Principal: Debra Berndt, dberndt@niskyschools.org

Secretary: Stephanie Kane, skane@niskyschools.org

Nurse: Kimberly Towne, ktowne@niskyschools.org

Classroom Teachers

Kindergarten

• Caitlin Benson, cbenson@niskyschools.org
• Bree Bielawski, bbielawski@niskyschools.org
• Jeff Parisi, jparisi@niskyschools.org

First Grade

• Allison Cappiello, acappiello@niskyschools.org
• Courtney Leamy, cleamy@niskyschools.org
• Ashley Mastrianni, amastrianni@niskyschools.org

Second Grade

• Maura Collins, mcollins@niskyschools.org
• Jennifer Mooney, jmooney@niskyschools.org
• Amelia Pesez, apesez@niskyschools.org

Third Grade

• Jennifer Kennedy, jkennedy@niskyschools.org | Mrs. Kennedy’s Website
• Kelly Opiela, kopiela@niskyschools.org
• Amy Santandrea, asantandrea@niskyschools.org

Fourth Grade

• Cynthia Castren, ccastren@niskyschools.org | Mrs. Castren’s Website
• Lisa Luyckx, eluyckx@niskyschools.org
• Ellen DiRienzo, edirienzo@niskyschools.org | Mrs. DiRienzo’s Website

Fifth Grade

• Jenna Marcal, jmarcal@niskyschools.org
• Brian Rogers, brogers@niskyschools.org

Permanent Sub: Cheryl Bianconi, cbianconi@niskyschools.org

IMN

• IMN K-2: Caroline Colwell, ccolwell@niskyschools.org
• IMN K-2 Teaching Assistants: Alison Forsythe, Amanda Gray, Jennifer Knapp, Louis Kontakos
• IMN 3-5: Nicole Chiudina, nchiudina@niskyschools.org
• IMN 3-5 Teaching Assistants: Marisa Etkin, Peter Coumbes, Maureen Dykstra, Marala Ejlli

Special Education

• Elizabeth Meany, emeany@niskyschools.org
• Kristy Mahar, kmahar@niskyschools.org
• Kathleen Vermilyea, kvermilyea@niskyschools.org

Special Area Teachers

Accelerated Math

• Mary Malatesta, mmalatesta@niskyschools.org

Art

• Chloe Dudla, cdudla@niskyschools.org
• Liza Hart, lhart@niskyschools.org

Computer Lab

• Alexis Licht, alicht@niskyschools.org

Media Center

Birchwood Library Media Center Website

• Kate Kirkpatrick, kkirkpatrick@niskyschools.org

Music

• Rebecca Farrell, rfarrell@niskyschools.org
• Band: Sue Kokernak, skokernak@niskyschools.org
• Orchestra: Brenda Hartman, bschmidt@niskyschools.org

Physical Education

• Darryl Bray, dbray@niskyschools.org
• Kris West, kwest@niskyschools.org

Support

• Psychologist: Brandon Senisi, bsenisi@niskyschools.org
• Social Worker: Bailey Pangman, bpangman@niskyschools.org; Marina Maxwell, mmaxwell@niskyschools.org
• Speech Therapist: Sandy Hawkins, shawkins@niskyschools.org
• ESL/ENL: Carla Pakosz, cpakosz@niskyschools.org
• Occupational Therapist: Jennifer Greene-Gillooley, jgreene-gillooley@niskyschools.org
• Physical Therapist: Elissa Fromowitz, efromowitz@niskyschools.org
• Reading: Rachelle Colloton, rcolloton@niskyschools.org, and Meghan Halley, mflanders@niskyschools.org, Website

Teaching Assistants/Educational Assistants

• Nancy Cook
• Margaret Knickerbocker
• Denise Palatsky
• Paula Miller
• Anne KoutsakisHeather Kos

Clerical Assistants

• Patricia Paparella
• Colleen Szepek
• Lisa Webber
• Jennifer Gibson

Custodial/Cafeteria Staff

• Head Custodian: Eric Bennett, ebennett@niskyschools.org
• Evening Custodians: Al Garrison & Maria Lasher
• Head Cook/Manager: Nadene Pangburn, npangburn@niskyschools.org
• Line Cook/Cashier: Nadia Vellajo