School Teams
Find out who to contact at each school
Hawes Elementary School
Shauna Stovell Principal: sstovell@ridgewood.k12.nj.us
Suh-Young Nam, Guidance Counselor: snam@ridgewood.k12.nj.us
Orchard Elementary School
Mary Ferreri, Principal: mkferreri@ridgewood.k12.nj.us
Lindsay Rubin, Guidance Counselor: lrubin@ridgewood.k12.nj.us
Ridge Elementary School
Mr. Michael Piacenza, Principal: mpiacenza@ridgewood.k12.nj.us
Lindsay Mitchell, Guidance Counselor: lmitchell@ridgewood.k12.nj.us
Somerville Elementary School
Dr. Lorna Oates-Santos: loates@ridgewood.k12.nj.us
Kate Finnegan, Guidance Counselor: kfinnegan@ridgewood.k12.nj.us
Travell Elementary School
Brian Ross, Principal: bross@ridgewood.k12.nj.us
Melissa Miller, Guidance Counselor: mmiller@ridgewood.k12.nj.us
Willard Elementary School
Caroline Hoffman, Principal: choffman@ridgewood.k12.nj.us
David Pfeiffer, Guidance Counselor: dpfeiffer@ridgewood.k12.nj.us
Benjamin Franklin Middle School
Anthony Orsini, Principal: aorsini@ridgewood.k12.nj.us
Lauren Carr, Assistant Principal (Franklin House): lcarr@ridgewood.k12.nj.us
Gregory Wu, Assistant Principal (Ridge House): gwu@ridgewood.k12.nj.us
SCHOOL COUNSELORS
Meagan Papapietro, Guidance Counselor (Grade 6): mpapapietro@ridgewood.k12.nj.us
Marisa Mahoney, Guidance Counselor (Grade 7): mmahoney@ridgewood.k12.nj.us
Lara Sheer, Guidance Counselor (Grade 8): lsheer@ridgewood.k12.nj.us
Lauren M. DePinto, DSW, LCSW, Crisis Intervention Counselor: ldepinto@ridgewood.k12.nj.us
RIDGEWOOD IN-DISTRICT THERAPEUTIC SUPPORTS (RITS)
Kathleen Elleo, LCSW, Care Plus In-District clinician (BF and GW): kelleo@ridgewood.k12.nj.us
George Washington Middle School
Dr. Katie Kashmanian, Principal: kkashmanian@ridgewood.k12.nj.us
Timothy Monahan, Assistant Principal (Godwin House): tmonahan@ridgewood.k12.nj.us
Michelle Melucci, Assistant Principal (Monroe House): mmelucci@ridgewood.k12.nj.us
SCHOOL COUNSELORS
Michael Mullin, Guidance Counselor (Godwin House): mmullin@ridgewood.k12.nj.us
Dana Kneis, Guidance Counselor (Monroe House): dkneis@ridgewood.k12.nj.us
Kevin Feeley, LCSW, Crisis Intervention Counselor: kfeeley@ridgewood.k12.nj.us
RIDGEWOOD IN-DISTRICT THERAPEUTIC SUPPORTS (RITS)
Kathleen Elleo, LCSW, Care Plus In-District clinician (BF and GW): kelleo@ridgewood.k12.nj.us
Ridgewood High School
Jeff Nyhuis, Principal: jnyhuis@ridgewood.k12.nj.us
GRADE ADVISORS
Steven Bourque: sbourque@ridgewood.k12.nj.us
Luke Dolby: ldolby@ridgewood.k12.nj.us
Meredith Yannone: mlyannone@ridgewood.k12.nj.us
GUIDANCE COUNSELORS
Kristen Alpaugh: kalpaugh@ridgewood.k12.nj.us
Chris Fabish: chfabish@ridgewood.k12.nj.us
Lauren Hellman: lhellman@ridgewood.k12.nj.us
Alexandra Roberts: aroberts@ridgewood.k12.nj.us
Christine McGovern: cmcgovern@ridgewood.k12.nj.us
Rebecca Turano: rturano@ridgewood.k12.nj.us
Laura Vargo: lvargo@ridgewood.k12.nj.us
Andrea Watson: awatson@ridgewood.k12.nj.us
CRISIS INTERVENTION COUNSELORS
Lauren M. DePinto, DSW, LCSW, Crisis Intervention Counselor: ldepinto@ridgewood.k12.nj.us
Kevin Feeley, LCSW, Crisis Intervention Counselor: kfeeley@ridgewood.k12.nj.us
RIDGEWOOD IN-DISTRICT THERAPEUTIC SUPPORTS (RITS)
Sarah Gregor, LCSW, Care Plus In-District Clinician (RHS): sgregor@ridgewod.k12.nj.us