Acknowledgements - Writing Standards in Action

Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Writing Standards in Action Project

Acknowledgements

Project Staff

Bill Amorosi, Consultant to the Project

David Buchanan, Project Coordinator - Office of Literacy and Humanities, Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Susan Wheltle, Director - Office of Literacy and Humanities, Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Advisors, Contributors and Reviewers of Student Writing grades 3 – 5 / Advisors, Contributors and Reviewers of Student Writing grades 6 - 8
Ashley Barringer, Brookfield Public Schools
Marjorie Berenson, Westford Public Schools
Brett Berkman, Framingham Public Schools
Peg Bouchard, Worcester State University
Kim Boucher, Topsfield Public Schools
Diane Casilli, Foxborough Public Schools
Eileen Cronin, Boston Public Schools
Karen Diaz, West Springfield Public Schools
Jeanne Dowdell, Marblehead Community Charter School
Anne Garcia-Meiten, Lexington Public Schools
Megan Gregory, Lexington Public Schools
Deborah Howard, Bourne Public Schools
Tammy Howe, Sturbridge Public Schools
Rebecca Hyde, Lowell Public Schools
Stephanie Joyce, Western Mass Writing Project/Amherst Public Schools
Susan Littleton, Sturbridge Public Schools
Stephanie Lowe, Lowell Public Schools
Kathy McCarthy, Lexington Public Schools
Barbara McLaughlin, Boston Public Schools
Jane McDonald, Leominster Public Schools
Nancy Melbourne, Boxborough Public Schools
Maryann Perry, Leominster Public Schools
Claudia Peters, Medway Public Schools
Kathleen Provost, Hudson Public Schools
Barbara Roberts, Hudson Public Schools
Rachmana Santorelli, Amherst Public Schools
Allison Shook Franke, Marlborough Public Schools
Jay Simmons, University of Massachusetts - Lowell
Michele Sodergren, Chelsea Public Schools
Annette Sullivan, Fitchburg State University
Kate Tarca, Somerville Public Schools
Karen Waldstein, Framingham Public Schools
Margaret Welch, Worcester Public Schools
Lisette Zinner, Hudson Public Schools / Judith Alexander, Springfield Public Schools
Margaret Boudreau, consultant
Heather Brennan, Mansfield Public Schools
Linda Crockett, Westfield Public Schools
Louise Demas, Weymouth Public Schools
Julie DeRoche, Haverhill Public Schools
Marian Desrosiers, Falmouth Public Schools
Rebecca Duda, Dracut Public Schools
Oneida Fox Roye, Boston Public Schools
Susan Gravel, Marblehead Public Schools
Andrea Griswold, Western Mass Writing Project/Mohawk Trail RSD
Holladay Handlin, consultant
Tamara Knoff, Ashland Public Schools
Janice Koskey, Lynn Public Schools
Janine Lapan, Springfield Public Schools
Janet Larese, Westfield Public Schools
Stephanie Lowe, Lowell Public Schools
Lynne McCarthy, Lowell Public Schools
Suzie McGlone, Boston Public Schools
Catherine Minihan, Achievement Network
Donna Moran, Chicopee Public Schools
Bruce Penniman, Western Mass Writing Project
Christine Pike, Manchester-Essex RSD
Vidula Plante, Manchester-Essex RSD
Amy Polito, Tantasqua RSD
Deborah Romeo, Lowell Public Schools
Pam Shufro, Medfield Public Schools
Helaine Silva, Hingham Public Schools
Lisa Stott, Lawrence Public Schools
Jennifer Sulc, Cohasset Public Schools
Lynn Waltermire, Adams-Cheshire Public Schools
Diane Weldon, Georgetown Public Schools
Evelyn White, Georgetown Public Schools
Linda Willis, Lowell Public Schools
Kerry Winer, Framingham Public Schools
Craig Wisniewski, Springfield Public Schools
Contributors of Student Writing grades 3 – 5 / Contributors of Student Writing grades 6 - 8
Susan Arena, Lexington Public Schools
Victoria Barstow, Framingham Public Schools
Martha Batten, Lexington Public Schools
Nina Benkley, Groton-Dunstable RSD
Lois Berge, Groton-Dunstable RSD
Deborah Billington, Dracut Public Schools
Kaitlin Boudreau, Hudson Public Schools
Meghann Bruett, Marblehead Public Schools
Sarah Buss, Leominster Public Schools
Jessica Caverly, Lexington Public Schools
Paula Diperri, Marlborough Public Schools
Barbara Dodson, Groton-Dunstable RSD
Amy Doiran, Foxborough Public Schools
Susan Donahue, Worcester Public Schools
Amanda Doyle, Lexington Public Schools
Candy Dowling, Foxborough Public Schools
Jennifer Duggan-Agne, Lexington Public Schools
Jane Farnham, North Adams Public Schools
Kathie Feldyan, Foxborough Public Schools
Linda Fidalgo, New Bedford Public Schools
Cassia Freitas, Hudson Public Schools
Iva Gardener, Groton-Dunstable RSD
Daniel Garland, Lexington Public Schools
Julie Gelardi, Framingham Public Schools
Jae Goodwin, Framingham Public Schools
Therese Hillman, Sturbridge Public Schools
Virginia Hoehlein, Framingham Public Schools
Nicholas Howe, Leominster Public Schools
Pam Jacques, Groton-Dunstable RSD
