Staff Directory

Reporting an Absence

  • Annex: 973-378-2801, ext. 400

  • Big School: 973-378-5216, ext. 4500

Pickup Changes: All dismissal changes must be submitted in writing. Email both your child's teacher and smsASAP@somsd.k12.nj.us.

👋 Please Welcome Our Newest Staff Members!

  • Ms. Hood — Grade 5

  • Mr. Li — Grade 3

  • Ms. Osterloh - Grade 1
  • Mr. Rockwell — Leave Replacement, Grade 4

  • Mr. Lesser — Leave Replacement, Kindergarten

Administration

Role

Name

Email

Principal

Dara Gronau

dgronau@somsd.k12.nj.us

Assistant Principal

Anthony Cicenia

acicenia@somsd.k12.nj.us

 

School Nurses

         

Nurse – Annex

Diana Kinsley

   

dkinsley@somsd.k12.nj.us

Nurse – Big School.  

Gretchen Shook    

gshook@somsd.k12.nj.us

 

Office Staff

     

Secretary – Annex

Andrea Dudley

adudley@somsd.k12.nj.us

Secretary – Big School

Lisa Pyne

lpyne@somsd.k12.nj.us

Clerical Aide – Big School

Emily Rodriguez 

 

Specialists

     

Fine Arts: Art

Kathy Jones

kjones@somsd.k12.nj.us

Fine Arts: Art (Annex Only)

Eva McNally

emcnally@somsd.k12.nj.us

Fine Arts: Music

Ebony Wiggins

ewiggins@somsd.k12.nj.us

Fine Arts: Music (Annex Only)

Tiffany Vintschger

tvintsch@somsd.k12.nj.us

Fine Arts: Band

Jasmine Bloch

jbloch@somsd.k12.nj.us

Fine Arts: Orchestra

Thomas Vacca

Library/Media Specialist

Janine Poutre

jpoutre@somsd.k12.nj.us

Physical Education

Jeffrey Kaesshaefer

jkaessha@somsd.k12.nj.us

Physical Education

Rich Tait

rtait@somsd.k12.nj.us

Physical Education

Allyson Durkin

adurkin@somsd.k12.nj.us

Multilingual

Jennifer Ostrega

jostrega@somsd.k12.nj.us

Spanish

Jessica Cavagnaro

jcavagna@somsd.k12.nj.us

 

Kindergarten – Annex

     

Kindergarten (Inclusion)

Serena Watkinson

teammw@somsd.k12.nj.us

Kindergarten (Inclusion)

Carissa Mondelli

teammw@somsd.k12.nj.us

Kindergarten (on leave)

Rebecca Ciuba

rciuba@somsd.k12.nj.us

Kindergarten (leave replacement)

David Lesser

dlesser@somsd.k12.nj.us

Kindergarten

Kristen Prisco

kprisco@somsd.k12.nj.us

 

First Grade – Annex

     

First Grade (Inclusion)

Christine Salvas

csalvas@somsd.k12.nj.us

First Grade (Inclusion)

Tenia Edghill

tedghill@somsd.k12.nj.us

First Grade

Cayleigh Osterloh 

costerlo@somsd.k12.nj.us

First Grade

Nicole Dynega

ndynega@somsd.k12.nj.us

 

Second Grade

     

Second Grade (Inclusion)

Rebecca Winkler

rwinkler@somsd.k12.nj.us

Second Grade (Inclusion)

Catherine Sinnicke

csinnick@somsd.k12.nj.us

Second Grade

Lisa Heumann

lheumann@somsd.k12.nj.us

Second Grade

Jennifer Pietropaolo

jpietrop@somsd.k12.nj.us

Second Grade

Maria Bradley

mbradley@somsd.k12.nj.us

 

Third Grade

     

Third Grade (Inclusion)

Erin Dyer

edyer@somsd.k12.nj.us

Third Grade (Inclusion)

Meredith Roig

mroig@somsd.k12.nj.us

Third Grade

Jasmine Clark

jclark@somsd.k12.nj.us

Third Grade (Inclusion)

