Project Description
Sarah Goodman, Fellow
Hunters Point Community Middle School
Queens, NY
Sarah Goodman is a product of public schools, a mother of two NYC DOE students, and is married to the English teacher she met across the hall during her first year teaching. She received an undergraduate degree in Environmental Studies and a Biology teaching certification from Brown University. Her graduate work in education took place at Lesley University, Baruch University, and Bank Street College. She began her career as a middle school science and math teacher in New York City in 1996 obsessed with getting students to learn on the shores of the Hudson and East Rivers. She has also been a teacher coach, leadership consultant, and Quality Review Director. She is a member of a variety of leadership advisory groups and an Adjunct Professor within the teacher preparation program at the American Museum of Natural History. Sarah is the proud Founding Principal of the Hunter’s Point Community Middle School in Long Island City, Queens. The incredible staff lead diverse and inclusive classrooms using a project based and data driven approach. The strong school culture and rigorous academics at HPCMS consistently lead to performance that goes beyond predicted attendance and test results creating a sought after public school option within the NYC DOE system.
Trevina Nicholson, Ally
Teacher, Restorative Coach
Hunters Point Community Middle School
Queens, NY
Trevina Nicholson is an educator that works for Hunters Point Community Middle School. She was born in Jamaica, West Indies. At the age of eight she migrated to the United States. They planted their feet in the borough of Brooklyn, where she truly learned the meaning of community. As the oldest of her four siblings and the only girl, Trevina has always felt the need to be more and be a success for everyone that looked like her. Trevina is a true product of New York City’s Public Schools, she learned about the world in elementary school, she was shown the magic of reading in middle school, and learned valuable leadership skills in high school. Being the go-getter she is, Trevina enrolled herself at CUNY, York College. She received a bachelor’s degree in journalism. A few years after she graduated she received her master’s degree in teaching from Manhattanville College. Her career began as a paraprofessional, where she learned that she embodied a gift for children. Trevina later went on to become a Special Education teacher.