Thornton Academy Postscripts Alumni Magazine Fall 2010 | Page 12

School News
Tiffany Regan Robert ’00 is Principal of TAMS
Tiffany Regan Robert ’00, who
has worked at Thornton Academy
Middle School since it opened in
fall 2006, was named Principal of
TAMS this year.
“The thing I love about
coming into work every morning
is that every day is different,”
she says. “I love interacting with
the kids and seeing how they
change and grow over the years.
I’ve really enjoyed getting to
know all the parents who are so
supportive of TAMS. And moving
from a teacher to administrator,
it’s been great to have a hand
in making our middle school
program as strong as it can be.”
Robert is at the helm while
the school undergoes a number
of changes this school year, as
TAMS expands its curriculum,
offers new after-school academic
programs (like honors classes)
and opportunities in the arts
such as violin classes. A Saco
native and University of Maine at
Farmington grad, she began her
career as a long-term substitute

Tiffany Regan Robert ’00

at Jameson School in Old Orchard
Beach and taught at Burns School
in Saco for a year before teaching
sixth-grade students at TAMS for
three years. She began overseeing
the middle school program as a
teacher-leader in 2009-10 before
moving into her role as full-time
principal. In May, Robert will
receive her master’s degree in
educational leadership from the
University of Southern Maine.
“Thornton Academy has been
exceptionally fortunate to find, in
Tiffany Robert, one of the most
promising young educators in

all of southern Maine,” said
Headmaster Carl J. Stasio, Jr. “She
pursues an innovative approach
to teaching and learning, while
at the same time she is well
grounded in best middle school
practices; she both understands
and genuinely enjoys the
challenges presented by children
in the complex stage of early
adolescence.”
The principal’s central job
duties are ensuring the safety
and well being of students at the
middle school, reaching out to
parents, overseeing TAMS faculty
and staff, and assisting with
recruitment efforts. While the
middle school program primarily
serves Arundel students, a
number of tuition-paying
students from Saco, Dayton, Old
Orchard Beach and surrounding
communities also attend.
Working with adolescents who
may be as quick to laugh as to
lash out is never eas K