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Karleen Keefe is the Assistant Principal at West Broadway Middle School. She has worked in education for 32 years, all with the Providence Public School District (PPSD). Upon graduating from college, Karleen was hired as director of the Summer Program at the West End Community Center. While there, she fell in love with the students and that ignited her journey as an educator in PPSD.

After two years as a substitute teacher, Karleen was hired in 1993 as a full-time teacher for MLL students. She taught 5th grade at Windmill Elementary School (now the Narducci Learning Center). During this time, Karleen worked with several community organizations, including the Indo-Chinese Advocacy Project and DCYF to help troubled juveniles find a better path. After three years at the elementary level, she took a leap of faith and decided to work at the middle school level.

In 1997, Karleen began a 14-year career at Bridgham Middle School (currently Asa Messer Elementary School) where she taught ESL and English. Upon the closing of BMS, she was hired at DelSesto Middle School in 2013. Karleen was excited to be back in the West End neighborhood and assist in opening a middle school. She was hired as an English teacher, Teacher Leader, and eventually became Dean of Students. Karleen began to pursue her degree in administration, which has brought her to her current position as Assistant Principal at West Broadway Middle School.

Karleen earned her Bachelor's degree in English and her Master's of Education in Educational Leadership from Rhode Island College in Providence, Rhode Island. She received her Elementary Education Certification, Middle School Endorsement, and English as a Second Language (ESL) Endorsement from the college as well.

In her 32 years, Karleen is thankful to have met and worked alongside extremely talented educators and administrators. She has learned more from her students than she could have ever imagined. Their ability to persevere has given Karleen the motivation to continue working to provide the leadership they deserve.

"No Significant Learning Occurs without a Significant Relationship." - Dr. James Comer

Sherri Mooney is the Assistant Principal at West Broadway Middle School. She has been serving the students in the Providence Public School District (PPSD) since 2000. Prior to becoming Assistant Principal, Sherri served as lead School Counselor as well as the Social Emotional Learning (SEL) and Attendance Coordinator at West Broadway Middle School, and she had been in that role since 2015. Prior to coming to West Broadway, Sherri worked in Special Education at DelSesto Middle School and former Carl G. Lauro Elementary School.

Sherri earned her Bachelor's degree from Rhode Island College in Providence, Rhode Island, and she received her Master's of Education degree from Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island.

In 2021, the West Broadway Neighborhood Association (WBNA) recognized Sherri with the Neighborhood Public School Hero Award. Sherri's mission has, and always will be, to empower students to develop skills to collaborate, communicate, evaluate, think critically, cope, and regulate emotions; to empower students to develop behaviors of integrity, respect, grit, perseverance, and goal-setting; and to empower students to develop a mindset of growth, self-confidence, and self-efficacy.