Rich Dioli named director of Sacred Heart Schools

Richard A. Dioli, principal of Sacred Heart Preparatory High School for 14 years, is the new director of Sacred Heart Schools in Atherton, it was announced Aug. 2.

In this position he will oversee the three Roman Catholic schools on the campus off Valparaiso Avenue — Sacred Heart Preparatory High School, St. Joseph’s School of the Sacred Heart with grades 1-8, and the Montessori preschool and kindergarten. Each of the schools has its own principal.

Mr. Dioli succeeds Joseph J. Ciancaglini, who will move to New York City as head of the Convent of the Sacred Heart, a sister school.

“Rich is a strong, experienced leader with an outstanding track record of success,” said Mindy Rogers, board chair of Sacred Heart Schools.

He built a team that “materially improved the high school on every dimension,” she said. He is committed “at a very personal level” to the schools’ success, she added.

Prior to coming to Sacred Heart, Mr. Dioli was dean of students at Woodside Priory School.

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