“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”
-John F. Kennedy
Academic Leadership
Mary Barton
HEAD OF SCHOOL
Trinity Washington University, B.A. History
Brooklyn College, M.S. Education: Humanities
Brooklyn College, Advanced Certificate, Educational Supervision and Administration
Columbia University, Cahn Fellow, Cahn Fellows Program for Distinguished Principals, Teachers' College
Mary served as an educator with the New York City Department of Education for over 32 years before her retirement in September 2018. In her last position with the DOE, she served as the Community Superintendent for Community School District 27 in Queens from 2014-2018. Prior to this, she served as a Senior Achievement and Technology Integration Facilitator in Cluster 2 and Children's First Network 204 from 2010-2014. Ms. Barton was the principal of Public School 236, The Mill Basin School, from 1999-2010 as well as a middle school English Language Arts and Humanities teacher and Assistant Principal at I.S 240 and a principal at I.S. 278, all in Community School District 22 in Brooklyn. Ms. Barton holds New York State Certification for both school level administration and supervision as well as district level administration and supervision.
SHERRI FROMOWITZ
lower school principal
Queens College, B.A., M.S.
Hofstra University, Reading Certification
Sherri has been with Lawrence Woodmere Academy for over 19 years.
MARC HOYLE
upper school principal
SUNY Stony Brook, B.A.
Dowling College, M.S.
Marc has been with Lawrence Woodmere Academy for over 18 years.
SUSAN LETTIERI
HEAD OF GLOBAL SCHOLARS PROGRAM HEAD OF COLLEGE GUIDANCE
Fordham University, B.A.
Hofstra University, M.A.
Susan has been with Lawrence Woodmere Academy for over 25 years.
Luke has over 15 years experience recruiting and managing International Student academic programs. This is Luke's first year at Lawrence Woodmere Academy.
STEPHEN OSTROFF
DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
New York University, A.C.S.
Hofstra University, B.B.A.
Steven has been with Lawrence Woodmere Academy for over 5 years.
Lorin W. Clark serves as the Director of Safety and Security. He is a retired NYPD Police Lieutenant. During his 20 year tenure with the NYPD, he served in the Counter-Terrorism Division. Lorin also served as the Commander of the Community Outreach Unit, working closely with the NYC Public Schools. He is a former Police Academy and School Safety Academy Instructor.
