The district is pleased to announce that Areyana Schmitt and Meaghann Tedesco joined the district, effective July 1.
Schmitt, a resident of Plainview, has been appointed as the principal of Garden City Park School. Most recently, she served as an assistant principal for P.S. 143Q The Louis Armstrong School in Queens. There, she supervised K-2 programming and 50 teachers in Dual Language, Transitional Bilingual, ICT, ENL and Special Education classes. She also constructed an Academic Intervention Services Team and provided professional development focused on error analysis, early literacy skills, cross linguistic transfer, the science of reading, universal screeners, progress monitoring and phonemic awareness. Prior to her time at P.S. 143Q, Schmitt was a universal literacy coach, a classroom teacher at the elementary level. She is trained in The Five Pillars of Literacy; Advanced Literacies: Explicit Instruction, Tier 2 Vocabulary Instruction; Gifted and Talented Test Administration; and Academic Language in Diverse Classrooms, among other areas. Schmitt received a Bachelor of Arts in Interpersonal Communications from New York University, a Master of Science in Administration and Supervision from Touro College, and an Advanced Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages from Molloy College.
Tedesco, a resident of Rockville Centre, has been appointed as the assistant principal for Hillside Grade School and Manor Oaks School. Since November 2021, she has served as an assistant principal for 277Q in Woodside. Through her role there, she supervised staff and students across three buildings and facilitated the successful implementation of various literacy-based programs to improve student achievement. Additionally, she partnered with district literacy coaches to support teachers’ literacy practices. Tedesco also has experience as school leadership team member and classroom teacher for the deaf and hard of hearing. She is trained in Fundations, American Sign Language and has Applied Behavior Analysis Experience.
Tedesco received a Bachelor of Science in Special Education (Deaf Education and Comprehensive Disorders) from Vanderbilt University, a Master of Arts in Deaf education from Columbia University and completed the CITE Educational Leadership Certification Program at the College of Saint Rose.
