All Saints school gets new principal
Steven Dorko, principal of St. Sebastian School and in his eighth year as a teacher and administrator at Belle Vernon Catholic School, also is serving as principal of All Saints. Trent Bocan, superintendent of Catholic schools for the Diocese of Greensburg, made the announcement in August.
The former principal of All Saints, Bernard Kubitza, left earlier this summer to become president and principal of Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic High School in Altoona.
Bocan also announced that Lori Sagosky, who is in her 10th year as a teacher and administrator at All Saints, will be the lead teacher at the Masontown school and be responsible for its daily operations.
“This team approach will provide strong, effective leadership at All Saints Regional School,” Bocan said. “Steven Dorko and Lori Sagosky have shown their commitment to Catholic education in their service as teachers and leaders at their schools. This team approach wil serve both schools well.
“Steven has been an extremely effective leader at St. Sebastian and we are confident he will provide that same commitment to excellence as the academic and faith formation leader at All Saints,” Bocan said.
Dorko has a bachelor’s degree in elementary education, a master’s degree in educational administration and his principal certification for kindergarten through 12th grade from California University of Pennsylvania.
He served in a variety of teaching and administrative capacities at St. Sebastian School for five years before being named principal in August 2007.
“I am looking forward to working with Lori, the faculty, staff and parents at All Saints Regional School. They really care about the school and they do everything they can to support it,” Dorko said.
Sagosky has a bachelor’s degree in elementary/early childhood education, a master’s degree in education and instructional certifications in early childhood and elementary education and as a reading specialist.
“I look forward to working with Steve and sharing resources and ideas,” Sagosky said. “I believe this leadership approach will serve All Saints Regional School well. We have many dedicated people here, from the parents, staff and faculty to the pastor, Father John Butler, and many other leaders in the parish, community and diocese.”
Dorko said the St. Sebastian School leadership team will include Kathy Warfield as lead teacher and Bill Domiano as assistant.
“St. Sebastian School has a strong faulty and staff team in place. The school is moving in a great direction, and I expect that to continue as I serve as principal of another school,” Dorko said.
Dorko lives in Irwin with his wife, Lori.
Sagosky lives in Masontown.
Warfield is in her 39th year as a teacher and administrator for Catholic schools in the diocese. A principal for 10 years at the former Epiphany of Our Lord School, Monessen, where she also taught for 27 years, Warfield teaches English, science, social studies and health to fourth- and fifth-graders at St. Sebastian and religion to fifth-grader students. She has a bachelor’s degree in elementary education with certification in early childhood development from California University, where she also took graduate classes. She and her husband life, Harold, live in Monessen.
Domiano is in his sixth year as a teacher at St. Sebastian School. He teaches computers for grades kindergarten through 8th grade and science for seventh-graders. He has a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania and lives in Leechburg.