St. Agnes Academy Appoints New Principal and Vice Principal
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DALTON, Mass. — St. Agnes Academy has announced the appointment of Paula Curti as Principal and Joseph Maffuccio as Vice Principal, effective June 13.
Curti, from Dalton, and Maffuccio, from Pittsfield, will succeed Fadia Makdisi.
Rev. Christopher Malatesta, pastor of St. Agnes Church, stated that Curti and Maffuccio are committed educators with unique leadership skills who will "collaborate to grow the Academy while maintaining high academic standards and Catholic values and traditions."
A search committee, comprising SAA and diocesan administrators, faculty, school board, and community members, selected the new leadership.
Curti, who joined St. Agnes in 2020, has served as a second-grade teacher at St. Cecelia's School in Pawtucket, R.I., and later as an administrative assistant and fifth-grade teacher at St. Agnes. She holds a bachelor's degree in psychology and a master's degree in education from Rhode Island College.
Maffuccio has served as the Middle School math teacher at St. Agnes since 2023, following an 18-year career with the Pittsfield public schools. He holds a bachelor's degree in business administration and psychology from Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA), a master's degree in education from Fitchburg State University, and a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies in School Administration from AIC in Springfield. St. Agnes Academy, founded in 1957, currently has an enrollment of 145 students from pre-school through eighth grade.
