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Making a difference at Albany High School

ALBANY, N.Y. (Dec. 9, 2008) -- Each year the National Association of School Psychologists encourages psychologists nationwide to participate in School Psychology Awareness Week from Nov. 10-14. This year, the association promoted the “Making a Difference” campaign to identify and recognize school faculty and staff members who support the academic, emotional and social growth of students.

Albany High School psychologist Liz Gialanella and her two interns, Danielle Mele and Cherie McDonald, asked students to identify those faculty and staff members who made a difference in their lives. Throughout November, they attended lunch shifts and asked students to fill out ballots identifying a staff or faculty member who had helped them or made their lives better.

The students were encouraged to write a few sentences about how this person had helped them. The ballots were anonymous. More than 300 students made their voices heard and they chose 126 different Albany High faculty and staff members. Each staff member was recognized with a certificate that included the student comments.

Below are the names of all of the Albany High faculty and staff members that were recognized by students – proving once again that there is a lot to be proud of at Albany High!

Vincent Amodeo
Peter Anderson
Mario Arthur
Kimberly Baker
Gregory Baker
Michael Battista
Cheryl Bentley
Jeffrey Beyer
Lawrence Bizzaro
Jasmine Brown
Jessica Brown
Keyshawn Brown
Peter Brusoe
Brent Cady
Victor Cain
Isaac Cancer
Anne Carroll
Deborah Carson
Torrie Chapple
Wan Chen
Diane Clark
Patricia Conley
Paul Contento
Orly Contreas
Gary Coons
Sabrina Cumberbatch
Ward Dales
Earl Davis
Leslie Davis
John Deer

Thomas Delancy
Carol DiNovo
Claudia Divirgilio
Amy Domenico
Meghan Donahue
John Doran
Jeffrey Dring
Sheila Ellis
Kimberly Elliot
Leah Evans
David Farison

Angel Ferguson

Barbara Fiddemon
Randi Ford
Maxine Fantroy-Ford
Joshua Furman
Ashley Finke

Stephanie Garcia-Galagarza
Liz Gialanella

Nelce Givens
Lucia Gutierrez
Loren Green

Kenny Griffin

Marie Guagliardo-Day
Diana Hagan
Patrick Hall
Lynn Harrington
Jennifer Houlihan
John Harris
Christopher Haertel

Andre Hauser
Craig Healy
Joy Healy
Tom Healey
Sean Headwell
Brian Huskie
Donald Hyman
Jeff Ikler
Agnes Jackson
Willie Jones
Tiffany Jones

Jennifer Justice
Peter Justice
Peter Kantrowitz
Michael Karp
Deirdre Kippen
Kyle Koblensky
Mrs. Kruger
Mr. Johnson
Wilmer Lawson
Nicholas Lettieri
Laquita Love
Brenda Mahone

Alison Marshall

Jennifer McCormack
MaryRose McCaughey
Maureen McDermott
Leslie McLaughlin

Kara McLoughlin
Kelly Micare
Tom McGurn
Karen Moorby
Sharon Morrill

Lawrence Moultrie
Sophia Newell
Adenyi Onibokun

Michael Panetta
Timothy Pendergast

Kimberly Penman

Margot Plumadore
David Preston
Mark Pryor
Keith Reynolds
Michael Richmond
Michael Rogowski
Amanda Roman
Melanie Roman
Melissa Ryan

John Sawyer

Joan Schwaber
Kevin Schultz
Wendy Shepherd
Mark Sickler
Lindsey Simmons
Stephanie Sherman

Carol Siracusa
Robert Smealie
Edward Smith
Brian Spicer
Dian Swierzowski
Cathy Vitas
Varada Pandya-Vaughan
Joshua White
Jeffrey Yeager
Melinda Zebrowski
Christine Zinzow

The City School District of Albany serves approximately 8,400 students in 18 elementary, middle and high schools. In addition to neighborhood schools, the district includes several magnet schools and programs, as well as other innovative academic opportunities for students. The district is more than halfway through its comprehensive facilities project to newly build and/or renovate nearly all of its elementary and middle schools. The ultimate goal of the facilities project is to provide schools with the resources necessary to help students succeed in the 21st century.