Penny Piantedosi

Penny Piantedosi

Here is an outline of Stuart Asch's introduction of Penny Piantedosi:

Husband Dom and sons:

Dominic - 30 years old - Engineer at Daimler-Chrysler

Avery - 27 years old - Artist in NY, free spirit

New York City

High School of Music & Art

Barnard College

    Jobs                

Postmistress at Point 0’ Woods on Fire Island where she learned to sort mail and cater to the whims of rich people.

Counselor and itinerant vacation bible school teacher in the U.P. 

    First real job    

Paid to “practice” teach at Pontiac Northern H.S. for $4,000.00 per year while Dom taught in the inner city of Detroit. Professional meetings were held at Rip & Fortino’s 

Had first child 7 years later and became a full time mother for the ensuing years

Returned to work as a docent at the Cranbrook Art Academy Museum 

Took a paying position as a counselor for the Ferndale Adult Ed Program 

Another position as a counselor for a K-12 private school in Southfield then worked at the Manoogian School for the next 4-5 years. 

For the last 11 years Penny has worked in Royal Oak, beginning with a stint as a warden of the in-house suspension room at Kimball and ending up with being a counselor at Keller

   Has an incredibly neat desk 

Amazing vocabulary

e.g. Lugubrious( lah goo bree us)

   "The lugubrious student suffered through another day."

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