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With 17 years as an educator and
leader to his credit, Peter Parisi was appointed
Mohonasen High School’s assistant principal, effective
August 1. Parisi will join Brian Whitley who also serves
as an assistant principal.
Prior to his appointment at
Mohonasen High School, Parisi served as Director of
Student Life at Berkshire School in Sheffield,
Massachusetts, where he was instrumental in implementing
and reconfiguring programs determined to be essential to
the long-term health of the school, its students and its
employees. In his position, Parisi supervised all
activities related to running the 400-student
co-educational New England Boarding School.
For 14 years, Parisi worked for the
Albany Academy for Boys in Albany. He started in 1989 as
a history instructor for grades 9-12 before becoming
Dean of Students for four years (1995-1999). From
1999-2003 he served as Associate Head of School while
simultaneously serving as Upper School Head. Among his
many responsibilities over the years, Parisi was
instrumental in improving the structure of the school
and the quality of student life at the school by
coordinating teachers and developing and implementing an
effective faculty supervision and evaluation system; a
new faculty mentoring system; and a character
development program. In conjunction with his
responsibilities, Parisi served as the director of both
Upper and Middle School Leadership Programs all 14 years
he worked for the Academy.
Prior to teaching at Albany Academy
for Boys, Parisi taught Western Civilization as a
substitute adjunct faculty member at Schenectady County
Community College and special education for grades 6-8
at Van Corlear School in Schenectady.
Parisi earned his bachelor’s
degree from Union College in Schenectady, and a
master’s degree in educational administration from The
College of Saint Rose.
He served as an officer in the U.S. Army for 10
years.
Parisi and his wife, Emily, have
two children Kassandra, 10, Judson, 9.
He says when he’s not busy working he enjoys
his three “R’s” – reading, running and rock
climbing.
“Standing on the summit is
easy,” says Parisi. “Getting to that point requires
all of the hard work.”
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