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Staff Directory

Birch School

Administration
Principal
Kerri Galante  Mailto for Kerri Galante

Assistant Principal
Meredith Kelly  Mailto for Meredith Kelly

Behavior Analyst
Sarah Heller  Mailto for Sarah Heller

District Psychologist
Jill Henriksen  Mailto for Jill Henriksen

Literacy Coach
Jennifer Brady  Mailto for Jennifer Brady
Peter Gangi  Mailto for Peter Gangi

Nurse
Jennifer Lopez  Mailto for Jennifer Lopez

Psychologist
Maria Petrolekas  Mailto for Maria Petrolekas

School Counselor
Karen Alaimo

Secretaries
Jayne Feihel  Mailto for Jayne Feihel
Janet Raider  Mailto for Janet Raider

Social Worker
Jarrod Alexander  Mailto for Jarrod Alexander
(Social Worker)
Julia DiGiacomo  Mailto for Julia DiGiacomo

Faculty and Staff
Kindergarten
Emily Campay  Mailto for Emily Campay
Traci D’Alessandro  Mailto for Traci D’Alessandro
(Resource Room Co-Teacher)

Colleen Ferrante  Mailto for Colleen Ferrante
Erika Gerardi  Mailto for Erika Gerardi

Denise Kvint  Mailto for Denise Kvint
Sara Beth Torns  Mailto for Sara Beth Torns

First Grade
Beth Appell  Mailto for Beth Appell
Colleen Ferrante  Mailto for Colleen Ferrante

Allysa Meirowitch  Mailto for Allysa Meirowitch
(Resource Room Co-Teacher)
Kelley Merkle  Mailto for Kelley Merkle

Heather O’Toole  Mailto for Heather O’Toole
Stacey Vigna  Mailto for Stacey Vigna

Second Grade
Kimberly DePalma  Mailto for Kimberly DePalma
Elizabeth Doheny  Mailto for Elizabeth Doheny

Colleen Ferrante  Mailto for Colleen Ferrante
Crystal Lopez  Mailto for Crystal Lopez

Mike Savastano  Mailto for Mike Savastano
(Resource Room Co-Teacher)

Third Grade
Soo Hyoun An  Mailto for Soo Hyoun An
Shauna Mastellon  Mailto for Shauna Mastellon
(Resource Room Co-Teacher)

Sherri Millevoi  Mailto for Sherri Millevoi
Amanda Papa  Mailto for Amanda Papa

Laura Rose  Mailto for Laura Rose
Kathy Savino  Mailto for Kathy Savino

Fourth Grade
Julie Gilliam  Mailto for Julie Gilliam
Grace Horcher  Mailto for Grace Horcher

Alison Ippolito  Mailto for Alison Ippolito
Patricia Luberto  Mailto for Patricia Luberto
(Resource Room Co-Teacher)

Kathy Savino  Mailto for Kathy Savino
Danielle Stack  Mailto for Danielle Stack

Fifth Grade
Alyssa Allison  Mailto for Alyssa Allison
Brian Aplustille  Mailto for Brian Aplustille

Jessica Giovino  Mailto for Jessica Giovino
Priscilla Liberatos  Mailto for Priscilla Liberatos

Kathy Savino  Mailto for Kathy Savino
Debra Vernice  Mailto for Debra Vernice
(Resource Room Co-Teacher)

Sixth Grade
Andrea Gatto  Mailto for Andrea Gatto
Danielle Goldspiel  Mailto for Danielle Goldspiel

Jessa Kolar  Mailto for Jessa Kolar
Stacie Morenberg  Mailto for Stacie Morenberg
(Resource Room Co-Teacher)

Kathy Savino  Mailto for Kathy Savino
Scott Tramantano  Mailto for Scott Tramantano

AIS/Math
Karen Koppelman  Mailto for Karen Koppelman

AIS/Reading
Alicia Cohen  Mailto for Alicia Cohen
Amanda Corbett  Mailto for Amanda Corbett
(.5)

Christine Lodato  Mailto for Christine Lodato
Jennie Rosenzweig  Mailto for Jennie Rosenzweig

APEX
Jamie Kanner  Mailto for Jamie Kanner

Art
Dana Gillman  Mailto for Dana Gillman

ESL
Kristin O’Leary  Mailto for Kristin O’Leary

FLES
Rene Boritz  Mailto for Rene Boritz

Library
Vanessa Schroeder  Mailto for Vanessa Schroeder

Music
Paul Graham  Mailto for Paul Graham
(Band)
Marcia Miller  Mailto for Marcia Miller
(Orchestra)

Robert Normandeau  Mailto for Robert Normandeau

Phys Ed
Matthew Cady  Mailto for Matthew Cady
Patricia Varriale  Mailto for Patricia Varriale

Patrick Wingler  Mailto for Patrick Wingler

Special Education
Colleen Ferrante  Mailto for Colleen Ferrante
(Gateway K-3)
Kathy Savino  Mailto for Kathy Savino
(Gateway 4-6)

Speech/Language
Sandy Coughlin  Mailto for Sandy Coughlin
Carrie Kantor  Mailto for Carrie Kantor

Jayna VonGerichten  Mailto for Jayna VonGerichten

STEAM
Jaclyn Greenblatt  Mailto for Jaclyn Greenblatt

Technology
Melissa Froehlich  Mailto for Melissa Froehlich

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