6 • THE RYE CITY REVIEW • September 2, 2016
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Dr. Jake Ross, Psychologist
Debra Aronson, American Sign Language Teacher
Cody Blume, Social Studies Teacher
Ross comes to Rye from Bedford Road Elementary School in Pleasantville, where he completed an internship focused on in-district special education programs for high needs students. He worked as an extern at Midland School in 2012 to 2013 under Dr. Anat Mor, as well as at Westchester Medical Center from 2013 to 2014, and at the Jewish Child Care Association from 2014 to 2015. Ross has a Psy.D. from Yeshiva University’s Ferkaf Graduate School of Psychology, an M.S. in psychology from Yeshiva University, and a B.A. in psychology from Binghamton University.
Aronson comes to Rye from Solomon Schechter High School in White Plains, where she has taught American Sign Language, ASL, to high school students grades nine through 12 since 2014. In 2016, she began teaching ASL to undergraduate college students at Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry. From 2014 to 2015, she taught ASL as a foreign language at Greenwich High School. She is a founder of and teacher at C.A.S.L.E. Incorporated, where she teaches ASL to hearing children ages 2 to 18. Aronson has a B.S. in business administration with a concentration in ASL from the University of Hartford. She is currently working towards a master’s degree in teaching American Sign Language as a foreign language at the University of Northern Colorado.
Blume comes to Rye from Mamaroneck High School, where he taught social studies for the past three years. Prior to becoming a full-time teacher, he was as substitute teacher in the Mamaroneck Union Free School District, working in the district’s four elementary, middle and high schools and special education classrooms. He completed his student teaching in 11th-grade U.S. History at Mamaroneck High School. Blume has a B.A., magna cum laude, in history and secondary education and an M.A., summa cum laude, in world history, both from St. John’s University in Queens.
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Natalie Folloro, School Psychologist
Nicholas Rastegar, French Teacher
Julianne Potoma Tamucci, Science Teacher
Folloro comes to Rye from Ardsley High School in Ardsley, where she spent a year as the school psychologist for the high school and for students enrolled in the emotional and academic support programs. Prior to working in Ardsley, she was the school psychologist from 2013 to 2015 at the Hallen School, a private school for special education in New Rochelle. From 2011 to 2013, she completed a fulltime, 18-month internship at the elementary, middle and high schools in the Ardsley Union Free School District, and a part-time internship at the Port Chester Middle School. She began her career as a threes and fours teacher at the Hastings Co-Op Nursery School. Folloro is trained in non-violent crisis intervention. She has a B.A. in psychology, cum laude, and an M.A. in school psychology, both from Iona College.
Rastegar comes to Rye from the Bronxville Middle/High School, where he served as a French and Spanish teacher for the past five years. Prior to working in Bronxville, he was a French and Spanish teacher at the Brockport High School in the Brockport Central School District. Rastegar has a B.A. in Spanish and French from Le Moyne College, an M.S. in education policy from the Warner School of Education at the University of Rochester, and is completing an M.A. in Spanish language and cultures from the University of Salamanca in Salamanca, Spain.
Potoma Tamucci comes to Rye from Chester Academy High School in Chester, where she taught living environment regents level classes, forensic science and environmental science for grades 9 through 12, and served as a self-contained English teacher for grade 12 for the 2015-16 school year. Prior to teaching in Chester, she spent eight years as a sixth- through eighthgrade Science teacher at the Rose E. Scala School/PS/ MS 71 in the Bronx. She has participated in the Science Alliance of the NY Academy of Sciences’ Scientist-inResidence Program, Urban Advantage and GLOBE Professional Development Programs. Potoma Tamucci has a B.S. in chemistry from Susquehanna University and an M.A. in teaching, summa cum laude, from Manhattanville College. CONTINUED on next page