Sheldon Dempster
Welcome all returning and new families to 2021-2022 school year at John J. Pershing I.S.220
Principal
Rosanna Wilson
Welcome to 2021-2022 School Year!
Grade 6, Social Studies,Special Education
Alison Whiffin
"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time."
-Thomas A. Edison
GRADE 7, ELA/ENL (6th Grade), SEL Team
Rosanna LaMonica
After earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Pace University, Ms. LaMonica worked as a Systems Engineer for JP Morgan for over 10 years. In 2007, she transitioned into the field of Education after completing a Masters degree in Math Education at Brooklyn College. She taught 8th grade Mathematics for 8 years and then became a Data Specialist and a Math Coach before earning an administrative license and becoming an assistant principal.
Grade 8, Math, SCHOOLWIDE DATA
Raquel Diaz
“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. ”
-Barack Obama
ENL, ELA/ENL ( Grade 7,8), EQUITY TEAM
Poulheria Labate
"The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education."
-Martin Luther King, Jr
Science, Operations, Safety & Security
Dr. Laura Melucci
“Optimism is not a lack of knowledge, but a source of courage."
Secretary Pete Buttigieg