Staff and Faculty
Highlighted Teachers
Jeremy Rubock
Courses~"Future Engineers" and "Cyberspace Exploration"
Years of KOC experience~2
"Computers are only tools...but gaming is an experience."
Judith Ehrman-Shapiro
Courses~"Modern Dance" and "Stepping into Choreography"
Years of KOC experience~1
"I enjoy the energy of my classes...and I'll be sad when it's over."
Ercole Spinelli
Courses~"Chemistry for the Scientifically Curious" and "The Natural Scientist"
Years of KOC experience~16 (since the begining!)
"KOC is an invaluable program because it has kids doing science...The kids have really made career decisions based on their experiences here."
Teachers
Raymond Coughlin
Course~"Future Architects"
Years of experience at KOC~2
"Architecture can be fun."
Margaret Demarino
Courses~"Once upon a script" and "Poets and Writers, Computer Creations"
Years of experience at KOC~8
"I love KOC. It's probably the most exhausting job I've had, but when the students get working, it really works out great."
Robin Frome
Course~"Romeo, Oh Romeo; an actors workshop"
Years of KOC experience~5
"This year for Kids-on-Campus in our Romeo and Juliet production class we have dissected the text to find out about all the charactors, moods, themes, personalities, and symbols. It has been very informative and enjoyable."
Ron Gagliardi
Course~"Cartoon Safari"
Years of KOC experiance~8
"I think they (the kids) are wonderful toonsters."
Roberta Jones
Courses~"Photography Adventure" and "Shutter Bugs"
Years of KOC experience~3
"I enjoy the spontaneous and fearless way the students approach photography."
Dolores Kelsey
Course~"Brain Games"
Years of KOC experience~2
"Your brain: use it or lose it."
Mark Mierzejewski
Course~"Planets, Asteroids, and Meteors" and "The Weather Question"
Years of KOC experience~5
"I've taught highschool for many years, and the students at KOC sometimes ask more intelligent questions than the high school students."
John Reed
Courses~"Freshwater Ecology" and "Streams, Lakes and Swamps"
Years of KOC experience~2
"KOC is a lot of fun because you can get outside to do the neat stuff, get your feet wet, hands dirty, and not stick to the book like a regular classroom."
Ms. Scalia
Course~"Viva Italia"
Years of KOC experience~1
"I have wonderful students in a wonderful place."
MaryLou Walsh
Courses~"Servin' it up" and "Creative Cookery"
Years of KOC experience~1
"We had the opportunity to travel around the world in this class."
Kirsten Wilcox
Courses~"Underwater Journey" and "Animal Discovery"
Years of KOC experience~1
"The students here have tremendous enthusiasm and they are using their creativity to make 2D and 3D pictures. They enjoy the use of the library and the internet."
Our Favorite Assistant
Elisa Pianka
Courses of assistance~"Shutter Bugs" and "Photography Adventure"
Years as KOC assistant~1
Years of attending KOC as student~3
"We were the rebels of the world we see."(from her favorite music group, The Cranberries)
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