This feature will highlight our new staff members this year. Welcome aboard!
Ms. Zucker
I began teaching at EWSIS in October of 2011. Previously, I taught at a middle school in District 30, Queens, for several years.
The one thing I really enjoy at East-West every morning is Muster. It's a nice way to get the entire school body together when the day begins.
I love being an ESL teacher since I, too, learned English as a second language. My native language is Hebrew. Therefore, I can identify with my students.
Ms. Wilkerson
Math Coach
I am privileged to work with an outstanding group of math teachers. I began teaching math when I realized that most of the critical decisions we have to make in the U.S. and in the world require fluency in the language of mathematics. For decisions about the environment, toxins in our food, choices about medical procedures or personal finances, we need to be able to reason and communicate about numbers, trends and predictions. Advertisers and politicians often use statistics in odd ways and we – as consumers and voters – must try to see through possibly misleading inferences.
I teach in NYC because I want to help all students in urban areas to have access to a rigorous understanding of math and the opportunities for happiness that provides.
I lived and went to school in Switzerland for a year as a child, and as a young adult traveled around the U.S., Cambodia and Europe on several occasions. I have relatives in England and travel there every year to visit.