Pioneer Academy of Science
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The Pioneer Academy of Science is a private school located in Clifton, New Jersey, at 366 Clifton Ave., also at the intersection of First St. and Clifton Ave. The school was formed in 1999.
History
In the late 1990s, Osman Öztoprak, Ismail Arican, Ya Ramiye, and Aziz Zafer Ergul started a school at the corner of Clifton Ave. and First St., at the site of a former mental hospital,. They originally opened with only middle school students, but by the third year they had expanded to 3rd graders, making it 3rd-8th grade. In 2005, they opened up the school to 2nd graders as well.
Faculty
Note: Faculty changes every year in accordance to teacher's leavings and/or class arrangements.
English
Ms. Kristen O' Connor (1999-2003)
Mrs. Marlene Telford-Gibson (2004)
Ms. Marie Duda (2005)
Social Studies
Mr. Edward Lloyd (1999-2002)
Ms. Shannon Johnson (2003-4)
Mr. David Lowenfels (2004+)
Science
Mr. Osman Ōztoprak (1999+)
Mr. Osman Dulgeroğlu (????-2003)
Mr. Oĝuz Yildız (2003+)
Mr. Soner Gökbulut (2004+)
Mrs. Ayşe Baykal (2004)
Math
Mr. Mucahit Polat (1999+)
Mr. Alparslan Özdoğan (1999-2003)
Mr. Abyar Unal (2004)
Mr. Celal Aydar (2004+)
Spanish
Mrs. Kelly LeParc (1999-2004)
Mr. Sami Pala (2005)
Mr. Carlos Rendon (2005)
Turkish
Mrs. Dilek Öztoprak (1999-2002, 2004+ (maternity leave))
Mrs. Duymas (2003)
Gym
Mr. Caner Özgur (1999-2003)
Mr. Daniel Shafferazza (2004)
Mr. Savaş Atlas (2005+)
Art
Mrs. Jennifer López-Torres (2003-4)
Ms. Elizabeth Heim (2005)
Ms. Erica Cronk (2005)
Computers
Mr. Mucahit Polat (1999+)
Mr. Soner Gökbulut (2004+)
Reading
Mrs. Kelly LeParc (1999-2004)(We all miss her)
Ms. Marie Fooda (2005)
2nd Grade
Mrs. Asan (2006)
Ms. Jennifer Pape (2006)
Miscellaneous
Ismail Arican (Administration) (1999+)
Cemal Hoca (Janitor) (1999+)
Yucel Ari (Coach) (2004)
Nuran Ali (Coach) (2005)
Asuman Koch (Secretary)
Events
The school, before 2004, used the last three periods of every Friday (after lunch) for clubs (first period) and science and math projects (second and third periods). In 2004, they took away the science and math teams and replaced them with Science Olympiad; other teams such as the Math Olympiad team remained. A vast variety of clubs, including school newsletter,government, poetry, chess, puzzle, movie, electronics, origami, art and yearbook, existed.
Science Olympiad
In 2006 Science Olympiad, Pioneer Academy of Science got 4th place.
External links
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