Three new assistant principals coming to Medway schools

MEDWAY — Three new assistant principals will join the administrative team at Medway Public Schools this July, Superintendent Armand Pires announced late last week.

David Passeggio will be the new Medway High School assistant principal. Currently, he is the mathematics department chairperson and a teacher at Walpole High School. He's served in that role for almost 11 years. Prior to working in Walpole, he was a math teacher at the Watertown Public Schools for nine years.

He holds a master's degree in mathematics for teaching from Boston University, a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies from Cambridge College and a bachelor's degree in secondary education with a concentration in mathematics and minor in economics from the University of Vermont.

Sonja Metcalf, the former assistant principal and administrator of the virtual learning model at the school, left that role in October. She was first hired in 2019. In her absence, Athletic Director Jeff Parcells took over her administrative responsibilities while elementary Principal Brian Menna helped with the communication and logistics of virtual learning.

Lauren Marien will serve as the new Medway Middle School assistant principal. Marien currently works as a sixth grade science teacher and part-time assistant principal for a remote school within the Brookline Public Schools. Prior to joining the Brookline school district, Marien was an assistant principal in the Worcester Public Schools.

She has also worked as an academic interventionist in Springfield, an English/humanities instructional coach for grades 1-8 in Holyoke, a third grade teacher in Springfield and a sixth grade teacher in Montague.

Marien also serves as an adjunct professor teaching American Sign Language at Asnuntuck Community College in Enfield, Connecticut. She holds a master of education from City University of New York-Hunter College in New York City, a master of science degree from the University of Massachusetts Lowell and a bachelor's degree from State University of New York at New Paltz.

Christopher Terzigni will become assistant principal at Burke-Memorial Elementary School. He is currently a second-year principal at Beacon Charter School in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. He previously spent more than six years in the Guilford County Schools in Greensboro, North Carolina, serving as a fourth grade teacher, instructional technology coordinator, personalized learning coordinator, sixth grade social studies teacher, principal intern and assistant principal.

Terzigni earned a bachelor's degree in education, master's degree in elementary education and master's degree in school leadership from High Point University in High Point, North Carolina.

Zane Razzaq writes about education. Reach her at 508-626-3919 or zrazzaq@wickedlocal.com. Follow her on Twitter @zanerazz.