Education Majors Serve as Student Teachers at Area Schools

Twenty-five University of Scranton education majors will serve as student teachers during the spring semester at schools in 10 local school districts.  First row, from left: Jillian Rifkin, Francesca DeCesare, Diana Mastrobuono, Stephanie Carbaugh and Emily Eckert. Second row: Cynthia Leonard, Christine Panzitta, Rika Kawahara and Becky Dotzel. Third row: Greylan Heffernan, Maria Zangari and Meagan O’Toole. Fourth row: Billie Jo Keiser, Michael McCabe, Michael Goonan and Sarah Polacco. Fifth row: Kristin Keegan, John Moran and Samantha Stuart. Sixth row: Joshua Smith and Shawn Flesche. Absent from photo are: Nicole Bishop, Natasha Brea, Elizabeth Cahill and Allison Lai.

Twenty-five University of Scranton education majors will serve as student teachers during the spring semester at 14 schools in 10 school districts, which are Blue Ridge, Lackawanna Trail, Pittston Area, North Pocono, Western Wayne, Mid Valley, Scranton, Valley View, Lakeland and Dunmore.

Following is a list of undergraduate and graduate students who are serving as student teachers during the spring semester and the schools to which they have been assigned.

Nicole Bishop of Valley Stream, New York, Blue Ridge Elementary School;

Natasha Brea of Nicholson, Lackawanna Trail Junior-Senior High School;

Elizabeth Cahill of Binghamton, New York, Blue Ridge Elementary;

Stephanie Carbaugh of Northvale, New Jersey, Pittston Area High School;

Francesca DeCesare of Newtown, Jefferson Elementary;

Becky Dotzel of Bear Creek Township; Pittston Area High School;

Emily Eckert of Bridgewater, New Jersey, Lackawanna Trail Junior-Senior High School;

Shawn Flesche of Northvale, New Jersey, Pittston Area High School;

Michael Goonan of Scranton, Western Wayne Middle School;

Greylan Heffernan of Taylor, Mid Valley Secondary Center;

Rika Kawahara of Scranton, Jewish Community Center;

Kristin Keegan of Flemington, New Jersey, North Pocono High School;

Allison Lai of Taiwan, Howard Gardner School;

Billie Jo Keiser of Milton, Valley View Intermediate School;

Cynthia Leonard of Scranton, Lakeland Junior-Senior High School;

Diana Mastrobuono of Mendham, New Jersey, Blue Ridge Elementary;

Michael McCabe of Furlong, Lackawanna Trail Junior-Senior High School;

John Moran of Long Beach, New York, Valley View High School

Meagan O’Toole of Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, Jefferson Elementary;

Christine Panzitta of Hamilton Square, New Jersey, Blue Ridge High School;

Sarah Polacco of North Baldwin, New York, Valley View High School;

Jillian Rifkin of Phoenixville, Robert Morris Elementary;

Joshua Smith of Catonsville, Maryland, Dunmore High School;

Samantha Stuart of Berwyn, Pittston Area High School;

Maria Zangari of Ringtown, North Pocono High School.