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). 

Districtwide Teachers

Two new teachers will serve districtwide, K–12. They are Kelly Bedford (speech therapist) and Jennifer Hallissy (occupational therapist).

Elementary Teachers

New elementary teachers, in alphabetical order (with their subject areas and schools): David Cheng (psychologist, E.M. Baker), Elizabeth Gebert (nurse, Parkville), Kaitlin Grubb (speech therapist, Parkville), Connor Heaney (special education, J.F. Kennedy), Julie Insinga (kindergarten, Parkville), Christina Kalamotousakis (nurse, Baker), Kathleen Koster (grade 3, Lakeville), Heather Little (music, Baker), Gillian Mann (special education, Baker), Courtney Masone-Kyriakou (reading, Baker), Melissa Mulvey (special education, Kennedy), Lisa Nightingale (art, Baker), Angela Osa (reading, Baker), and Kristen Pappas (special education, Baker).

Secondary Teachers

New secondary teachers, in alphabetical order (with their subject areas and schools): Zachary Boyt (mathematics department head, North Middle), Lindsay Burcyk (special education, South Middle), Aeneas Carravetta (mathematics, North Middle), Lisa DiLorenzo (special education, North Middle), Joshua Dugan (special education, South Middle), Margaret Dunne (English, South High), Lea Lisa Farazmand (nurse, North Middle), Lauren Ferguson (science, North Middle), Lauren Fiore (study skills, South High), Meghan Flynn (special education, North Middle), Gennaro Fontano (social studies, South High), Alissa Gomoka (mathematics, North High), Regina Gruner (family/consumer science, South Middle), Linda Haase (art, South High), Gala Handler (foreign language department head, South High), Nicole Jacoberger (social studies, North High), Erin Keys (special education, South Middle), Christine Pallante (science, South  Middle), Victoria Paparatto (speech therapist, North & South High), Savannah Puca (special education, North Middle), Marlene Ramos-Velita (foreign language department head, South Middle), Erin Schneiderman (special education, South High), Nicholas Sepe (special education, South High), Kristen Serio (special education, South High), Kristen Sidik (special education, South Middle), Alison Silk (Spanish, North High), Ian Western (special education, South Middle), and Hao Wu (Mandarin Chinese, North High). - List courtesy of Jessica Vega, GNPS Public Relations