PRIME LIVING
Faith Sean McCarthy
La Salle Academy knows that an education can last a lifetime. Steeped in 150 years of educational excellence, La Salle is taking on the future with a fresh vision for the young lives it guides and shapes.
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his Providence high school is welcoming three new administrators for its’ approaching school year as it builds a modern academic institution with the timeless teachings of the Catholic faith. Beginning this fall, La Salle’s administrative lineup will feature two new appointees, Principal Tim Welsh and Vice Principal of Student Life Joanna Doyle, who will be joining Michael Pereira, who is starting his second year as Vice Principal of Academics. There is excitement about the future at La Salle, and according to these three educators, there is a lot that makes La Salle special. “What’s really most special about La Salle is the people – the students and the staff,” Welsh says. “The students are incredible young men
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They choose La Salle every day with their contributions in the classroom, their performances on stages, fields, and courts, their service to the community and the kindness they show each other. and women. They’re focused, they’re dedicated, and they’re part of a community that understands that while it’s important to learn the ABC’s and 123’s, it’s more important to learn to be a good person. We want to help build a person that changes the world for the better and has a moral baseline that will serve them well throughout their life, in whatever their endeavors are.” “Our young people are amazing,” Doyle says. “They are the heart and spirit of the school. At freshman orientation we tell
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the incoming students that La Salle chose them, and over the next four years it is their job to choose La Salle. They choose La Salle every day with their contributions in the classroom, their performances on stages, fields, and courts, their service to the community and the kindness they show each other. They share their gifts and talents with their Lasallian family every day and continue to grow the legacy of faith, service, and community.” Welsh and Pereira are both alums of La Salle, classes of
1994 and 2005, respectively. Welsh was Vice President of Institutional Advancement at La Salle for 12 years before becoming Head of School at Matignon School in Cambridge, Massachusetts for the past nine years. Pereira was a math teacher and Assistant Boys Soccer Coach for past 11 years, and Doyle has been Class Dean for the last seven years, and prior to that was Spanish teacher for nine years.
STUDENTS OF THE WORLD “La Salle pulls students and teachers from all over Rhode Island, southern Massachusetts, and eastern Connecticut, and builds a community all its own,” Doyle says. “We are a large enough school that every student can continue or develop a passion. With over
