The Upper Merion Area Middle School Special Education Department provides a quality individualized education to students with specific academic, emotional, social and/or physical needs in a safe and stimulating environment. We believe that all students can learn and provide students with supports and services to ensure that they remain in their least restrictive environment. Our middle school staff strives to have all students reach their maximum potential academically, socially, and emotionally while learning to be a productive member of their community.
At the Upper Merion Area Middle School, we:
*use data driven decision-making to improve teacher practices, student engagement and student achievement
* utilize Differentiated Instruction in order to meet the needs of all students
* integrate Character throughout our Curriculum and Activities through Community of Caring
* offer our students ways to connect with peers through extra-curricular organizations, clubs, intramurals and athletics
Who to contact if you have concerns with your child’s IEP:
Case Manager (Special Education Teacher)
-John Armenio jarmenio@umasd.org
-Kelly Barber kbarber@umasd.org
-Brooke Battaglia bbattaglia@umasd.org
-Marget Bluefeld mbluefeld@umasd.org
-Erin Curtis ecurtis@umasd.org
-John Funk jfunk@umasd.org
-Jill Kaiserman jkaiserman@umasd.org
-Alexis Karbiwnyk akarbiwnyk@umasd.org
-Rich Lindelow rlindelow@umasd.org
-Christine Schmolz cschmolz@umasd.org
-Monica Weckesser mweckesser@umasd.org
-Lori Werner lwerner@umasd.org
Speech and Language:
-Sue Ellen Larkin slarkin@umasd.org
-Shannon McKay smckay@umasd.org
Occupational Therapy:
-Mark Pieninck mpieninck@umasd.org
-Katie Alexander kalexander@umasd.org
Physical Therapy:
-Debbie Campolo dcampolo@umasd.org
Guidance Counselors:
Dave Burns dburns@umasd.org
Kim Corbi kcorbi@umasd.org
Amanda Donahue adonahue@umasd.org
Kara Howell khowell@umasd.org
School Psychologist:
Ro Foote rfoote@umasd.org
School Social Worker:
Patricia Davis padavis@umasd.org
Assistant Superintendent of Pupil Services:
Kathryn Ashbridge kashbridge@umasd.org
