Our wonderful staff is uniquely warm and dedicated to our children. Our student to teacher ratios are low, enabling our excellent staff to provide a nurturing, individualized program for our students. The ECC student/teacher ratio is 5:1, the Lower School student/teacher ratio is 5:1, and the Middle School student/teacher ratio is 4:1.
Administration
(all extensions and voicemails can be reached by first dialing our main number, 973-584-5530)
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Mr Moshe Vaknin, Head of School |
ext 3021 |
mvaknin@grtwacademy.org |
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Dr Cheryl Bahar, Dean of General Studies BA, Psychology, York University, Toronto BEd, Education, York University, Toronto MEd, Curriculum & Instruction, University of Toronto PhD, Special Education, UCLA, California State University LA |
ext 3011 | cbahar@grtwacademy.org |
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Mrs Shari Kalter, Director, Lillie Brandt Early Childhood Center BA, Public Communications, Ramapo College MA, Education, Gratz College PreK-3 Certification, Montclair State University |
ext 3017 | skalter@grtwacademy.org |
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Ms Sue Och, Director of Finance BA, Comparative Literature, University of Pennsylvania MBA, Marketing and Statistics, NYU Stern School of Business |
ext 3010 | soch@grtwacademy.org |
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Mrs Donna Pradith, Director of Operations |
ext 3014 | dpradith@grtwacademy.org |
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Mrs Naomi Bacharach, Director of Institutional Advancement BA, Communications, American University |
ext 3015 | nbacharach@grtwacademy.org |
Classroom Staff
NAME | POSITION | EXTENSION | |
Mrs Stephanie Ackerman | 2nd Grade General StudiesTeacher | 3319 | sackerman@grtwacademy.org |
Mrs Selena Campione | New2s Caregiver | 3305 | scampione@grtwacademy.org |
Ms Jaime Catalano | ECC3 Associate Teacher | 3309 | jcatalano@grtwacademy.org |
Rabbi Yitzchok Cohen | K - 7th Grade Judaic Studies Teacher | 3318 | ycohen@grtwacademy.org |
Mr Andrew Eitel | 4th Grade Assistant MS Social Studies Teacher |
3344 | aeitel@grtwacademy.org |
Mrs Erica Elgart | ECC2 Associate Teacher | 3321 | eelgart@grtwacademy.org |
Ms Inesa Eynisman | 1st Grade General Studies Teacher | 3325 | ieynisman@grtwacademy.org |
Mrs Luiza Finberg | 4th Grade & MS Hebrew Teacher K-8 Music Teacher |
3312 | lfinberg@grtwacademy.org |
Mrs Nicole Fiore | 3rd Grade Language Arts Teacher 4th Grade General Studies Teacher |
3301 | nfiore@grtwacademy.org |
Mrs Marjorie Freiman | ECC3 Assistant | 3310 | mfreiman@grtwacademy.org |
Mrs Rachel Fried | 2nd Grade Assistant | 3313 | rfried@grtwacademy.org |
Ms Heather Garrison | Infant Caregiver | 3346 | hgarrison@grtwacademy.org |
Ms Colleen Iandolo | New 2s Caregiver | 3303 | ciandolo@grtwacademy.org |
Ms Joan James | Infant Caregiver | 3343 | jjames@grtwacademy.org |
Mrs Eleanor Knapp | Art Teacher | 3317 | eknapp@grtwacademy.org |
Mrs Nurit Lev | 5th Grade & MS Hebrew Teacher | 3024 | nlev@grtwacademy.org |
Mrs Suzanne Levat | ECC3 Teacher | 3322 | slevat@grtwacademy.org |
Ms Rhonda Levine | ECC2 Teacher | 3324 | rlevine@grtwacademy.org |
Mrs Rosa Lynch | 3rd Grade Math & Social Studies Teacher 5th Grade General Studies Teacher 6th Grade Math Teacher |
3320 | rlynch@grtwacademy.org |
Mrs Rachel Meiner | Kindergarten Teacher | 3307 | rmeiner@grtwacademy.org |
Ms Natalie Montone | Special Ed Teacher | 3336 | nmontone@grtwacademy.org |
Ms Nancy Peled Wolf | ECC & Mechina Hebrew Teacher | 3338 | npeledwolf@grtwacademy.org |
Mrs Catherine Rosenthal | MS Science Teacher 7th & 8th Grade Math Teacher |
3306 | crosenthal@grtwacademy.org |
Ms Janice Rozenwasser |
2nd Grade Hebrew & Judaic Studies Teacher |
3311 | jrozenwasser@grtwacademy.org |
Mrs Kate Rubenstein | JK Teacher | 3334 | krubenstein@grtwacademy.org |
Ms Lori Seigerman | Kindergarten Teacher | 3326 | lseigerman@grtwacademy.org |
Mrs Regina Shtirmer | JK Assistant | 3328 | rshtirmer@grtwacademy.org |
Ms Ziva Soll-Adam | 1st Grade Hebrew & Judaic Studies Teacher 3rd Grade Hebrew & Judaic Studies Teacher |
3340 | zsolladam@grtwacademy.org |
Mr Paul Solomon | Physical Education & Health Teacher | 3025 | psolomon@grtwacademy.org |
Mrs Sheri Swiss | MS Language Arts & Math Teacher | 3308 | sswiss@grtwacademy.org |
Mrs Vered Weinglass | ECC3 - 5th Grade Science Teacher | 3339 | vweinglass@grtwacademy.org |
Support Staff
NAME | POSITION | Extension | |
Mrs Nancy Delman | Academic Excellence Coordinator | 3023 | ndelman@grtwacademy.org |
Mrs Jill Granik | Development Assistant | 3019 | jgranik@grtwacademy.org |
Mr William Kellar | Maintenance | 3026 | wkellar@grtwacademy.org |
Ms Nurit Lev | Academic Excellence Coordinator | 3024 | nlev@grtwacademy.org |
Mr Orville Rhoden | IT Coordinator | 3022 | orhoden@grtwacademy.org |
Mrs Klara Sussman | Director of Outreach | 3016 | ksussman@grtwacademy.org |
Ms Kim Synalovski | Bookkeeper | 3013 | ksynalovski@grtwacademy.org |
Mrs Phyllis Vida | Nurse | 3018 | pvida@grtwacademy.org |
Ms Michele Wasserman | Receptionist | 3012 | mwasserman@grtwacademy.org |