Administration
Ben Donaldson - Principal
I began my career in education as a basketball coach and after school program coordinator in Portland, Oregon. Working with middle and high school students inspired me to leave my job doing research, database management and cartography to enroll in a graduate program at Lewis and Clark College. There I learned to examine my layers of identities and to think about how each of them impact my interactions and relationships with colleagues, families and students.
I was lucky to teach and learn about science and math with 6th-12th graders at Rowe Middle School, Thornton Academy Middle School and Casco Bay High School for 9 years before moving into an Assistant Principal position at Mahoney Middle School. In 2016 the principalship opened at Moore Middle School and, while I still had much to learn about being an excellent AP, the chance to join the Moore community was too good to pass up.
Darralynn Jones - Assistant Principal
Darralynn feels incredibly honored to have been chosen to work alongside Principal Ben Donaldson to lead the instructional efforts at Lyman Moore Middle School. She looks forward to building relationships and creating a safe, strong learning environment for students and staff.
Darralynn is a native of Detroit, Michigan. After graduation from high school, she moved to Ohio to pursue a degree in biology pre-med from Central State University and earned a bachelor's degree in biology. Next, she pursued a master's degree in educational leadership from Marygrove College. After graduate school, she started her family, then went into teaching grades 6-12. During her 17-year career as an educator, she has served students as both a teacher and in leadership roles as a content and cultural leader.