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 The Board of Pastors of Holy Family
Catholic Academy, Norwood is pleased to announce the appointment of Sharon M.
Goodman as principal beginning July 1, 2008.
A
career educator with some 30 years of experience in teaching and administration
at Catholic, private and college institutions in New York, New Jersey and
Connecticut, Ms. Goodman will assume the leadership position of
Holy Family Catholic Academy.
For
the past five years, Ms. Goodman has served in the Archdiocese of New York as
principal of St. Catharine of Alexandria School, Blauvelt. In this role, she
developed a partnership with Dominican College, Blauvelt, in the area of early
childhood education; facilitated re-accreditation with the Middle States
Association of Colleges and School in the area of integration of technology into
the curriculum; and established girls’ softball and boys’ baseball programs, a
student theater program, and a school newspaper.
She
had previously served in the Archdiocese of Newark as principal of St. Mary’s
High School, Rutherford from 2000 until 2003, and as assistant principal of the
Academy of the Holy Angels, Demarest
from 1994 until 2000. Between 1992 and 1994, she directed physical education
programs at St. Hilda and St. Hugh School, New York, and Plumfield School,
Darien, CT, and from 1980 until 1992 was chair of the Physical Education
Department of the Convent of the Sacred Heart, Greenwich, CT She also spent a
year as a member of the adjunct faculty of Westchester Community College between
1979 and 1980.
Ms.
Goodman holds a Masters of Science in Administration and Supervision from
Fordham University, a Bachelor of Science in Physical Education from the State
University of New York, Buffalo, and an Associate of Science in Liberal Arts,
Mathematics/Science from Westchester Community College. She holds New York
State Certification in Administration and Supervision.
The
extensive selection process for a new principal at Holy Family Catholic Academy
that began in February 2008. A Search Committee of individuals from the parish
and school communities and the archdiocesan education ministry reviewed all
candidates and recommended finalists to the Board of Pastors for further
discussion and interview. The Board of Pastors, consisting of all seven pastors
of Catholic parishes in the Northern Valley area of Bergen County, is the
governing body for Holy Family Catholic Academy.
In
commenting on the appointment, Rev. Paul Cannariato, pastor of St. Mary parish,
Closter and chair of the Board of Pastors, said, “The Board of Pastors consider
it a blessing that Sharon Goodman’s dedication to excellence in education will
inspire both students and staff to reach their highest potentials and to live
the Gospel. That’s the purpose of Catholic education.”
In
accepting the appointment as principal of the new academy, Ms. Goodman said: “I
am thrilled with the support of seven pastors and parishes in this educational
effort. It’s a wonderful statement about the commitment to Catholic
education. The whole idea of an academy will be a great benefit for all – for
Catholic education, for Bergen County, and most of all, for the students. I see
this new endeavor as a wonderful opportunity for students to continue their
education, and for Holy Family Catholic Academy to be a feeder school to the
area’s Catholic high schools.”
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