On October 14, we welcomed our newest members to the Great Neck Teachers Association with food, drink, and important information regarding member benefits. Our new members are as follows:

ELEMENTARY

E.M. Baker School: Veronica Brendel (music), Madeline Dressner (grade 3), Kristin Eberhardt (special education, grade 4), Lindsey Glad (grade 3), Sivan Karo (grade 3), Anita Minakyan (mathematics lab), Cori Pahl (grade 4), Helen Primrose (physical education/health; also at SEAL Program), Kate Rosenzweig (special education, grade 2), and Nicole Viscomi (grade 2).

J.F. Kennedy School: Christine Ahl (English as a New Language, ENL; also at Baker), Gina Boneri (special education, grade 5), Claire Butler-Saur (special education, kindergarten), Lauren Heck (physical education), and Gabrielle Levy (grade 3).

Lakeville School: Tara Ardizzone (grade 3), Stephanie Bailyn (grade 4), Lisa Granath (special education, grade 5), Lori Karson (special education, grade 4), Adrienne Koslow (grade 1), Jennifer Seiden (grade 3), and Jaclyn Sharoni (grade 4).

Parkville School: Dara Gelb (special education, kindergarten), Linda Haas (art; also at South High School), Maria Tsonis (social worker), and Kristen Venezia (ENL).

Saddle Rock School: Fernanda Bravo (ENL), Evan Chen (special education, grade 3), Colleen Guarneiri (ENL; also at Lakeville), and Meredith Moss (special education, grade 4).


SECONDARY

North High School: Hanna Bokhour (Hebrew), Keith Crowley (educational TV; also at North Middle School), Joshua Fialkow (social studies), Todd Henao (English), David Jacobs (science), Lauralee Kelly (special education), Erin Lee (ENL), Casie Ludemann (social studies), John-Paul Mannebach (social studies), Joni Melville (mathematics), Daniel Moriarty (special education), Caitlin Morrell (English), Yamit Nassiri (Hebrew), Kristen Nersesian (mathematics), Heather Parris-Fitzpatrick (ENL), Joseph Puleio (mathematics), Ilana Meredith Schikler (drama), Alison Silk (Spanish), and Lloyd Sussman (special education).

North Middle School: Lauren Frenz (mathematics), Jaclyn Mazur (social studies; also at North High), Brendan Nelson (guidance counselor), Elizabeth Oggeri (mathematics), Paul Reilly (social studies), Trina Rice (English), Cinthia Serowik (English department head), Qianyun (Amber) Wang (Mandarin; also at South High), and Rachael Weissman (social studies).

South High School: Erica Beggs (guidance counselor), Amanda Berry (Spanish), Neel Chugh (mathematics department head), Keely Coco (guidance counselor), Vanessa Cum (science), Denise Gentile-Staniszewski (guidance counselor), Rebecca Gottesman (guidance department head), Laura Kesselman (mathematics), Lisa Kmiotek (special education), Joseph Lipani (mathematics; also at North High), Nicole Martinek (special education), Nicole Spinelli (science), Megan Wilvert (science), Brooke Zaiff (Spanish), and Andrea Zinn (mathematics).

South Middle School: Jessica Chase (guidance counselor), Nathalie Coulon (French), Maria Giannopoulos (Latin; also at North Middle), Arielle Panzarino (family and consumer science), Jessie Peters (English lab), and Elena Teixeira (family and consumer science).

SEAL (Supportive Environment for All Learners) Program is Tara Jacobs (English).