BA Queens College

BA CUNY (Queens College)

AS Manhattan Community College

BA CUNY Queens College

AS CUNY Laguardia Community College

Ms. Antunovic is a certified Art teacher, and includes Visual Arts in her STEM classes. She enjoys painting and drawing, and building up her jewelry store with her partner.

BA Lehman College

Ms. Astacio enjoys spending time with her family and close friends. She oves good active walks, good music and many laughs!!

MS Touro College

BS St. Bridget's College

Mrs. Barrios enjoys spending time with her family and being around children. She loves singing and dancing.

MA SUNY Stony Brook

BA SUNY Stony Brook

Mrs. Bobcombe enjoys traveling, photography, and spending time with family.

BA St. Francis College

Mr. Brown enjoys watching tv, traveling, being with friends and family, listening to music, coaching, going to the gym, playing and watching basketball and football.

MSW Fordham University

BSW Concordia College 

MS St. John's University

BS St. John's University

Mrs. Ceron loves spending time with her family and friends. She enjoys reading, drawing, writing and listening to all genres of music.

MSEd City College of NY

BA University of Georgia

Mrs. Clancy loves spending time with her family, rooting for the Georgia Bulldogs and the NY Giants, and spending time at the beach.

BA St. Joseph's College

Mr. Clendenning has a deep passion for teaching history and giving students the tools to decipher the world around them. He believes that to have a informed citizenry it is essential that students can objectively learn by looking at all sizes of different historical issues to come to their own understanding and become lifelong learners.

MS The New School

BS Towson University

Mr. Crusante enjoys traveling around the world and immersing himself in new cultures. An avid sports fan, he travels frequently to Washington D.C. during the Fall as a season ticket holder and avid fan of the Washington Redskins.

MS St. John's University

BS St. John's University

A favorite quote of Mr. Fung is: "Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime."

BA St. Joseph's College

Ms. Giaccone enjoys going on adventures, traveling and spending time in the sun.

MA Teachers College, Columbia University

BA Queens College

Ms. Guridis is a traveler, food lover, enjoys reading aloud to youth, and believes in turning ideas into realities. 

BS SUNY Cortland

Ms. Herbst enjoys helping others and spending time with family and friends.

BS City College of New York

MA Hofstra University

BA Adelphi University

Ms. K loves spending time outside, traveling, and arts & crafts. She is a food-lover  and lifelong learner who enjoys meeting new people, learning new things, and spending time with those who are important to her.

MS Dowling College

BS SUNY Old Westbury

MSEd Grand Canyon University

MBA Findlay University

BA Capital University of Economics and Business

Ms. Li's motto is "Work work hard, Play play hard."

MS Music Education

BA Political Science

Mr. Makarowitz grew up on Long Island. Music has always been a very important part of his life. He draws his inspiration from his wonderful family and friends.

BS Brooklyn College

MS City College of NY

MA City College of NY

BA City College of NY

Mr. Paladino enjoys witnessing students learn the power and precision of mathematics. He also enjoys family, tennis, golf, fishing, hiking and biking.

MS CUNY Queens College

BS C.W. Post

Mrs. Patino has a passion for teaching and reading! She enjoys spending time outdoors and making memories with her beautiful three children.

BA City College

AAS Medgar Evers College

Cooking, Criminal Minds and PBS are Mr. Rawls' passions.

MA Queens College

BA Queens College

Ms. Jagarnauth enjoys any water activity, especially swimming. She also enjoys trying new foods and going to new places.

MA St. Joseph's College

BS SUNY Oneonta

MA CUNY Queens College

BA SUNY Old Westbury

Mrs. Rossello enjoys spending time with her family, reading thirllers, and hiking.

Mr. Rubel was born and raised on Long Island, New York. He graduated from SUNY Geneseo, majoring in adolescent education and history.

He finds it very interesting to learn about the past, and stay informed on what is going on in the world today.  To understand the present and the future, we must look back at the past to see how we have gotten to this point. Mr. Rubel is currently finishing up a masters program in teaching literacy, grades K-12 at Touro College. He looks forward to taking what he has learned during the course of that program, and integrating reading and writing skills and strategies into his classroom.    

In his free time, Mr. Rubel loves to be outdoors. Two of his favorite hobbies are playing basketball and beach volleyball. He enjoys going to the beach and riding his bike along the Long Beach boardwalk.

MS Touro College

BS SUNY Oneonta

MLS Queens College

BA Queens College

Mrs. Sharkey loves when students find the perfect book that will start them becoming lifelong readers. She also loves being with her family, reading and traveling (though not nearly as much as she would like!) and attending NY Cosmos soccer games.

MA Hunter College

BA Hunter College

Mrs. Stephanides takes pleasure in exploring different places around the world and spending quality time with her family. She is passionate about teaching and helping students gain their independence.

SBL & SDL Hunter College, New York City

MA Columbia University, Teachers College, New York City

BA John Jay College, New York City  

For more than fifteen years Rod Wilkins has provided leadership in education. He began his career in education as an elementary school teacher. As an administrator, he developed programs to improve schoolwide systems. Prior to joining OWNCS as Principal of OWN 2, Mr. Wilkins supported the work of seven Districts and Building Administrators as a Senior Project Associate at NYU’s Metropolitan Center for Urban Education. Mr. Wilkins, has developed curriculum, created professional development content, built Early Warning Systems, coached, mentored and provided critical solutions for complex educational problems. His professional experience includes: Regional Summer School Principal H.S., Associate Principal H.S. and Assistant Principal Elementary. Mr. Wilkins has also founded a not for profit corporation, served as Cooperative Board President, and worked in financial management and investment.