Welcome, Principal D’Alessandro!

  • Posted January 2, 2025
A principal visits with students during the lunch period.

Principal Meghan D'Alessandro is thrilled to kick off 2025 at Pine Hills Elementary School! She spent her first day in her new position - Jan. 2 - meeting students and staff and making classroom visits.

D’Alessandro had been the assistant principal at Thomas O’Brien Academy of Science and Technology (TOAST) since 2021. Prior to TOAST, she worked as a sixth-grade ELA teacher at William S. Hackett Middle School. She earned a bachelor’s degree in elementary education and middle school social studies from Russell Sage College and a master’s in adolescent literacy from Sage Graduate School. She also holds school building leader certification from Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.

"Pine Hills is a tight-knit community and I am so excited to be a part of this school. This building is wonderful and has deep roots with the Leader In Me program and my goal is to uplift that initiative in any way possible," said Principal D’Alessandro.

  • Favorite subject in school: My favorite subject was math which is funny because I wound up teaching ELA for nine years. But I love numbers!
  • Favorite children’s book: There are so many to choose but I love Thank you Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco. It is a story about a teacher seeing the best in a student and transforming their life. 
  • Favorite foods: Pizza and pretzels! I love all types of pretzels (and most recently the dill pickle ones).
  • Favorite school lunch: Pizza day is the best, hands down!

D’Alessandro will join Assistant Principal Allisen Brodie on the administrative team at Pine Hills and replaces Tia Corniel, who departed in October for a position in another school district.