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the highland park landmark | June 22, 2017 | 15<br />
Highland Park High School hires two assistant principals<br />
Submitted by Township<br />
District 113<br />
The District<br />
113<br />
Board of Education<br />
voted<br />
June 12<br />
to approve<br />
the hiring of<br />
Amy Burnetti<br />
and<br />
Burnetti<br />
Matt Wallace<br />
as assistant<br />
principals<br />
for<br />
Highland<br />
Park High<br />
School. Burnetti<br />
has<br />
Wallace<br />
been hired to serve in the<br />
12-month assistant principal<br />
position and Wallace<br />
has been hired to serve<br />
in the 10-month assistant<br />
principal position.<br />
Burnetti has been working<br />
in education since 2001.<br />
After working in various<br />
roles at Abbott Laboratories,<br />
Burnetti served as a<br />
college instructor for emotional<br />
intelligence, business<br />
and communications classes.<br />
Her career at Highland<br />
Park High School began in<br />
2009, when she was hired<br />
to teach business education.<br />
During that time, she<br />
led course teams and provided<br />
professional development<br />
for staff, doubled<br />
the student enrollment for<br />
the program, raised nearly<br />
$14,000 for Charity Drive,<br />
and was the recipient of the<br />
Superintendent’s Award in<br />
2010 and 2014. In 2013,<br />
Burnetti was hired as the<br />
Chair of Applied & Fine<br />
Arts, supervising 18 staff<br />
members and leading the<br />
department in several initiatives<br />
to grow enrollment,<br />
develop new and innovative<br />
courses, and facilitate<br />
the moving of designated<br />
classrooms for the most recent<br />
referendum. Burnetti<br />
supported several Fine Art<br />
programs and productions<br />
along with kick starting the<br />
fundraising for the Black<br />
Box Theatre.<br />
Wallace joined the District<br />
113 team in 2013 as<br />
a Spanish teacher at Deerfield<br />
High School. His career<br />
in education began in<br />
2006 as an instructional assistant<br />
in District 214, and<br />
then as a Spanish Teacher<br />
at Adlai E. Stevenson High<br />
School and Grayslake<br />
North High School. In addition<br />
to teaching Spanish<br />
at Deerfield, Wallace has<br />
been serving as one of the<br />
school’s instructional technology<br />
coaches since January<br />
2016. He helped develop<br />
the World Language<br />
Student Growth Checklist<br />
for use related to PERA, piloted<br />
and provided professional<br />
development for the<br />
1:1 Chromebook program<br />
and transition to Gmail,<br />
and has served on several<br />
school and District committees<br />
to improve the education<br />
experience for all<br />
students. He has also been<br />
a leader in many instructional<br />
areas in order to ensure<br />
students are afforded<br />
an effective and equitable<br />
education.<br />
“We welcome Amy and<br />
Matt as fine additions to<br />
the Giant family,” said Dr.<br />
Elizabeth Perez Robertson,<br />
who will officially assume<br />
the role of principal of<br />
Highland Park High School<br />
on July 1. “Together they<br />
bring an array of fresh<br />
ideas that will complement<br />
the repertoire of knowledge<br />
and experience of our current<br />
administrative team. It<br />
is certainly an exciting time<br />
at <strong>HP</strong>HS.”<br />
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