Niskayuna High School Staff Directory and Teacher Webpages

Principal: John Rickert, jrickert@niskyschools.org

Asst. Principal (Gr. 11): Anthony Malizia, amalizia@niskyschools.org

Asst. Principal (Gr. 9-10): Joseph Coleman, jcoleman@niskyschools.org

Nurses: Patrice Adams, nursesNHS@niskyschools.org

Sascha Cade, nursesNHS@niskyschools.org

Departments

• Art & Design
• Business
• Counseling
• English
• Family & Consumer Sciences
• Human Ecology
• Library Contacts
• Mathematics
• Music
• Physical Education
• School Psychologists
• Science and Engineering Technology
• Social Studies
• Special Education Contacts
• Technology
• World Language

Art & Design Department

• Sara Bussert (Director), sbussert@niskyschools.org
• Amy De Soyza, adesoyza@niskyschools.org
• Stephanie Palazeke, spalazeke@niskyschools.org
• Jane Romm, jromm@niskyschools.org
• Lauren Lyons, llyons@niskyschools.org
• Melissa Leach, mleach@niskyschools.org
• Melissa Valente, mvalente@niskyschools.org

Business

• Janice Lindsay, jlindsay@niskyschools.org
• MaryJane MacPherson, mmacpherson@niskyschools.org | Mrs. MacPherson’s Website
• Joanna Reader, jreader@niskyschools.org | Ms. Reader’s Website
• Katherine LaPorta, klaporta@niskyschools.org

Counseling

• Tim Albanese, talbanese@niskyschools.org
• Vince Bianchi, VBianchi@niskyschools.org – Student Activities
• Nancy Bushee, nbushee@niskyschools.org (Teacher Leader)
• Meghan Farquharson, mfarquharson@niskyschools.org – Social Worker
• Mimi Hajjar, ahajjar@niskyschools.org
• Annie Hughes, ahughes@niskyschools.org
• Allison Nunez, anunez@niskyschools.org – Social Worker
• Leah Wertz, lwertz@niskyschools.org

English

• Megan Collins (Director of ELA, Reading and Library Media), mcollins2@niskyschools.org
• Amber DeSimony, adesimony@niskyschools.org
• James Edgar, jedgar@niskyschools.org
• Annemarie Ihnatolya, aihnatolya@niskyschools.org
• Emily Hass, ehass@niskyschools.org
• Thomas Lester, tlester@niskyschools.org
• Katie McCarty, kmccarty@niskyschools.org
• Kelly Millett, kmillett@niskyschools.org
• Kelly Moore, kmoore@niskyschools.org 
• Christopher Pierson, cpierson@niskyschools.org
• Kristin Richard (Teacher Leader), krichard@niskyschools.org
• Brandi Weidman, bweidman@niskyschools.org
  
• Carol White, cwhite@niskyschools.org
• Jacquelyn Woods, jwoods@niskyschools.org

FACS (Family & Consumer Sciences)

• Michele Moscinski, mmoscinski@niskyschools.org | Mrs. Moscinski’s Website
• Jesse Rose, jsrose@niskyschools.org

Human Ecology

• Lonnie Halusic, LHalusic@niskyschools.org
• Ryan O’Connell, roconnell@niskyschools.org

Library

• Donna McAndrews (Librarian), dmcandrews@niskyschools.org

Mathematics

• Megan Johnson (Director of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math), mjohnson2@niskyschools.org
• Jason DeRocco, jderocco@niskyschools.org | Mr. DeRocco’s Website
• Shana DeRocco, sderocco@niskyschools.org | Mrs. DeRocco’s Website
• Laura Favata, lfavata@niskyschools.org | Mrs. Favata’s Website
• Stephanie Franck, sfranck@niskyschools.org
• Carey Grigas, cgrigas@niskyschools.org | Mrs. Grigas’ Website
• Jessica Hallock, jhallock@niskyschools.org | Mrs. Hallock’s Website
• Michelle Hawkins, mhawkins@niskyschools.org
• Keith Landry, klandry@niskyschools.org | Mr. Landry’s Website
• Dan Mattoon, dmattoon@niskyschools.org | Mr. Mattoon’s Website
• Angela Netoskie, anetoskie@niskyschools.org | Mrs. Netoskie’s Website
• Kerri Pangburn-Skinner, kpangburnskinner@niskyschools.org
• Ashley Rickert, arickert@niskyschools.org | Mrs. Rickert’s Website
• Patricia Ryan, pryan@niskyschools.org | Mrs. P. Ryan’s Website
• Cheryl Stockwell (Teacher Leader), cstockwell@niskyschools.org | Mrs. Stockwell’s Website

Music

• Eric Hughes (Director), ehughes@niskyschools.org
• Dave Fisk (Jazz), dfisk@niskyschools.org
• Stacey McClenon (Orchestra), smcclenon@niskyschools.org
• Brian Mooney (Orchestra), bmooney@niskyschools.org
• Phil Pandori (Band), ppandori@niskyschools.org
• Christina Pizzino-Catalano (Choral), cpizzino-catalano@niskyschools.org | Mrs. Pizzino-Catalano’s Website
• Holly Johnston (Skills), hjohnston@niskyschools.org

