Hoboken Charter School Names New Principal: Joanna Weintraub

HOBOKEN, NJ — Hoboken Charter School (HCS) announced Wednesday that Joanna Weintraub will assume the role of Upper School principal starting in July 2018.

According to a news release from the school, Weintraub has more than 20 years of educational experience, including instructional and leadership roles in public and independent schools.

“I look forward to contributing to the upper school’s continued development as a leader in service learning,” Weintraub said.

“Weintraub will bring to HCS invaluable experience she has acquired in her diverse educational background having worked at The Chapin School and Town School in NYC and Kaplan Cooperative Preschool and Elysian Charter School here in Hoboken,” HCS administrators stated.

According to the HCS:

“Ms. Weintraub received a B.A. from Yale University and then went on to complete her M.S.Ed. at Bank Street College Graduate School of Education and more recently her M.A. in Educational Leadership at Montclair State University. A long-term Hoboken resident, Ms. Weintraub is committed to serving her community and served on the Mayor-Elect Transition Team Education Committee last year and was Chair for the United Synagogue of Hoboken‘s Star of Israel 100th Anniversary Youth Activities.”

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