From left to right: Angela Snyder (Social Worker), Trisha Joseph (Psychologist), Sharon Charles (Social Worker), Gena Archer (Counselor), Lisa Cornacchia (Counselor), Scott Brown (Counselor)
Not pictured Tiziana Didonna (Psychologist)
Counseling Services
Overview
The Pelham Middle School Counseling Department strives to support students academically and emotionally as well as prepare them for the transition to high school and beyond.
Each year, the department hosts multiple events for students and parents, including transition nights for 5th grade parents and 8th grade parents to prepare them Pelham Middle School and Pelham Memorial High School respectively. Please view the school calendar for more information.
Program Sequence
Pelham Middle School strives to offer its students opportunities for a wide range of new experiences by providing a variety of courses. The following is a list of courses in our program and the number of times each course meets per six day cycle.
Testing
Students are required to take all NYS assessments unless exempted according to NYS regulations. The following exams are administered to all MS students:
Grade 6
- NY State Assessments
Grade 7
- Final Exams (School)
- NY State Assessments
Grade 8
- Final Exams (School)
- NYS Language Arts Assessment
- NYS Math Assessment
- Earth Science Regents
- *Algebra Regents (if accelerated)
- FLACS
School Exams are administered during exam days at the conclusion of the school year. A special testing schedule will be mailed to parents in May.
High School Transcript
Any Middle School student taking a High School course (Earth Science, Foreign Language, Algebra I, Studio in Art) will have the grade(s) for those courses appear on his/her High School transcript. Regents grades will also be included on his/her High School transcript.
Honor Roll
The MS honor roll is designed to recognize student achievement. Students achieving honor roll status must have a 87.0 GPA (with no grade less than a “C”) with all grades being weighed equally (including core academic classes and specials).
Contact
Director of Counseling
Eugene Farrell
738-8110 ext. 1104
efarrell@pelhamschools.org
MS Counselors
Scott Brown
738-8192
sbrown@pelhamschools.org
Lisa Cornacchia
738-0233
lcornacchia@pelhamschools.org
Gena Archer
738-8190 ext. 1248
garcher@pelhamschools.org
School Psychologists
Dr. Tricia Joseph
738-0265
tjoseph@pelhamschools.org
Dr. Tiziana Didonna
738-8190 ext. 1147
tdidonna@pelhamschools.org
Social Worker
Angela Snyder
738-8190 x1126
asnyder@pelhamschools.org
Sharon Charles
738-8190 ext. 1218
scharles@pelhamschools.org
Student Assistance Counselor
Justine LaDisa
Room 118A
738-8110 ext. 1118
jladisa@pelhamschools.org
Service Learning
At Pelham Middle School, we strive to inspire students to become caring members of their community who act to make a positive difference in the lives of others. We believe that a lifelong personal commitment to service is best cultivated when students have early opportunities to take thoughtful and positive action in developmentally appropriate ways.
In support of this process, the Pelham Public Schools requires each student to complete forty hours of community service before high school graduation. Students may begin accumulating their hours as early as the sixth grade.
We expect that each student will complete at least three hours of community service work before he or she enters high school, but middle school students may complete as many as 10 hours towards the high school requirement.