Physical Education

• Larry Gillooley (Director), lgillooley@niskyschools.org
• Michael Black, mblack@niskyschools.org
• Alison Camarota, acamarota@niskyschools.org
• Brian Grastorf, bgrastorf@niskyschools.org
• Sarah Neely, SANeely@niskyschools.org
• Jessica Stanton, jstanton@niskyschools.org
• Michael Vorgang, mvorgang@niskyschools.org

School Psychologists

• Mary Cloutier, mcloutier@niskyschools.org
• Jennifer Reittinger, jreittinger@niskyschools.org

Science and Engineering Technology

• Megan Johnson (Director of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math), mjohnson2@niskyschools.org
• Thomas Delancey, tdelancey@niskyschools.org
• Christopher Delano, cdelano@niskyschools.org | Mr. Delano’s Website
• Meagan Hughes, mhughes@niskyschools.org | Mrs. Hughes’ Website
• Christopher Jennings, cjennings@niskyschools.org
• Sherra Johnson, sjohnson@niskyschools.org
• Elizabeth Kenny, ekenny@niskyschools.org
• Kara McLaughlin, kmclaughlin@niskyschools.org
• Jeremy Lundy, jlundy@niskyschools.org | Website
• Jeffrey Ormsbee, jormsbee@niskyschools.org | Mr. Ormsbee’s Website
• Jill Paquette, jpaquette@niskyschools.org
• Chelsea Perkins, cperkins@niskyschools.org
• Paul Scott (Teacher Leader), pscott@niskyschools.org | Mr. Scott’s Website
• Joseph Spollen, jspollen@niskyschools.org
• Margaret Varin, mvarin@niskyschools.org | Ms. Varin’s Website

Social Studies

• Michael Elliott (Director), melliott@niskyschools.org
• Jason Bach, jbach@niskyschools.org
• Michael Banaszewski, mbanaszewski@niskyschools.org
• David Bloom, dbloom@niskyschools.org
• Michael Dickerson, mdickerson@niskyschools.org
• Mary Eads, meads@niskyschools.org
• Stephen Eichfeld, seichfeld@niskyschools.org
• Bryan Mattice, bmattice@niskyschools.org | Mr. Mattice’s Website
• Peter Melito (Teacher Leader), pmelito@niskyschools.org
• Sean O’Connell, SOConnell@niskyschools.org
• Kelly Oppenheimer, koppenheimer@niskyschools.org
• Michael Peters, mpeters@niskyschools.org
• Kristen Ryan, kryan@niskyschools.org | Mrs. K. Ryan’s Website
• Robyn Salvin, rsalvin@niskyschools.org
• Heather Workman | Ms. Workman’s Website (Choose parent or student and enter access code WZCG9-P5GDV)

Special Education

• Sarah Best, sbest@niskyschools.org
• Dawn Dagostino, ddagostino@niskyschools.org
• Laurie DiCaprio, ldicaprio@niskyschools.org
• Fred Ebert, febert@niskyschools.org
• Lindsay Giabanis, lgiabanis@niskyschools.org
• John Leclerc, JLeclerc@niskyschools.org
• Adria Marra, amarra@niskyschools.org
• Cindy Marsche, cmarsche@niskyschools.org
• Michelle Niro-Booth (Teacher Leader), MNiro@niskyschools.org
• Megan Noonan, mnoonan@niskyschools.org 
• Shaun Roth, sroth@niskyschools.org
• Jeannine Spade, jspade@niskyschools.org
• Denise Squadere, DSquadere@niskyschools.org
• Kelly Torres, ktorres@niskyschools.org

Technology

• Megan Johnson (Director of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math), mjohnson2@niskyschools.org
• Rich DeSimony, rdesimony@niskyschools.org
• Michael Petrone, mpetrone@niskyschools.org
• Mike Sogoian, msogoian@niskyschools.org

World Language

• Michael Elliott (Director), melliott@niskyschools.org
• Victor Alcántara, valcantara@niskyschools.org | Senor Alcántara’s Website
• Clayton Callahan, ccallahan@niskyschools.org | Monsieur Callahan’s Website
• Lainie Christou, lchristou@niskyschools.org | Senora Christou’s Website
• Caroline Gardiner, cgardiner@niskyschools.org | Senora Gardiner’s Website
• Jennifer Karp, jkarp@niskyschools.org 
• Kelly Lehmann – ESL, klehmann@niskyschools.org | Ms. Lehmann’s Website
• Amy Martin, amartin@niskyschools.org | Madame Martin’s Website
• Meghan Miller, mmiller@niskyschools.org
• Tracy Prebish, tprebish@niskyschools.org
• Ruijuan Steinberg, rsteinberg@niskyschools.org
• Danielle Vincent, dvincent@niskyschools.org