School in Manchester, NH. Beech St. School is one of the largest elementary schools in the state, with the state’s highest poverty rate (96%), and serves the highest numbers of English learners (51%) representative of 41 countries. The school is settled in a city where hundreds of new refugees reside each year. Mark has engaged in serving as lead teacher for the school and it's district, modeling best practices in a demonstration classroom. Mark received a B.A. from Hofstra University in 2005 and a M.Ed. from Rivier College in 2007. He looks forward to living in NYC this summer and collaboratively learning with other urban educators from around the country at Summer Principals Academy.