Garden City Hires New Assistant Principal For Stratford School

GARDEN CITY, NY — The Garden City School District appointed Lauren Quezada as the new assistant principal of the Stratford School.

Since 2019, Quezada has served as the K-12 instructional coach for Freeport Public Schools. For the past 13 years, she has also been a reading specialist, ELA lead teacher and general education teacher for both Freeport Public Schools and the New York City Department of Education.

Quezada established a strong foundation in curriculum development and implementation, teacher development and school leadership. She identified instructional strategies that highlight strengths and address areas of need. She believes that the power of literacy encompasses all and created the K-6 Cross Curricular Pacing Guides, which helped align instruction in ELA content areas.

During her tenure, she has worked diligently outside of the classroom to develop meaningful family learning experiences by facilitating literacy projects such as parent universities, family book clubs and family book nights.

Quezada holds a post-master’s advanced graduate certificate from Stony Brook University, Master of Science degrees from both Adelphi University and Touro College, and a Bachelor of Music from Catholic University of America.

“We are pleased to welcome Ms. Quezada to Garden City,” said Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kusum Sinha. “She will be a valuable asset to Stratford School and the entire district with her strong knowledge of reading and instruction. I am confident that we selected the best candidate to help move our vision for teaching and learning forward. She will be a great partner for Mr. Hartigan.”