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Lucia Fonseca Named Assistant Director of ACES International Education

January 20th, 2022

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

(North Haven, CT – January 20, 2022) Area Cooperative Educational Services (ACES) is pleased to announce the appointment of Lucia Fonseca as Assistant Director of ACES International Education. Lucia will join Director Jason Hiruo on the ACES International service division’s administration team. Prior to her appointment as Assistant Director, Lucia was an English Language Arts teacher at ACES at Chase (the former Thomas Edison Magnet Middle School in Meriden) for 16 years. 

"We are very excited to have Lucia join ACES International Education as the new Assistant Director," said ACES Executive Director, Thomas Danehy. "Her overall teaching experience, along with her ability to apply her leadership skills in a dynamic education setting, embodies the ACES mission of transforming lives through education, innovation, and leadership.”

Lucia holds a sixth-year degree in Education Leadership from Southern Connecticut State University, a Master of Arts degree in Curriculum & Instruction from Fairfield University, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from Marist College. Additionally, Lucia is fluent in the oral expressions of the Portuguese and Spanish languages.

“As the Assistant Director of ACES International Education, I’m committed to revolutionizing early education with our Spanish language immersion program at ACES at Helen Doron Academy,” said Lucia. “My team looks forward to providing excellence in early childhood education for a better future.”

Lucia will be assisting with the implementation of the first United States site for the Helen Doron Early Childhood Learning and Language Immersion Center—a preschool and after-school program that will include full language immersion in Spanish. Helen Doron Educational Group is celebrating over 35 years of educational success in 39 countries. Their groundbreaking methodology has earned the global franchise many awards and accolades. By creating an atmosphere of positive reinforcement, multisensory stimulation, and unconditional support in their kindergartens or learning centers, children are empowered with a successful start on the road to intellectual development, social integration, physical development, and a lifetime of achievement and joy in learning. ACES at Helen Doron Academy will be a preschool that is a parent-paid, tuition-based program with excellent outcomes for early learners.

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About ACES:

Area Cooperative Educational Services (ACES) is the regional educational service center for New Haven and parts of Middlesex Counties. Established in 1969, ACES strives each day to fulfill its vision of creating an equitable and socially just world, one life at a time. ACES serves its members districts and others through an ever-growing array of programs, services, and schools that meet the needs of a changing educational landscape. As a school district, ACES operates three magnet and eight special education schools. ACES services range from transportation, professional development, and school improvement services, technology, translation, international, security, and occupational and physical therapy. ACES operates the Open and Magnet School Parent Choice programs for New Haven County. Its programs include a federally funded Early Head Start Program and ACES ACCESS, a vocational and life skills program for developmentally and physically disabled adults ages 21 and older. For more information, go to www.aces.org.