Kathleen Kelly, Hudson Public Schools
Kit Kilroy, Groton-Dunstable RSD
Beth LeDoux, Chelsea Public Schools
Faye Lessner, Marlborough Public Schools
Elaine MacNamara, Dracut Public Schools
Janet Marshall, Lunenberg Public Schools
Karen Martin, Lunenberg Public Schools
James Mazzer, Pittsfield Public Schools
Maureen McKeon, Sturbridge Public Schools
Pamela Michael, Lexington Public Schools
Scott Middlemiss, Groton-Dunstable RSD
Michelle Murphy, Marlborough Public Schools
Barbara Nickerson, Lynnfield Public Schools
Jane Nissi, Groton-Dunstable RSD
Denise Nolan, Framinham Public Schools
Linda O’Brien, Revere Public Schools
Mary O’Brien Guerrero, Lawrence Public Schools
Karen Pedevillano, Hudson Public Schools
Ellen Potter, Groton-Dunstable RSD
Kathryn Reilly, Framingham Public Schools
Kristen Robinson, Lawrence Public Schools
Juliet Rodriguez, Framingham Public Schools
Gail Rosengard, Lawrence Public Schools
Diane Roundtree, Groton-Dunstable RSD
Judith Rush, Pittsfield Public Schools
Catherine Salatino, Pittsfield Public Schools
Christina Sanches, Chicopee Public Schools
Betsy Sawyer, Groton-Dunstable RSD
Marie Singer, Lexington Public Schools
Kevin Somers, Boston Public Schools
Genny Steakley, Framingham Public Schools
Nicole Stone, Groton-Dunstable RSD
Andrea Taddeo, Lexington Public Schools
Jocelyn Tobler, Hudson Public Schools
Katherine Tolland, Foxborough Public Schools
Sandra Travers, Shrewsbury Public Schools
Colin Vogelgesang, Foxborough Public Schools
Lisa Weinstock, Framingham Public Schools
Leslie Williams, Hudson Public Schools
Travis Yagodzinski, Hudson Public Schools / Judith Alexander, Springfield Public Schools
Cheryl Ashley, Boston Public Schools
Jennifer Billings, Marblehead Public Schools
Tamara Blake, Boston Public Schools
Nancy Bulmer, Chicopee Public Schools
Sharon Caldwell, Westfield Public Schools
Matthew Debrocke, Lawrence Public Schools
Alexis Dillahunt, Chicopee Public Schools
Kimberley Ducharme, Dracut Public Schools
Margaret Dumont, Lawrence Family Development Charter School
Rebecca Eastman, Lawrence Public Schools
Judith Ellis, Lawrence Family Development Charter School
Caroline Farris, Hingham Public Schools
Gina Freda, Boston Public Schools
Daniella Garran, Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter School
Anna Gladstone, Chelmsford Public Schools
Carol Gray, Marblehead Public Schools
Kathleen Guico, Watertown Public Schools
Alice Halvorsen, Marblehead Public Schools
Richard Horuzek, Worcester Public Schools
Christine Johnson, Springfield Public Schools
Jeanine Keyes-Plante, Westfield Public Schools
Kelli Kullas, Brockton Public Schools
Kathleen Larrivey, Brockton Public Schools
Kristin Leonard, Pittsfield Public Schools
Mary LeBlanc, Marblehead Public Schools
Luana Little, Marblehead Public Schools
Patricia Locke, Manchester-Essex RSD
Kerri Lorrigan, Watertown Public Schools
Karen Lovett MacDonald, Springfield Public Schools
Margaret Lynch, Lawrence Public Schools
Danielle Masterson, Marblehead Public Schools
Lynne McCarthy, Lowell Public Schools
Stephen McClure, Chelmsford Public Schools
Heather McIntire, Westfield Public Schools
Mary Miles, Marblehead Public Schools
Jennifer Murphy, Lowell Public Schools
Joan Murray, Woburn Public Schools
Steven O’Brien, Haverhill Public Schools
Frank Oliva, Pittsfield Public Schools
Linda O’Neil, Lowell Public Schools
Lauren Phelps, Lynn Public Schools
Stefania Raschilla, Springfield Public Schools
Cynthia Roberge, Lawrence Public Schools
Holly Rodriguez, Westfield Public Schools
Gail Rosengard, Lawrence Public Schools
Karen Rothschild, Lowell Public Schools
Elizabeth Rustic, Springfield Public Schools
James Schaffnit, Marblehead Public Schools
Kimberley Skeadas, Lynn Public Schools
Elaine Stinson, Amherst Public Schools
Jennifer Straw, Chicopee Public Schools
Heather Sullivan, Hingham Public Schools
Matthew Sullivan, Hingham Public Schools
Jessica Miles, Lynn Public Schools
Michelle Stella, Chelsea Public Schools
Connie Tarsook, Lawrence Family Development Charter School
Stephanie Trainor-Madigan, Marblehead Public Schools
Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Office of Literacy and Humanities / Graphic Design – Collaborative for Educational Services
Alice Barton
Jennifer Butler-O’Toole
Amy Carithers
Mary Ellen Caesar
Elizabeth Davis
Abbey Dick
Lori DiGisi
Roxanne Dorrie
Kevin Dwyer
Dorothy Earle
Susan Kazeroid
Helene Levine
Jennifer Malonson
Tracey Martineau
Elizabeth Niedzwiecki
Karen White
Julia Phelps, Associate Commissioner, Curriculum and Instruction / Lucia Foley
Suzanne Judson-Whitehouse
Meeting Space
Brockton Public Schools
Fitchburg State University
Hudson Public Schools