JOINT CONFERENCE 2007 PHOTO GALLERY

Woburn Superintendent Carl Batchelder and School Committee member Joseph Crowley MASC President Joseph Santos congratulates Representative Rosemary Sandlin, a Past President of MASC and former member of the Agawam School Committee Friday General Session Speaker Ken Kay, President of Partnership for 21st Century Skills, explains what school districts must do to prepare students for the workplace of tomorrow. (left to right) “Drugs in Schools” panelists Robert Gass, executive director of the North Shore Consortium; State Representative Rosemary Sandlin; Herbert Levine, former Superintendent in Salem MA; and Patricia Milano, Winthrop School Committee, respond to a tv news program on how an increasing number of students, and in particular student athletes, are becoming addicted to performance-enhancing drugs. MASC Field Director Jim Hardy leads a role-playing exercise during a session on “Difficult People and How to Work With Them.” John Portz, a member of the Watertown School Committee who is also a Professor of Political Science at Northeastern University, urged invited school leaders to participate in Northeastern’s nationally recognized Education Policy Fellowship Program.   MASC President Joseph Santos and the 2007 Lifetime Achievement, Distinguished Service and All-State School Committee honorees at the Leadership Luncheon Harold Cohen, Norfolk Country Agricultural Patricia Doherty, Silver Lake Regional Jane Freedman, Plymouth Lester McLaughlin, Everett Elizabeth McBride, Chelsea John Nunnari, Wachusett Regional Albert Olmstead, Deerfield Samuel Poulton, Nashoba Valley Technical Martha Slattery, Foxborough Randall Webster, Carver Helen Whipple, Pioneer Valley Regional Mayor Edward Lambert, Fall River Elaine Webb, Reading David Ela, Everett Ellen Holmes, Ashburnham-Westminster Mary Salzman, Palmer John Duval, Adams-Cheshire Eunice Manduca, Upper Cape Cod Voc. Tech.   Mayor Mary Clare Higgins, Northampton Representative Jay Kaufman congratulates Northampton Mayor Mary Clare Higgins on being honored as Chair of the 2007 All-State School Committee East Longmeadow Superintendent Edward Costa (left) and School Committee member Tom McGowan (right) following their Strategic Planning panel session Ellen Holmes, Ashburnham-Westminster School Committee; George Kouloheras, Life Member; John Columbus, Narragansett Regional School Committee; and (standing) Cliff Fountain, Quaboag Regional School Committee MASC Past President (left) Scott McDuffy (Brockton) and Brockton School Committee member and Division III Chair (right) Ron Dobrowski reminisce at the Life Member Reception on Friday evening Ludlow High School Jazz Ensemble MASC President Joe Santos congratulates former State Senator Gerald D’Amico on receiving the Thomas P. (Tip) O’Neill award Joe Santos and former Representative Nicholas Paleologos who was honored with his colleagues Gerald D’Amico as this year’s Tip O’Neill award recipients. President Joe Santos presents the gavel to incoming President Ellen Furtado of Swansea. MASC Immediate Past President Maurice Hancock, a member of the Brockton School Committee, and President Joseph Santos present Representative Geraldine Creedon of Brockton the MASC Legislator of the Year award during the Delegate Assembly. Acting Education Commissioner Jeffrey Nellhaus discusses new initiatives at the DOE at the Wednesday Keynote Dinner. Thursday General Session speaker Alan November raises key concerns about the skills students will need to have to succeed in a global economy. Students from Southeastern Regional Vocational Technical School and Technology Specialist Christine Wyss-Edlund helped members check their email and navigate the web at the MASC/MASS Cybercafe. chusett Regional School Committee member Bob Carter (left) welcomes Thursday Luncheon speaker Dr. Dana Mohler-Faria (right), President of Bridgewater State College who also serves as Special Education Advisor to Governor Deval Patrick. Newly appointed Board of Education Chair Paul Reville highlights achievement trends in the Commonwealth.     MASC President Joseph Santos and newly elected Life Member Marjorie Wojcik, a 22-year member of the Chicopee School Committee, discuss the agenda prior to the Delegate Assembly.

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