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Greg Mann Executive Director A Day-After-Day alum himself, Greg has been dedicated to the program since 2000 and became Executive Director in 2022. He is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he received a Bachelor's Degree in Sociology and Spanish. He also earned his Master's of Education in Organizational Management and his administrator license through Endicott College. |
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Keith Testa
Assistant Director Keith is a D.A.D alum, and began working with the program in 2008. Keith graduated from Boston College with a Bachelor's Degree in Communication in 2019. Keith runs the soccer and basketball leagues at Day-After-Day that are available to the students in 1st through 6th grade every year. Keith previously worked in many roles at Horace Mann before becoming the Assistant Director in Fall 2022. |
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Diana A. Erba
Teacher Diane has been with Day-After-Day since 1979. She started as the Head Teacher and became Executive Director in 1983. She grew up in Newton, and is a graduate of Newton South High School. Diane holds a Master’s degree in Higher Education and Administration from Boston College and an Undergraduate degree in Elementary Education from Rhode Island College. During the course of Diane's career, she has been a coed Resident Camp Director at Camp Nawaka in the Berkshires of Massachusetts. Diane also worked at Boston College with a Senior/Freshman mentoring program (48 Hours). She is very fortunate and proud that she has had opportunities to work within the entire educational spectrum, from Kindergarten to College/Graduate students. In September 2009, she was awarded a Proclamation for 30 years of teaching from Governor Deval Patrick, and former Newton Mayor David Cohen, proclaimed September 26th as Diana Erba Day in the City of Newton. Diane feels her greatest accomplishment is that the majority of her teaching staff are Day-After-Day Alumni. Diane is the Director of our annual musical and takes great pride in ensuring that every child at D.A.D. has the opportunity to participate in a major theatrical production, from back stage to on stage. |
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Bill Young
Artistic Director/Program Coordinator Bill has been with D.A.D. since 1993. He served in the United States Army where he was stationed in Italy. Prior to joining the D.A.D. teaching staff, he taught Art in Bermuda and at St. Clement High School. He is responsible for the annual Haunted House and coordinating activities for our students 8-12 years old. He also designs and constructs the backdrop and sets for our annual musicals. In addition to D.A.D. he is a basketball and volleyball coach for the Cambridge Program for Individuals with Special Needs and helped lead the Men's Basketball team to a State Championship. Billy works at Horace Mann three days a week as ISS. |
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Matt Vello
Sports Specialist Matt has been a member of the teaching staff since September 2003 and is an alum of D.A.D. Since May 2010 Matt has been a member of the Newton Fire Department (Station 2) and we are very fortunate that Matt continues his work at Day-After-Day while also being a dedicated member of the Newton Fire Department. He also acquired his EMT Certification from Boston University. He is part of the design team, and does the construction for our annual Musicals and Haunted House. Matt is Day-After-Day's field trip coordinator, researching and planning unique and entertaining trips for the program. |
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Micaela Vecchione
Kindergarten Coordinator Micaela is also a D.A.D. alum, she has been a member if the staff since 2012. Micaela graduated from Lasell University in 2020 with a Bachelor's Degree in Curriculum and Instruction. She has her Teacher Certification through the Department of Early Childhood and Care. As our Kindergarten Coordinator Micaela creates curriculum for our kindergarteners, to enrich their social emotional learning. Micaela is the Musical Director in our annual musicals. |
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Madeleine Muth
Teacher Madeleine has worked with us for three years. In May, she graduated from Framingham State with a Bachelor's Degree in Early Educations and Child Family Studies. During the school day, she works at Williams Elementary School as a special education aid. Madeleine is excited to create new connections with our students and to create fun art activities. |
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Meghan Doherty
Teacher This is Meghan's first year at Day-After-Day. Meghan graduated from Stonehill College in 2021 with a Bacholer's Degree in Early Childhood Education and American Studies. She is a kindergarten teacher at Plympton Elementary School in Waltham and will be joining us at D.A.D. two days a week. Meghan is excited to encourage our students' learning through play, after their school day. She is looking forward to all of the fun clubs and activities at D.A.D.! |
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Alethia Matthews
Teacher Alethia works at D.A.D., when her day ends at Horace Mann as a behavior therapist. She earned her Associate's Degree in Business Management in 2009 and her Bacholer's Degree in Psychology in 2012. This is Alethia's 2nd year with us and she is looking forward to all the clubs our students will be creating. Alethia is also excited about our yearly haunted house and musical at the end of the year. |
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Stacy Louissaint
Teacher This is Stacy's first year at Day-After-Day. She earned her Bachelor's in Health Psychology from MCPHS University in 2017, and is working on earning her Master's in Psychology form Harvard Extension School. Stacy works at Horace Mann during the school day as a behavior therapist. Stacy has enjoyed interacting with the students and listening to their stories. She enjoys her time on the playground, where students are excited to show her their tricks. Stacy is very excited to see all the creative clubs out students run and to see all their hard work in the annual musical. |
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Michelle Magno
Teacher Michelle is a former Horace Mann kindergarten teacher, she is thrilled to be back in the Horace Mann community for her first year at Day-After-Day. Michelle earned her Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education and Art Education from Bridgewater State in 2019, and her Master's in Education from Framingham State in 2019. Michelle is now a kindergarten teacher at Memorial Spaulding. She is looking forward to getting to know everyone at D.A.D., and being a part of all the fun traditions at D.A.D. like the Thanksgiving feast, sports leagues, and the Musical. |
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Justin Walker
Teacher Justin works at Horace Mann as a 1st grade Paraprofessional and this is his first year at D.A.D. He graduated in 2020 from Umass Amherst with a Bachelors in Music Business and Studio Engineering. Justin is very excited for all of the different clubs at D.A.D. He really enjoys that there is a large variety of interests at D.A.D. and that there is an opportunity for everyone to be involved. |
Olivia Leone
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Olivia is a Horace Mann alumna and former student teacher at Horace Mann. Currently Olivia is a Kindergarten Special Education Teacher at NorthEast Elementary School in Waltham. Olivia graduated from Stonehill Collage with a Bachelor degree in Elementary Eduction and History, she also completed her masters at Merrimack College in Moderate Disabilities. One can say that Olivia is a true Horace Mann Hawk. Olivia is also works at S.P.A.C.E. during the summer.
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Olivia is a Horace Mann alumna and former student teacher at Horace Mann. Currently Olivia is a Kindergarten Special Education Teacher at NorthEast Elementary School in Waltham. Olivia graduated from Stonehill Collage with a Bachelor degree in Elementary Eduction and History, she also completed her masters at Merrimack College in Moderate Disabilities. One can say that Olivia is a true Horace Mann Hawk. Olivia is also works at S.P.A.C.E. during the summer.
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Newton North High School Teaching Assistants:
Haitham Asmal and Andres Granosky The high school students will be joining us throughout the week. |
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College Aged Teaching Assistants:
Meghan Vecchione (Bridgewater State)Athul Sahadevan (Umass Amherst), Jason Reyes (UNH), Akash Sahadevan ( Umass Amherst) Meghan, Athul, Jason, and Akash will be joining us on semester breaks. |