Day-After-Day, Inc.

 

School-Aged Childcare Program serving the Horace Mann School District

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Day-After-Day Teachers

Diana A. Erba,

Executive Director

Diane has been with Day-After-Day since 1979. She started as the Head Teacher and became Executive Director in 1983. She grew up in Newton, and is a graduate of Newton South High School. Diane holds a Master’s degree in Higher Education and Administration from Boston College and an Undergraduate degree in Elementary Education from Rhode Island College. During the course of Diane's career she has been a coed resident camp Director at Camp Nawaka in the Berkshires of Massachusetts. Diane also worked at Boston College with a Senior/Freshman mentoring program (48 Hours). She is very fortunate and proud that she has had opportunities to work within the entire educational spectrum, from Kindergarten to College/Graduate students. She was awarded in September 2009 a proclamation for 30 years of teaching from Governor Deval Patrick, and former Newton Mayor David Cohen proclaimed September 26th as Diana Erba Day in the City of Newton. Diane feels her greatest accomplishment is that the majority of her teaching staff are Day-After-Day Alumni. 

Lauren Gallagher, 

Assistant Director-

Kindergarten Coordinator

Lauren Gallagher went through the Newton Public School system and graduated from Newton North High School (NNHS) in 2000. She then continued her education at Northeastern University earning a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration in 2005. Lauren is also an Alumni of D.A.D. and attended the program from Kindergarten to 6th grade. She has been with the full-time teaching staff since 2006. Lauren created our own Hip Hop Dance Club at Day-After-Day which includes all grade levels of children who perform yearly at the Horace Mann Talent Show. She has been dancing since she was 3 and will be performing on "Main Street" at Walt Disney World Orlando with her dance studio. Her music and choreography skills are certainly utilized and showcased annually with our Musical.

Her greatest achievement to date however, is the birth of her son JP in August 2011, the newest member of our Day-After-Day family. 

Bill Young,

Program Coordinator

Bill has been with D.A.D. since1993. He served in the United States Army where he was stationed in Italy. Prior to joining the D.A.D. teaching staff he taught Art in Bermuda and at St Clement High School. He is responsible for the Annual Haunted House and coordinating activities for our students 8-12 years old. He also designs and constructs the backdrop and sets for our Annual Musicals. In addition to D.A.D. he is a basketball and volleyball coach for the Cambridge Program for Individuals with Special Needs and lead the Mens Volleyball team to a State Championship. Bill is married and the proud father of a 16 year old son, Dylan.

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Greg Mann,

Sports Specialist

Gregory Mann is a product of the Newton Public Schools, but more importantly he is a Day-After-Day Alum.  He attended the University of Massachusetts at Amherst where he received a Bachelor's degree in Sociology and Spanish.  As our sports specialist Greg has started very popular and successful soccer and basketball leagues that involves our students grades 1st-6th. For the Kindergarteners Greg has a learning leaugue that teaches them the basics and fundamentals of the individual sports. Greg started our Fantasy Sports league with our older students and their families. Having had David Tynes as his PE teacher has certainly influenced Greg's teaching, as he continues to impart the tenets of Physical Education onto our students.

Matt Vello,

Sports Specialist

Matt Vello went through the Newton Public Schools and graduated from Newton North in 2001, he is also an Alum of D.A.D.  Matt has been a member of the teaching staff since September 2003.  Since May 2010 Matt has been a member of the Newton Fire Department (Station 2) and we are very fortunate that Matt continues his work at Day-After-Day on his off days from the Fire Department. He also acquired his EMT Certification from Boston University. He is part of the design team, and does the construction for our Annual Musicals and Haunted House. Matt is Day-After-Day's field trip coordinator, researching and planning unique and entertaining trips for the program.

Corrine Feeley,

Part Time Teacher

Corrine joined our staff in September 2011. She is Inclusion Assistant for Horace Mann ad joins us after the school day. Corrine is pursuing a Nursing Degree and is a Certified yoga instructor. 

Davis Larson,

Part Time Teacher

Davis joined our staff in September 2011. He is a College Sophmore at Mass Bay Community College and is a Certified EMT. He enjoys doing Art and Sports with our students. 

Assistant Teachers

We are very proud and fortunate that our college-aged students are also Alums of the D.A.D. program. They return during their semester breaks and they too are an important component of our teaching staff. 

Madison LiDonni (Sr.), Kate Gallagher (Soph.), Liz Thomas (Fr.), Jing Cox-Orrell (Fr.).

Student Aides

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The D.A.D. student aides are an integral part of our staff. All of our aides are alumni of the program. They serve as aides to the teachers and as role models for the D.A.D. children.

Kyle Alessi (Sr.), Keith Testa (Jr.), Mikayla Vecchione (Fr.), Christian Williams (Fr.) all at NNHS

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