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Sam Massahos Lands Dream Job at Haverhill High

Tracy Encarnacao (right), director of guidance at Haverhill High School, and her dedicated new counselor, Sam Massahos  ’10, M’13
Tracy Encarnacao (right), director of guidance at Haverhill High School, and her dedicated new counselor, Sam Massahos ’10, M’13

Talk about a happy camper! Samantha Massahos ’10, M’13 was recently hired as a school counselor at Haverhill High School (Haverhill, MA). She was so delighted, and so appreciative of the preparation she received here at KSC, that she sent us this very enthusiastic email:

I wanted to share with you my story of how KSC was extremely helpful in helping me land my dream job! I graduated from KSC in 2010 with a bachelors in psychology and a M.Ed. in School Counseling in 2013. If it wasn’t for KSC, Education Lecturer Garry Gleckel, and others at the school I would not be working in the Haverhill Public School district in my dream job as a school counselor.

When I was a masters student, Mr. Gleckel connected me with Tracy Encarnacao at Alvirne High School, where I completed my internship. Because of the skills I learned through the school counseling program, I stayed connected with Tracy. She relocated and became the director of guidance at Haverhill High School, and when she had a job opening, she contacted me. I interviewed for the position and got the job!

I now work as a school counselor at Haverhill High School, an amazing district that does great things for students. KSC’s masters program and amazing teachers and staff opened the doors to my dream job. They taught me the skills and gave me the connections to “go forth to serve.” I’m also happy that I learned about diversity issues at Keene, which has really helped me embrace the diversity here at Haverhill. I am a proud KSC alum and wanted to share my story and hope you could share it with students, faculty, and alums to let them know that KSC does an excellent job of connecting students to careers.

—Samantha Massahos

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