Enfield hires two new assistant principals

Jul. 19—ENFIELD — When children go back to Hazardville Memorial and Prudence Crandall elementary schools in the fall, they'll see new faces in the front offices.

Nicholas Flynn has joined the district as the assistant principal for Hazardville Memorial Elementary School and Dawn Marchese is returning to Prudence Crandall as its new assistant principal. Both started their new positions on July 1.

Flynn comes to Enfield from Manchester public schools where he was a special education teacher for the past eight years. He was the social/emotional learning coach, and created schoolwide systems for referral, progress monitoring, and tiered intervention for students with social, emotional, and behavioral needs. Working with teachers, he developed comprehensive and classroom systems and supports.

Flynn's work evolved into a districtwide instructional specialist role for the special education and reading departments, delivering professional learning and training teachers in evidence-based methods, practices, and programs. He also worked part-time for three years as an English as a Second Language teacher for Vernon Regional Adult-Based Education.

Flynn has a bachelor's degree in integrated elementary and special education from the University of Hartford, a master's degree in teaching English to speakers of other languages from Central Connecticut State University, and his sixth-year certification in educational leadership from University of Connecticut administrator preparation program.

He lives in Vernon with his wife, Lisa, and their two cats and puppy.

Marchese has been an educator with the Enfield public school system for the past 16 years. It is a homecoming of sorts for her to be back at Prudence Crandall, as the school is where she began working in Enfield as the language arts consultant.

In 2016, she moved to Eli Whitney Elementary School, continuing her role as the language arts consultant and head teacher. Marchese also was lead teacher for the Student Success Academy, summer school administrator at John F. Kennedy Middle School; and adjunct professor as program supervisor with the education department at Springfield College.

Marchese began her career in Massachusetts as a kindergarten and first-grade teacher. She also taught fifth-grade in Springfield and then became a reading specialist in 2003. She has a bachelor's degree in elementary education, a master's in literacy from American International College in Springfield, Massachusetts, and a sixth level certificate in educational leadership from Central Connecticut State University. Marchese lives in Longmeadow, Massachusetts, with her husband, Tony, and their three daughters.

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