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GEARING UP FOR ANOTHER YEAR: Saugus High School Principal Michael Hashem and Brendon Sullivan, assistant principal and curriculum director, are already planning for the opening of a new Saugus Middle-High School, still three years away. When classes begin next Tuesday (Aug. 29) for the start of a new school year, the freshman and sophomores will have their own wings – with their lockers and core teachers located in their respective areas – one of the major changes at the High School (Saugus Advocate photo by Mark E. Vogler)
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A Team Leader’s Task Veteran Special Education teacher Nicole Newbury takes charge of program at Saugus High School
A NEW CHALLENGE: Veteran Special Education teacher Nicole Newbury in her office this week at Saugus High School, preparing for a new role as Evaluation Team Leader (ETL) when the new school year opens next Tuesday (Aug. 29). After a dozen years as a classroom teacher, Newbury will supervise seven special education teachers responsible for the day-to-day instruction of about 100 students. The 2017 numerals above her whiteboard contain the signatures of the graduates from er classes last year. (Saugus Advocate photo by Mark E. Vogler)
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s she sat in her new office at Saugus High School this week, Nicole Newbury recalled a story that many educators would consider a career-defining moment: helping a student succeed against enormous odds. “I had a student last year that nobody gave much hope of
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graduating,”Newbury said of the special education student that went on to surprise most -- if not all -- of her colleagues. “But, he made it. That was one of my biggest accomplishments. Whenever I had free time, I worked with him,” she said. The student struggled right to
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