Principal/Executive Director
About Our School
Dear ECC-Central Families:
Welcome to the 2020-21 School Year at the Early Childhood Center Central at Samuel L. Berliner!
ECC-Central provides each child with a high quality early childhood experience, an academic foundation, and most importantly, a love for learning! Our daily instructional experiences address multiple learning objectives for young children. They include but are not limited to growth in: social-emotional development, physical development, cognitive development, language, literacy, mathematics, science/technology, social studies, and the arts. In addition to our classroom learning communities that encourage independence, children participate in art and music enrichment classes. Our talented staff members view a child’s ability to express themselves, solve problems and gain information as an essential part to their development.
It is the partnership and on-going communication between our parents, families and staff that help to build a successful school experience for all of our youngest learners.
On behalf of the ECC-Central Family, we look forward to working together as a team and having a successful school year!
If you ever have any questions, comments or concerns, please feel free to come by and see me.
Sincerely,
Brenda R. Lee
Vice Principal
ECC-Central's Commitment to Physical and Mental Health
The Newark Board of Education is committed to ensuring the safety and health of all students and staff members. We encourage all to read the Safe Return Plan 2021 - 2022. Please see listed the names of the Pandemic Response Team and Mental Health Team members.
Additionally, COVID-19 testing for students occurs every Thursday starting at 1:15PM and assigned staff members may test upon completion of student testing.
Please click on our names to contact us via email.
You may also contact the school's Health Office at (973) 733-8523.
Pandemic Response Team
| Name | Title |
| Yolonda Severe | Principal/Executive Director |
| Brenda R. Lee | Vice Principal |
| Sharon Prawetz | Social Worker |
| Bernadine Constable | Nurse - Case Manager |
| Colisa Barnes | Safety Staff Member |
| Natasha Munford | Social Service Technician |
| Angela Ovalles | Social Service Technician |
Mental Health Team
| Name | Title |
| Yolonda Severe | Principal/Executive Director |
| Brenda R. Lee | Vice Principal |
| Sharon Prawetz | Social Worker - Coordinator |
| Bernadine Constable | Nurse |
| Deborah Jennings | Resource Teacher |
| Natasha Munford | Social Service Technician |
| Brittney Collado | PIRT Coach |
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