Barkley ~ Lindsay Madigan, lmadigan@gasd.org
Marie Curie ~ Sue Leone, sleone@gasd.org
McNulty ~ Courtney Ratzlaff cratzlaff@gasd.org
Tecler ~ Kellie DeLuca, kdeluca@gasd.org
Counseling Office
School Social Work
School social workers take an active role in ensuring that our students social and emotional needs are met. Students engage in individual and group activities in collaboration with instructional staff. Social workers work with families and agencies to help problem solve individual crisis situations.
Career and Educational Counseling
The focus of the Greater Amsterdam School District’s Counseling Department is to provide a Developmental School Counseling Program consisting of a comprehensive plan of academic, career, and personal development. The program is an essential part of the total school program and supports the goals established for all students.
Through a series of sequential and developmental activities, the counselor ensures that he/she is meaningfully involved with each student during each year of the secondary school experience. In this way the student is in the best position to learn, plan, and make positive decisions with the ongoing support and assistance of a school counselor.
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Contact Information
Elementary School Social Workers
Lynch Literacy Academy Social Workers
Social Worker Grade 6: Lauren Carson lcarson@gasd.org
Social Worker Grade 7: Samantha Millington, smillington@gasd.org
Social Worker Grade 8: Allison Pawlik, apawlik@gasd.org
Social Worker Grade 7/9 L.E.A.P program: Shannon Gizzi, sgizzi@gasd.org
Lynch Literacy Academy Counseling Staff
Grade 6: Shammy Serafini, sserafini@gasd.org
Grade 7: Jennifer DeWeese, jdeweese@gasd.org
Grade 8: Jill Custer, jcuster@gasd.org
Psychologist: Julie Pendt, jpendt@gasd.org
Amsterdam High School Counseling Staff
A-D: Kathleen Clough, kclough@gasd.org
E-L: Mary DeTraglia, mdetraglia@gasd.org
M– Roc: Maura Friddle, mfriddle@gasd.org
Rod-Z: Jennifer Bach, jbach@gasd.org
School Psychologist– Samantha Hallenbeck, shallenbeck@gasd.org
School Social Workers – Courtney Boshart, cboshart@gasd.org and Morgan Umholtz, mumholtz@gasd.org