Sr. Mary Ann Bader,
President
38 years experience in education
9 years at MPS

• 10 years - teacher
• 13 years – teacher and principal
• 6 years – Director of Teacher Personnel for the Diocese of Erie
• 9 years - president at MPS
• B.A. - Mercyhurst College
• M.A. -  Duquesne University
• Additional studies at Clarion University, Dayton University, Wilkes University, Edinboro University
• PA certified in administration, elementary education and music
• Several Erie Diocesan committees
• Several Sisters of Mercy committees
• Institute of the Sisters of Mercy Chapter Delegate 1995, 1999, 2005
• Sisters of Mercy leadership team 2004-2007
• Current board memberships:  DuBois Regional Medical Center, Network for Mercy Education, MPS Board (ex officio)
• Past board memberships:  Mercy Center of the Arts, Mercy Center for Women
• Recipient of Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice Papal Honors by Pope John Paul II, 1996
• Recipient of Archbishop John Mark Gannon Lifetime Achievement Alumni Award by DuBois Central Catholic High School, 2001

• Principal
• Former dean of discipline for 11th/12th grades
• Former academic dean       
• Former chair of academic council    
• Member, curriculum development/renewal leadership team  
• Recipient of outstanding faculty service award
• Publications: Incarnating Charism into A School’s Way of Life, Momentum: The Official Journal of the National Catholic Educational Association; Using Learning Style to Combat Attrition in Second Language Learning, The Pennsylvania State Modern Language Association Bulletin Vol. LXVI
• Presenter, Conference of the Pennsylvania State Modern Language Association
• MA, Middlebury College
• PA certification     
• Former adjunct professor at Mercyhurst College
• Former Spanish teacher, master teacher, and world language chair
• Former internal coordinator for Middle States accreditation

• Assistant Principal: June 2009 - present
• Master’s degree in English
• IB Theory of Knowledge instructor
• IB Extended Essay supervisor
• Former adjunct instructor, Gannon University
• Past fellow, NWPA Summer Writing Institute
• University of Chicago Outstanding Teacher Award 2008

Teaching Assignment: Theory of Knowledge-IB

Ed Curtin,
Assistant Principal/Theology Chair
22 years teaching experience –
22 years at MPS

• Assistant Principal: June 2011 - present
• M.A. in Pastoral Studies/Religious Education
• Peer leadership teacher
• Adjunct Instructor at Mercyhurst College in the Religious Studies Department
• Accompanied youth group to Merida, Yucatan
• Former athletic director at MPS
• Golden Apple Teacher in 2008
• Youth Minister/Confirmation Director at St. Julia’s parish
• Writes for Faith Magazine, a Diocese of Erie publication

Teaching Assignment: Peer Leadership