Background
Mirkin, Rena Potish was born on April 9, 1943 in Brookline, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Samuel and Ethel Frances (Somerset) Potish.
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Rena Potish Mirkin
Edit ProfileEducation
Bachelor, U. Massachusetts, 1965; Master of Arts, Boston College, 1980; Master of Education, U. Massachusetts, 1989.
Career
Teacher, Massachusetts Fields School/Atherton Hough School, Quincy, Massachusetts, 1965-1970;
researcher, Research Institute for Ednl. Problems, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1976-1970;
teacher, Lexington (Massachusetts) Nursery & Kindergarten, 1979-1981;
guidance counselor, South Junior High School, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1980-1981;
teacher, Reading (Massachusetts) Memorial High School, 1981-1983;
guidance director, Reading (Massachusetts) Memorial High School, 1983-1987;
assistant principal, Milton (Massachusetts) High School, 1987-1991;
principal, Reading Memorial High School, since 1991. Admissions board, counselor Massachusetts Advanced Summer Studies Program, Milton, 1986-1991.
Board directors Hebrew College, Brookline, 1988-1990. Host Inside RMHS-Cable television Show, Reading, since 1992. Charter member, advisory board Business Partnership, Reading, since 1991.
Achievements
Membership
Charter member Student Alliance Against Racism, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, 1989. Board directors Temple Emeth, Brookline, since 1980. Executive Board member Brookline High School Parent-Teachers Association, 1985-1988.
Member American Association of University Women, ASCD, Massachusetts Secondary School Prins. Association, Essex County Principal's Association, Middlesex Principal's Association, Harvard Principal's Center, North ShoreGuidance Counselors Association (president 1985-1986), Greater Boston Guidance Association (Vice-President 1986-1987), Phi Delta Kappa.
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Married Howard Ira Mirkin, June 15, 1965. Children: Samuel Michael, Elissa Naomi.
