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
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
Pamela Burke Logue Grade 5 teacher at Plympton WHS Kennedy Junior High 7-8 Northeast K-6
Adrienne Norris Assistant Principal Kennedy WHS Class of 1995 Central Middle School 6-8 Banks School K-5
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
South Middle School Grades 6-8, Fitch School Grades 4-5, Plympton School K-3
South Middle Grades 7-8, Whittemore Grades K-6
Jennifer Muscato: Northeast Kindergarten
Authors who graduated from Waltham High School
Judy Byron Schachner Author and Illustrator
Class of 1969, www.judithbyronschachner.com
Stretchy and Beanie
Stretchy Mr. Handsome
Sarabella's Thinking Cap
I know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie
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, http://lisagenova.com
Remember
Still Alice
Inside the O’Briens
Love Anthony
Left Neglected
Every Note Played (March 2018)
Anthony Giardina
Class of 1968, http://anthonygiardina.com
Recent History: A Novel
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, http://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
With or Without You
Into Thin Air
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
Ellery Hathaway Series
The Vanishing Season
No Mercy
All the Best Lies
Every Waking Hour
Last Seen Alive
Analisa Vega Series
Gone for Good
Long Gone
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.