A new face will greet Northeast School students on the first day of school on Aug. 28.
Holly Wrenn will be Northeast’s interim principal after the retirement this week of Dr. Brenda Greene, who served as Northeast School principal for 13 years.
Vernon Superintendent of Schools Dr. Joseph P. Macary announced Wrenn’s appointment on Wednesday. She begins work on Monday.
“Northeast School is a wonderful school,” Wrenn said Wednesday. “I look forward to meeting everybody and working with the parents and enjoying their children.”
Wrenn comes to Vernon after a long career as a principal at Alcott Elementary School in Wolcott, where during her tenure Alcott was designated as a Higher Order Thinking (HOT) School and a Connecticut Department of Education School of Distinction. Alcott Elementary School was also named Outstanding Elementary School of the year in 2014 by the Connecticut Association of Schools.
Wrenn worked previously as interim principal at Vernon’s Center Road School in 2022 and 2018, and has extensive experience with special education instruction, pre-kindergarten programming and student-parent communications. Wrenn earned her bachelor’s, master’s and sixth year degrees from Southern Connecticut State University.
“We are grateful to Dr. Greene for her hard work at Northeast School, her leadership, and her commitment to students, parents and staff,” Dr. Macary said. “Northeast School achieved much over the past several years, including being named a National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education in 2020 and a School of Distinction by the Connecticut Department of Education the last four years.”
Northeast students, parents and staff have taken their school to the next level of educational excellence and the Vernon Public Schools are committed to continuing to do better every day, Dr. Macary said.
“Northeast School is a testament to our commitment to ‘doing what is best for kids,’” Dr. Macary said.
Dr. Greene said Wednesday she is proud of the students and staff at Northeast School and what they have achieved. She said she’ll miss the students, but wanted them to know they’re in good hands.
“They have great teachers to take care of them,” she said.