Cherry Hill Schools Names New Superintendent

Dr. Joseph Meloche is the new Superintendent of Cherry Hill Schools, the district announced on Monday.

Meloche will be appointed at the Aug. 25 Board of Education meeting. He will be the first district alumnus to serve as Superintendent.

He has spent more than 20 years in education, including 12 in a variety of administrative roles in Cherry Hill.

Prior to returning to Cherry Hill as an educator in September 2003, Meloche taught middle school humanities and middle school English in the Willingboro and the Maple Shade school districts. He also served as the Director of Curriculum and as the principal of the Steinhauer School in Maple Shade.

Following his return to Cherry Hill, Meloche served as the principal of the three Cherry Hill schools he attended as a student, including Kingston Elementary School, Carusi Middle School and Cherry Hill High School West.

He left his position as the principal of Cherry Hill High School West to become Cherry Hill’s Director of Curriculum in July of 2013. He currently serves the district as the Assistant Superintendent for PreK-12.

Meloche earned his bachelor’s degree at DeSales University, his master’s degrees from Holy Family University and Widener University, and his doctorate in education from Widener University. He and his wife, Ann, live in Cherry Hill and have four daughters, three of whom are currently students in the district. The other is a recent graduate.