Staff Directory

Administration

100 Kenneth Avenue
Greenlawn, NY 11740-2900
(631) 266-5400

Administration Philosophy:

The Elwood School District subscribes to the basic goals for the elementary and secondary schools approved by the Regents of the State of New York, namely:

• Mastery of the basic skills of communication, reasoning, and critical thinking essential to live a full and productive life.
• Knowledge of the humanities and the sciences at a level required to participate in an ever more complex world.
• Competence in a second language.
• Understanding of the process of effective citizenship in order to participate and to perform work in a manner that is gratifying to the individual and to those served.
• Ability to sustain lifetime learning in order to adapt to the new demands, opportunities, and values of a changing world.
• Ability to maintain one’s mental, physical, and emotional health.
• Understanding of human relations – respect for and ability to relate to other people in our own and other nations – including those of different sex, origins, cultures, and aspirations.
• Competence in the processes of developing values – particularly the formation of spiritual, ethical, and moral values, which are essential to individual dignity and human civilization.
• Knowledge and appreciation of our culture and capacity for creativity, recreation, and self-renewal.
• Knowledge of the environment, problems and threats to the environment, and relationship between our own acts and the quality of the environment.
• Fostering the concept of student responsibility to themselves, to the educational processes and society.

Administration

Superintendent of Schools

Dr. Gayle Steele  

((631) 266-5400 x 1402)

Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction

Dr. Sonia Hood  

((631) 266-5400 x 1222)

Assistant Superintendent for Business

Ms. Lorraine Dunkel  

((631) 266-5400 x 1404)

Assistant Superintendent for Special Education and Pupil Personnel Services

Ms. Eileen Kelly-Gorman  

((631) 266-5400 x 1437)

Director of Athletics and Physical Education

David Shanahan  

(631-266-5410 x 3417)

Director of Facilities

Mr. Ronald Carritue  

(631-266-5400 x 1426)

Director of Humanities

Ms. Pamela Fine  

Director of Instructional and Information Technology

Mr. Christopher Onorato  

((631) 266-5400 x 6283)

Director of Math, Science, Federal Grants K-12

Mrs. Dawn Valle  

Director of Security

Kevin Beslity  

((631) 266-5410 x 3404)

Food Services Director

Mara Pugh  

((631) 266-5400 x 2442)

Interim Director of Human Resources

Irene McLaughlin  

((631) 266-5400 x 1403)

Schools

Elwood-John H. Glenn High School

Mr. Corey McNamara  

(Principal - (631) 266-5410)

Mrs. Lindsay Fritch

(Assistant Principal)

Ms. Trish Sihksnel  

(Assistant Principal - (631) 266-5410)

Elwood Middle School

Dr. Christina Moran  

(Principal - (631) 266-5420)

Ms. Julie Bilello  

(Assistant Principal - (631) 266-5420)

James H. Boyd Intermediate School

Ms. Elissa Millan  

(Principal - (631) 266-5430)

Harley Avenue Primary School

Dr. Denise Toscano  

(Principal - (631) 266-5445)