Happy August Riverton Families!
I am eager and excited to begin my first year as the Superintendent/Principal of the Riverton School. As I enter my eighteenth year in education, I look forward to building a partnership with the Riverton community in an effort to maximize the individual capacity of all of our students. The purpose of this newsletter is to introduce myself, my family, and share an overview of my educational philosophy.
In short, I believe in focusing on the whole student and creating a respectful, responsible environment where all students are happy, healthy and have the ability to maximize their daily learning potential. “Visible Learning,” and “Relationships,” are two themes I model on a daily basis. You will see these themes reflected in my communications, our events, your child’s classroom experience, etc.
I look forward to meeting you and your children as we enter the 2022-2023 school year.
With gratitude,
Joshua W. Zagorski
Superintendent
Riverton School District
A Little About Me!
- I grew up in Parsippany (Morris County, NJ) before venturing off to Moravian College (BA) & La Salle University (MA)
- I taught middle school math for ten years in 6th, 7th and 8th grades
- I coached high school football (Cinnaminson HS), middle school wrestling & high school track (CHS) for ten years.
- For the last seven years I have been an administrator in the Maple Shade School District holding the titles of Director of STEM & Network Technology and Principal at the Steinhauer School.
- My background experiences include a strong emphasis in K-8 mathematics, specifically standard development, fraction development and analyzing resources to ensure they are providing accurate exposure to the New Jersey Student Learning Standards
- Explore my professional Digital Portfolio
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My Family
| Our Best Friend
| Our Family Favorites
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My Family
- Mrs. Zagorski is a 1st grade teacher
- Luke is entering 8th grade
- Ben is entering 6th grade
- For fun, we love the beach
- Mrs. Zagorski and I can often be found on a soccer field watching our boys as they travel all over the state!
Our Best Friend
- Lola is our four year old "Doodle"
- Lola is half Newfoundland & half standard poodle
- Lola can often be found outside "playing" with birds and rabbits or on our couch (which she is not allowed to be on!)
Our Family Favorites
- Trips to the beach (Cape May)
- Ice Cream
- Playing Sports
- Watching Sports
- Shopping
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All children are explorers Let's encourage questioning, innovating, & critical thinking! | Relationships Circles are one strategy for all children to learn to respect themselves, one another, their adults , & our property. As adults we learn a ton as well! | All children can achieve. Learning should be messy, filled with productive struggle and visible. All students can achieve. |
All children are explorers
Relationships
