Academics

Faculty Directory

CM has a dedicated and masterful faculty whose ongoing commitment to professional learning inspires our student body through insightful, boy-specific pedagogy.

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Caitlin Corsano

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Mrs. Corsano has moderated the National Honor Society and student-resource center during her time at CM.She has also managedpeer tutoring and study-strategy workshops after school while assisting in numerous theater productions. She taught Freshmen Writing at Boston College, tutored at BC’s Connors Family Learning Center, and has taught algebra, geometry, and calculus at St. Joseph's High School in Trumbull, CT.
Zoë Dienes
Ellen Eberly

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Ms. Eberly has coached the CM middle school speech team and overseen all five CM middle school hockey teams. She also coordinates the middle school Café LA series, during which she teaches students the basic skills needed for public speaking.Outside of CM, she serves on the Board of Directors of the Catholic Educators Collaborative at Stonehill College. She has two sons who both graduated from CM: Danny ’99 and Douglas ’05.
Edmund McCarthy

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Mr. Ed McCarthy comes to CM after serving as the English Department Chair at St. Paul’s School in Baltimore, and after serving as the Writing Program Director at St. Sebastian’s School. A coach of football and wrestling, Mr. McCarthy has also coached championship lacrosse teams in Massachusetts and Maryland. A former coach of the Boston Cannons of Major League Lacrosse, Coach McCarthy nevertheless stresses academics first. An undergraduate mathematics and literature major, he holds graduate degrees from Johns Hopkins, Columbia University, Middlebury College, and University of Massachusetts. In all of Mr. McCarthy’s classes, boys write, write, and write some more. Most importantly, Mr. McCarthy’s faith drives his teaching and coaching and care of boys at Catholic Memorial.
Maura Messinger

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Ms. Maura Messinger graduated Magna Cum Laude with a B.A. in English and humanities from Providence College. She holds a Master of Education from the University of Massachusetts. Over her career, she has worked at Milton High School, Boston Latin, and the Dean Luce School. Most recently, she has coordinated Religious Education for St. Gerard Majella parish. At CM, she teaches English and theology.
Leslye Porter

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Ms. Porter is a lifelong editor who previously worked at the American publishing company Simon and Schuster as a senior editor. She spent time as a freelance editor before dedicating herself to teaching English. In 2007, she arrived at CM and has since moderated the school’s poetry and writing clubs. Ms. Porter is a cross country coach and a member of CM's Scholars Council.
Matthew Trez

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