14 New Staff Members Join West Essex High School Faculty

West Essex High School welcomes 14 new staff members for the 2014-15 school year. The new teachers attended the special new teacher orientation program August 26-28. The photo above features the new high school staff. West Essex Middle School also welcomed new faculty. The district also gained a new arts supervisor.

Pictured in the top row, left to right, are: High School English Teacher Tom Collins, Special Education Teacher Maria Cirello, Guidance Counselor Tracy Longo, Guidance Counselor Rachel Ciottariello, Social Studies Teacher Amanda Fernicola, English Teacher Virginia Dunphy, Chinese Teacher LiJuan Yan, English Teacher Aaron Myerson, and English Teacher Erik Carollo.

Pictured in the bottom row, left to right, are: Math Teacher Vincent Carchietta, Math Teacher Alyssa Lore, Spanish Teacher Lucia Parellada, Spanish Teacher JoAnn Salzarulo and Italian Teacher Cristina Pivetta.

The teachers attended special training programs and presentations by different departments.

Information and photo courtesy of Allison Freeman, Manager of Communications & Community Outreach, West Essex Regional Schools.

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