The district is pleased to announce that Colleen Topping has been promoted to assistant principal at New Hyde Park Road School and Garden City Park School.
Topping is a familiar face within the NHP-GCP community, as she has been with the district for 18 years. She served as both a fifth grade and sixth grade teacher at Manor Oaks School. Prior to becoming assistant principal, she also participated in an administrative internship at Manor Oaks. Through that role, she served as a grade level leader and new teacher mentor, constructed a master schedule for all classes grades K-6, performed teacher observations using Danielson Framework, and supervised extracurricular activities such as PTA movie night and assemblies, among other responsibilities. Topping was also a member of the Common Assessment Committee, Social Studies Committee and Biliteracy Pathways Committee.
Topping received her bachelor of science in elementary education from Oneonta State University, her master of science in special education from Adelphi University and an advanced certificate in educational leadership from Long Island University.
