Kim Delaney named new Dean of Academics

LOWELL, MA – Kim Delaney, Lowell Catholic’s new Dean of Academics, believes a great deal in the strength of relationships between faculty, staff, and students. “Integration between staff, teachers and students is incredibly important. Here, you’re not just a name or a number, you’re a person.” The current Chair of the English Department, heading into her sixth year at Lowell Catholic, assumed her new role as Dean of Academics on July 1, 2010.

Delaney’s agenda for the upcoming scholastic year is spearheaded by an overall review of the current curriculum in the hopes that the strongest possible academic program will result. In addition, she seeks to keep a majority of her focus to the students that surround her. She hopes to comprise groups of both teachers and peer tutors into a collaborative support effort to assist struggling students. “No student will just slide by” she maintains. In addition, she also seeks to recognize those students who show exemplary work within the Ryken Scholars Program.  Delaney also is establishing a Freshman/Senior cooperative in which, again, the emphasis is placed upon building a close-knit community and working together. Interdisciplinary projects, peer tutoring, teachers sharing methodologies, all serving to come together for the greater good of the young minds in the classroom.

Kim Delaney, the current Senior Class Advisor, attended undergraduate studies at Suffolk University in Boston, MA. She obtained a Post Baccalaureate in English, grades eight through twelve, and completed the year-long Xaverian Brothers Leadership Program. She will complete her Master’s degree at Fitchburg State College this spring.

Having worked in college admissions for fourteen years, Delaney made the transition to working in a much smaller environment with ease. “I wanted to work more closely with the students” she recalls when asked what facilitated the need for a change. Lowell Catholic fulfilled this desire for her. “I love the school and I love what we can offer for the students who attend.” In hearing the conviction with which she speaks of the subject, it is no wonder that she seeks to create an environment built on the cornerstone principle of community. Her aspiration to bring together teachers from different departments is a prime example of this sense of camaraderie. After all, for her, it is all about the students.