802-773-1935                                                               
dpfenning@rutlandhs.k12.vt.us

Diana Pfenning is the Director of the Tapestry Program serving Rutland City schools and the schools of the Rutland Central Supervisory Union.  Tapestry provides after school activities and summer programs for students in grades Kindergarten through eighth grade. She was hired during the summer of 2000 to implement a significant grant received from the US Department of Education to establish programs to “Keep the Lights On” in schools during the afternoons and summers.
In addition to a B.S. from Castleton College, Diana has a Masters in Education from Wheelock College.  Diana worked in early childhood education as an owner and teacher in a pre-school kindergarten and day care center; she was also the director of a private school in Massachusetts.  The Tapestry Program has thriving after school sites in three city schools, each of which becomes a full day summer program; a Homework Club and teen activities at the Middle School as well as many tutoring opportunities.  In the past four years, 1,800 students have been served in Tapestry.