Ashley Sullivan

asulliva@somsd.k12.nj.us

Third Grade (Inclusion)

Lisa Giambrone

lgiambro@somsd.k12.nj.us

Third Grade 

Sara Juhlin

sjuhlin@somsd.k12.nj.us

Third Grade (Inclusion)

Nancy Sabato

nsabato@somsd.k12.nj.us

Third Grade (Inclusion)

Austin Li  ali@somsd.k12.nj.us

 

Fourth Grade

     

Fourth (M, S, SS) (Inclusion)

Brent Jones

bjones@somsd.k12.nj.us

Fourth (M, S, SS) (Inclusion)

Michelle Ducharme

mducharm@somsd.k12.nj.us

Fourth (LA) (Inclusion)

Kathie Pitt

kpitt@somsd.k12.nj.us

Fourth (LA) (Inclusion)

Chip Kelly

ckelly@somsd.k12.nj.us

Fourth (LA) (Inclusion)

Elliot Cahn

ecahn@somsd.k12.nj.us

Fourth (LA) (Inclusion)

Miguel Scholis

mscholis@somsd.k12.nj.us

Fourth (M, S, SS) (on leave)

Marlee Taub

mtaub@somsd.k12.nj.us

Fourth (M, S, SS) LR

Kevin Rockwell

krockwel@somsd.k12.nj.us

Fourth (ELA) (Inclusion)

Hannah Kellermeyer

hkellerm@somsd.k12.nj.us

Fourth (all subjects)

Tamara Murphy

temurphy@somsd.k12.nj.us

 

Fifth Grade

Fifth (M,S,SS) (Inclusion)

Miranda Hood

mhood@somsd.k12.nj.us

Fifth (M,S,SS) (Inclusion)

Nathan Peart

npeart@somsd.k12.nj.us

Fifth (LA)

Rebecca Masters

rmasters@somsd.k12.nj.us

Fifth (M,S,SS) (Inclusion)

Lauren Erdman

lerdman@somsd.k12.nj.us

Fifth (M,S,SS) (Inclusion)

Katie Stein

kstein@somsd.k12.nj.us

Fifth (LA) (Inclusion)

Robin Gutkin

rgutkin@somsd.k12.nj.us

Fifth (LA) (Inclusion)

Angela Colatruglio

acolatru@somsd.k12.nj.us

 

Academic & Related Service Providers

     

Resource Room – POR 2nd gr.

Jennifer Holland

jholland@somsd.k12.nj.us

Resource Room – POR 4th gr.

Tara Marano

tmarano@somsd.k12.nj.us

Resource Room - POR 5th gr. Jessica Torkel  jdavis@somsd.k12.nj.us

Resource Room – POR 5th gr.

Christine O'Sullivan

cosulliv@somsd.k12.nj.us

Resource Room – POR 4th gr.

Rhonda Fitzgibbons

rfitzgib@somsd.k12.nj.us

Evidence Based Reading, SpEd

Maureen Reilly

mreilly@somsd.k12.nj.us

Speech Specialist

Lori Smith

lsmith@somsd.k12.nj.us

Social Worker 

Shazaan Napoleon

snapoleo@somsd.k12.nj.us

Physical Therapist

Charlene Dinatale

cdinatal@somsd.k12.nj.us

Occupational Therapist

Christopher McGuire 

 

christopher.mcguireutstherapy.com
 

Learning Disability Teacher Consultant (LDTC)

Jennifer Kuperman jkuperm@somsd.k12.nj.us
LDTC

LeShia Johnson

ljohnson@somsd.k12.nj.us
Psychologist

Kelsey Schneider

kschneid@somsd.k12.nj.us

Child Study Team 

Barbara Dean

bdean@somsd.k12.nj.us

Behaviorist

Cathleen Dennehy

cdenneh2@somsd.k12.nj.us

 

Custodial Staff

     

Big School

Celia, Marilynis, Grace, Keyshea, Sabrina Foxe (PM)

Annex

Anthony, Patrick, Glenis

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