Wyckoff Schools Opening Wednesday

Wyckoff students will be heading back to school Wednesday. Wyckoff schools will have a minimum day and the high schools will have a full-length day.

Students at Wyckoff's elementary schools and Eisenhower Middle School will have access to 125 new iPads this year, donated by the Wyckoff Education Foundation. According to outgoing WEF President John Key, there are many educational apps for the children to use in conjunction with other classroom tools. Key said he expects mobile devices like iPads will continue to play a bigger role in education over the next few years.

"We wanted Wyckoff to have a head start and be on the cutting edge of that," Key said.

The Ramapo-Indian Hills Board of Education also approved the purchase of 20 iPads in addition to computers and other technology items.

Students at Ramapo will have a newly renovated team room at their disposal this year and Indian Hills will be building a new scoreboard in the near future.

Elementary and middle school students will have this year, thanks to a renegotiated teacher contract. The extra time will allow the schools to add a new 30-minute period three days a week.

Wyckoff schools have hired a number of new teachers for this year:

• Julliana Kang, grade 3, Coolidge
• Stephanie Branciforte, grade 2, Sicomac
• Marianne Kitts, grade 1, Sicomac
• Ellen Seavers, grade 4, Washington
• Sara Kallman, grade 5, Washington
• Adam Wirjosemito, social studies, Eisenhower
• Deborah Demeduk, grade 5, Washington
• Kimberly Simon, grade 7 science, Eisenhower
• Kris Anne Federici, physical education, Eisenhower
• Shelley Harrison, special education aide, Lincoln
• Paige Dehler, leave replacement for the preschool disabled class, Sicomac
• Jennifer Langenfeld, grade 7 language arts, Eisenhower
• Beth Lowry, specical education aide
• Melissa Miller, resource room teacher, Lincoln
• Melissa Mattiace, grade 5, Sicomac
• Michelle Consiglio, grade 5, Washington
• Dyana Brown, leave replacement for grade 3, Washington
• Shyret Murati, French, Eisenhower

, and both Ramapo and Indian Hills will also have new teachers:

• Kimberly Batti, art, Indian Hills
• Kimberly Bedrosian, guidance counselor, Ramapo
• Agnes Demornex, languages, Ramapo
• Nicholas Guttuso, physical education
• Danielle Kedzierski, math
• Dan Keyser, English, Indian Hills
• Sean Quirk, art, Ramapo
• Lauren Rafti, math
• Alexandra Tomaselli, math
• Diana Valteri, special education, Ramapo
• Ariel Weissman, math
• Andrew Coven, English
• Jennifer Mastrangelo, business, Indian Hills
• Ariel Shortino, math, Ramapo
• Christine Terpstra, social studies, Indian Hills
• Christina Dickinson, business, Indian Hills
• Kathleen Jerzewski, science, Indian Hills
• Vincent Nguyen, science, Indian Hills