Hoover School Gets New Principal

MELROSE, MA — Christina Jo DiCalogero has been selected the new principal of the Hoover Elementary School, effective July 1.

DiCalogero was the assistant principal at Salem's Horace Mann Laboratory School since 2014. She started her educational career at the Chelsea Public Schools in 2001. She has been a fifth-grade teacher, math coach, instructional coach who trained teachers in research-based literacy practices, the lead member on the District Curriculum Instructional Team, and a lead mentor teacher focused on creating and implementing the district's mentoring action plan, according to a release from Melrose Public Schools.

Carol Welding served as the Hoover's interim principal since the fall, when Jenny Corduck left to become principal of the Lincoln School. Weldin came over from the Lincoln, where she served as the Student Services Facilitator.

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Superintendent Cyndy Taymore selected DiCalogero from three finalists who made it through a search that started in September.

"Christina comes to us with more than 15 years of experience in public education," Taymore said. "As an educator, she holds strong beliefs that all students are entitled to a high quality education that fosters each student's academic and social emotional growth. Her most recent leadership position in Salem and her mentoring work in the Chelsea Public Schools make her the ideal person to lead the Hoover School."

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