Welcome to the Middletown Area School District

Thomas Shaffer
Principal (Fink) | Assistant Principal (MAMS)

I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself to you.  My name is Tom Shaffer.  I am a 1986 graduate of Middletown Area High School.  I currently reside within the Middletown Area School District with my wife and three children.  I have lived within the district for over 20 years.

Upon graduating from Middletown Area High School I furthered my educational career at Millersville University and finished my undergraduate studies with a Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education in 1991.  Later, I went to Penn State University Harrisburg for a Masters in Health Education.  I received my Principal’s Certification in 2005 from Penn State University Harrisburg.

I have been involved in education since 1991, 13 years of classroom experience and administrative experience beginning in 2005.   While in the classroom, I taught grades 4-6 for the Central Dauphin School District.  After leaving the classroom at the end of the 2005 school year, I was a traveling principal, servicing Chambers Hill Elementary School and South Side Elementary School.  I served one year as principal at Tri-Community Elementary School during the 2006-2007 school year.  Then I transitioned into the Middletown Area School District to become the principal at John C. Kunkel Elementary building.  I was in the principal role at that building from 2007-2011.

I am looking forward to continuing my service to the Middletown Area School District in my new role as Principal at Fink Elementary School and Assistant Principal at the Middletown Area Middle School.