Our school motto is “Where Friends Learn and Grow!” It is important to us that French Hill students feel secure, comfortable and happy. We are extremely proud of the warm, nurturing climate of our school. Our caring and skilled staff at French Hill appreciate children, that they learn in different ways, at varying rates and come to school with diverse experiences. It is our aim to create a bridge between every child’s strengths, inclinations and experiences and the school’s high goals.

The French Hill staff and families work together to provide the best possible education. Key to this is how we value communication. Formal examples of this include this website, parent orientations, PTA presentations, and parent/teacher conferences. Informal yet equally valuable examples include timely phone calls and notes from our teachers to parents.

Allow me to tell you a little about myself! My wife Debbie and I have four children, ages, 16, 19, 21 and 23. Our three oldest (Christopher, Jonathan and Emily) are at college in the Boston area and our youngest, Benjamin, is a junior in high school. This is my fourteenth year as principal of French Hill. Prior to coming to French Hill, I principaled and taught music at the Highland Falls/Fort Montgomery School District, located in Orange County. I still enjoy playing the piano - I sometimes accompany Benjamin who is studying violin.

It is my hope that French Hill students see the principal in the same manner that they view any French Hill staff member, as a caring adult who wants to help them do their very best. I also want our students to know that we value good old-fashioned fun at French Hill as well. Our annual Halloween parade typifies this spirit. Our annual Read-a-Thon culminating assembly also speaks to this. For example, a few years ago our “Hats Off To Reading” Read-a-Thon closing assembly had me dressed as the Cat in the Hat, chasing, in slapstick style, our P.E. teachers who were dressed as Thing #1 and Thing #2!