Faculty and Staff
HCS is a supportive and collaborative community that helps students discover who they are and how they can change the world. We do this by engaging our students through social justice education, service-learning,
learned-centered education, and interage experiences. Our innovative teaching environment empowers us
to create learning experiences tailored to students' needs and supports the academic excellence
we all want for our children.
To email a staff member, add “@hobokencs.net” to the listed username in parentheses.
Lower and Middle School Staff
Lower School
Paige Chacon, (pdavidson)
Kindergarten
Sydney Garvin, (sgarvin)
First Grade
Michael Reggiani, (mreggiani)
Second Grade
Jenna Wernikowski, (jwernikowski)
Third Grade
Kelsey Blejwas, (kblejwas)
Fourth Grade
Hennessy Mediavilla, (hmediavilla)
Elementary
Middle School
Casey Titus, (ctitus)
5th Grade Homeroom, 5th & 6th Grade ELA & Humanities
Courtney Leahy, (cleahy)
6th Grade Homeroom; 5th-8th Grade Science
Matthew Persico, (mpersico)
7th Grade Homeroom, 7th & 8th Grade ELA & Humanities
Jacqueline Dollard, (jdollard)
8th Grade Homeroom, 5th-8th Grade Math
Kindergarten-Eighth Grade
Anne Ajamian, (aajamian)
Instructional Aide
Giselle David , (gdavid)
Special Education
Gabriella Fredette, (gfredette)
Physical Education & Health
Ryan Koebbe, (rkoebbe)
Instructional Aide
Anita Kundu, (akundu)
Instructional Aide
Courtney Salerno, (csalerno)
Academic Support Teacher
Cory Shay, (cshay)
Instructional Aide
Jennifer Desbets , (jdesbets)
Special Education
Amanda Thiede, (athiede)
Special Education
Upper
School Staff
English Department
Richard Oboryshko, (roboryshko)
Hannah Dayan, (hdayan)
Social Studies Department
Alexandra Wepner, (awepner)
Briana Vessells, (bvessells)
Mathematics Department
Shakeh Tashjian, (stashjian)
Iris Tseng, (itseng)
Physical Education and Health Department
Marc Kutchma, (mkutchma)
Science Department
Mackenzie Robinson, (mrobinson)
Francis Coyne, (fcoyne)
Special Education Upper School
Allison Scott, (ascott)
Danielle Parsons, (dparsons)
College and Career Department
Bliss Lecea, (blecea)
Specials Staff, K-12
Sidney Sanchez, (ssanchez)
Art
Jordon Meeks, (jmeeks)
Music
Chris Kunkel (ckunkel)
STEM
Administrative Staff
Schoolwide Support
Jessica Rigby, (jrigby)
School Social Worker, Anti-Bullying Coordinator, Homeless Liaison
Michelle Nitti, (mnitti)
School Speech Therapist, K-12
Administration and Administrative Support
Deirdra Grode, (dgrode)
Executive Director
Elizabeth Palma, (epalma)
Principal K-8; Anti-Bullying Specialist K-8; Affirmative Action Officer; Title IX Officer; School Safety Specialist
Joanna Weintraub, (jweintraub)
Principal 9-12; Anti-Bullying Specialist 9-12; Affirmative Action Officer; Title IX Officer
Melissa Fisher, (mfisher)
Coordinator of Special Education; SEMI Coordinator; 504 Coordinator; Truancy Officer; ELL Program Coordinator
Dave Carty, (dcarty)
Chief Operating Officer
Kyndall Burroughs, (kburroughs)
Development Director
Gigi Girgis, (ggirgis)
Bookkeeper; Human Resources; Afterschool Programming
Bernie Forteza, (bforteza)
Business Office Associate; School Lottery Coordinator
Eunice Roman, (eroman)
Administrative Assistant 9-12
Sick Notices – Lower/Middle School, (office)
Email for absences, sick, etc.
Sick Notices – Upper School, (eroman)
Email for absences, sick, etc.