Teachers

Get to know your SSHS teachers in our most recent profile series, started by Natalie Rock, “Wait…Teachers Have Lives Outside of School?” Natalie was the Public Relations Manager for the 2022-2023 school year and an entertainment and op-ed writer for The Rod. She wrote for the paper for two years and now attends Ohio State University.

Class of 2024 Graduation Speakers

June 13, 2024 by Sanaiya Noisette(‘26) Graduation speakers have been elected for the 2024 Senior Graduation at Saratoga Springs High School. This exciting opportunity has been given to Jaden Calderon and Adam Brown. Out of many candidates, these two essays were a perfect fit for this year’s celebration.    Brown’s story starts in Greenfield and beginning […]

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“Wait… Teachers Have Lives Outside of School?” Vol. 8: Magistra Sadlon 

October 11, 2023  by Eliza Krackeler (‘24) What have you taught throughout your time at Saratoga?  Latin 1 and 2 Accelerated, Latin 1, Latin 2, Latin 3, Latin 4, Latin 5, 8th grade French, French 1, and French 2.  Where did you attend college?   Magistra attended the University of Albany and graduated summa cum laude

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“Wait… Teachers Have Lives Outside of School?” Vol. 7: Mr. Scott

June 12, 2023  by Natalie Rock (‘23) Teacher: Mr. Scott What do you teach? Regents Chemistry & Principles of Chemistry  Where did you attend college? Likes? Dislikes? Mr. Scott attended Hofstra University for one year with intentions of becoming a doctor. After a chance to be a teaching assistant (TA), he transferred to SUNY Oneonta

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“Wait… Teachers Have Lives Outside of School?”: Vol. 6, Mrs. Raga-Barone

April 26, 2023  by Natalie Rock (‘23) Teacher:  Mrs. Raga-Barone What do you teach?  Mrs. R-B teaches visual art, which includes Foundations in Art, Portfolio I, Digital Video, Computer Graphics II, and C.A.R.E.S Art.  Where did you attend college? Likes? Dislikes? Mrs. R-B attended college at the Rochester Institute of Technology. She loved the classes

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“Wait… Teachers Have Lives Outside of School?”: Vol 5. Mrs. Perry 

March 13, 2023  by Aditi Singh (‘24) Meet Mrs. Perry!  What do you teach?  “AP World and AP Psychology,” Mrs. Perry said. When asked which class she liked better (because one just has to ask) she replied with, “oooo! That’s a really hard one.” Although she did not pick a favorite, she did say she

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“Wait… Teachers Have Lives Outside of School?”: Vol 4. The Rod’s Very Own Mr. Ubriaco

February 6, 2023 by Natalie Rock (’23) Teacher: Mr. Ubriaco What do you teach? “How to be human,” Mr Ubriaco said, but went on to further specify his courses. He teaches English, AP Language and Composition, Journalism, and Film and Literature. Where did you attend college? Likes? Dislikes? Mr. Ubriaco started out at Suffolk County

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“Wait… Teachers Have Lives Outside of School?”: Vol 3, Ms. Narkiewicz

November 28, 2022 by Natalie Rock (’23) Meet Ms. Narkiewicz (Nark-o-witz), most commonly referred to as Nark or Ms. Nark! Favorite Thanksgiving food? Nark said, “Probably dessert. At my parents’ house, all of the desserts are in the garage so you just walk in and there is a table full of desserts. It’s incredible.” Out

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“Wait…Teachers Have Lives Outside of School?”: Vol. 2, Mr. Snyder

October 31, 2022 by Natalie Rock ’23 provided by Mr. Snyder What are you going to be for Halloween? What is your favorite Halloween candy? For Halloween, Mr. Snyder is being… himself! All jokes aside, he gets told around 10 times a day that he looks like Steve Harrington, so he and his girlfriend are

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“Wait… Teachers Have Lives Outside of School?”: Vol. 1, Mrs. Gironda

October 3, 2022 by Natalie Rock (’23) provided by Mrs. Gironda What does Mrs. Gironda teach? Algebra 2, AP calculus AB, and regular calculus Where did she attend college? Mrs. Gironda attended college at SUNY Binghamton for her undergrad and her masters. Her undergraduate major was mathematical sciences and her masters was in education. She

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