courses: Poetry as Art, Foundations of English
Favorite Book: On Writing by Stephen King OR The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness by Sy Montgomery
Kevin Richardson
Email: krichardson@arlington.k12.ma.us
Website: https://kedori.wixsite.com/my-site
Education:UMass Boston - BA English, MA Literature
Courses:Foundations of Literature, Poetry as Art
Favorite Book:The Soul of a Tree, George Nakashima
Scott stelter
Email: sstelter@arlington.k12.ma.us
Education:College of Wooster BA, Middlebury Bread Loaf School of English MA
Courses:Examining Expression, Missing Voices
Favorite Book: The Secret History
Swapna B. katamaraja
Email: skatamaraja@arlington.k12.ma.us
Website: Literature Seminar
Education:Annamalai University ( MA Psychology) ; University of IA ( MA )
Courses: Reading
Favorite Book: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Marie Ripa
Email: mripa@arlington.k12.ma.us
Website:Literature Seminar
Education:Brown University BA, Relay Graduate School of Education MAT, MGH Institute of Health Professions CAGS
Courses:Literature Seminar
Favorite Book:The Giver by Lois Lowry