Hicksville Schools Welcome Dozens Of New Teachers, Administrators

HICKSVILLE, NY — The Hicksville School District welcomed dozens of new teachers and administrators at its orientation event on Aug. 24 and 25.

The new educators gathered at Hicksville High School, where Superintendent Marianne Litzman and Assistant Superintendent for Personnel Rosemarie Coletti spoke to the group about what to expect for the upcoming year. Board of Education President Phil Heckler and PTA Council President Erin Guida also addressed the new staff members, welcoming them into the district.

The new staffers are:

Burns Avenue Elementary School
Caitlin Crowley, Pre-K; Diana Gallo, Pre-K; Alyssa Smith, Music (also at Dutch Lane School);
Jennifer Vigiano, First Grade Leave Replacement; and Alexandra Weiler, Instructional
Interventionist.

Dutch Lane Elementary School
Annamarie Abbatiello, Instructional Interventionist; Madison Cascio, Kindergarten;
Danielle Donnelly, Music; Kelly Hill, Special Education; and Nicholas Manolis, ESL.

East Street Elementary School
Dawn McCavanagh, Instructional Interventionist; Andrea Merk, Instructional
Interventionist; and Joslyn Thomas, Music (also at Old Country Road School).

Fork Lane Elementary School
Tammi LaBarbera, Instructional Interventionist; Jaclyn Nadelman, Instructional
Interventionist; Miroslava Pradella, Social Worker; and Peyton Scavelli, Special Education.

Lee Avenue Elementary School
Ashley Hershkopf, Instructional Interventionist; Alexandra Iannarelli, Special Education
Leave Replacement; and Georgia Paliouras, Instructional Interventionist.

Old Country Road Elementary School
Gloria Cruz, First Grade Bilingual Program; Sofia DeFalco, Instructional Interventionist; Sarah Formont, Kindergarten; Bianca Lopez, Fourth Grade; and Dawn Wicks, Instructional Interventionist.

Woodland Elementary School
Dana Carpentieri, Pre-K; Amanda Kronenberger, Fourth Grade; Kimm Pacer, Instructional
Interventionist; and Kristen Waldron, Instructional Interventionist.

Hicksville Middle School
Casey Bauer, Business Education; Madlyn Brandstetter Part-Time ESL; Noelle Chester,
Instructional Interventionist; Emily Cheverino, Instructional Interventionist; Jeremy
Conroy, Part-Time Special Education (also at High School); Mark Guiffre, Industrial Arts;
Katelyn Howell Luu, Social Worker; Jennifer LaBombard, Part-Time Science; Jackeline
Lopez Sangiorgio, Industrial Arts; Jamie Marrone, English; Alexander Sershen, Home
Economics; Jaspaul Singh, Part-Time English; Evan Stupak, Part-Time Social Studies; and
Jasmine Sultan, Science.

Hicksville High School
Kelly Bartley, Part-Time Science; Flavia Cestaro, Part-Time Spanish; Yeraldin Columbel,
Social Worker; Paraskevi Kavouras, Business Education; Mary LoBiondo, Part-Time
Business Education; Stephen McSweeney, Special Education; Kelly Minot, Social Studies;
Emma Pepe, Instructional Interventionist; Matthew Stephan, Part-Time Social Studies; and
Jaclyn Todd, Special Education.

Districtwide Teachers
Lauren Schlitt, Deaf and Hearing Impaired and Jessenia Villatoro, Elementary Guidance
Counselor.

Administrators
Alison Bruno, Administrator for Community and Public Information; Lauren Castellane,
Middle School Assistant Principal; Melissa Corbett, Director of Curriculum, Instruction and
Assessments for Pre-K-Grade 8; Susan Guiliano, Fork Lane School Principal; Brendan
McGowan, Supervisor of English, Reading and Libraries; Inna Mishiev, Director of Special
Education; Vicki Montalvo, Assistant Director of Special Education for Grades 6-12; and
Janet Suarez-Lovett, Supervisor of Foreign Languages, ESL and Bilingual Programs.