Anne Scatolini, M.Ed. '08

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Anne Scatolini, M.Ed. '08, was selected as a runners-up for Road Scholar’s 2026 Educator Legacy Award.

Scatolini retired in 2025 after teaching leadership, English language arts, theatre, music, art, library arts, organic regenerative gardening, social justice and mindfulness for 20 years. She has been a leader in education in urban communities throughout her teaching career. As the granddaughter of Irish and Italian immigrants and the first in her family to attend college, Scatolini’s commitment to her students is rooted in her own experience navigating the path to higher education. She has a passion and talent for bringing real-world opportunities to her students and their families by building strong partnerships with community organizations and connecting them directly to the classroom.

When her students experienced stress-related challenges, Scatolini personally funded the introduction of the Teen CALM (Connecting Adolescents to Learning Mindfulness) program and sustained it through grant writing and outreach.

She developed career pathway partnerships with The Actors' Gang and Theatricum Botanicum, giving students opportunities to explore careers in the arts and entertainment industry, including access to scholarships and paid internships. Students also worked with NYU professor, writer, director, producer and actress Anna Deavere Smith on "Voices of Youth," a collection of personal narratives written by students and performed at The Broad Stage at the Santa Monica College Performing Arts Center.

Scatolini secured funding for a native habitat drought-tolerant school garden, which students designed, planted and continue to maintain with guidance from master gardener Jeff Mailes.

She was awarded a State Farm grant for students to design and paint a public service mural on the Phoenix Continuation High School campus titled Stay Alive: Don’t Text and Drive!

Scatolini brought the Skirball Cultural Center’s in-school residency program Women Hold Up Half the Sky to students at Westchester High School.

As a College Advisor, she has organized schoolwide assemblies with college representatives and personally guided students through the admissions and enrollment process across a wide range of institutions. Increasingly, her students are graduating and continuing on to higher education as a natural next step.

Scatolini believes that every child deserves a world-class education and meaningful opportunities to engage with the most important issues of our time. She is a dedicated advocate for her students, her colleagues and her school, and her impact is reflected in the accomplishments of the students she serves.