Staff
Michael Byrne - Drama & Film
he/him/his
Auditorium (NB)
mbyrne@arlington.k12.ma.us
Started at AHS in 2001
Prior Teaching Experience: Groton-Dunstable Regional School System, Holliston High School, Summer Arts at Derby Academy, Tufts University Magic Circle Theatre
Education: BA in English with a concentration on Film and Theatre from University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
MA in Theatre Education and Directing Emerson College
Hometown: Braintree, MA
Favorite composer: Stephen Sondheim
Sabatino D'Agostino - Band & Orchestra
he/him/his
Room 239 (NB)
sdagostino@arlington.k12.ma.us
Started at AHS in 1999
Prior Teaching Experience: Mansfield Elementary. Currently teaching at Berklee College of Music
Education: Undergraduate degree in Music Education and Performance, Salerno’s Conservatory, Salerno, Italy. Degree in Performance, Berklee Colllege of Music. Masters in Education, Cambridge College
Hometown: Salerno, Italy
Favorite Composer: Tchaikovsky
John Ditomaso - Electronic Music
he/him/his
Room 345 (NB)
jditomaso@arlington.k12.ma.us
Started at AHS in 2008
Prior Teaching Experience: Pentucket Regional High School,
Jon Glenn Middle School, Bedford, Ma
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Education: BM University of Massachusetts Lowell.
MMEd Boston University
Hometown: Peabody, MA
Favorite Composer: Bartok
Jing-Huey Wei - Director of Performing Arts K-12
she/her/hers
Room 342 (NB)
jwei@arlington.k12.ma.us
Henry (Hal) Knowlton - Technical Theatre Manager
he/him/his
Auditorium (NB)
hknowlton@arlington.ma.us
Started at AHS in 2023
Prior Teaching Experience:
Westminster School, Simsbury CT.
TASM, St Michael’s Country Day School, Newport RI.
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Prior Theatrical Experience:
UHHCW Scenic Carpenter at ART, Cambridge MA.
Huntington Theatre Co, Boston MA.
Education:
BA in Theatre, History from Boston College, Chestnut Hill MA, 2021.
2019 AIFS, Stellenbosch University, Western Cape, Republic of South Africa.
Hometown: Worcester, MA
Favorite Composers:
Leonard Bernstein, Frederic Chopin
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Mara Walker - Chorale & Madrigals
she/her/hers
Room 344 (NB)
mwalker@arlington.k12.ma.us
Started at AHS in 2019
Prior Teaching Experience: Freedom High School, Morganton, NC
Education: BM Lenoir-Rhyne University
MMEd Florida State University
Hometown: Hickory, NC
Favorite Composer: Mozart
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