GENERALEDUCATION,SPECIALEDUCATION ANDEDUCATIONALADMINISTRATION PANEL

SESSION 3

Monday, March 27, 2023

SOPHIE DE FREITAS, ES '09, HS '13

Lower School Special Education Head Teacher, Quad Preparatory School

Sophie went to school at SUNY Geneseo her undergraduate degree (childhood education with special education) and graduate degree (reading and literacy). Sophie currently lives in Hoboken, and works at The Quad Preparatory School in lower Manhattan. Sophie works with a neurodiverse population, specifically twice-exceptional children Prior to this experience, Sophie worked as a graduate assistant for The Research Foundation for SUNY and a site supervisor at AutismUp in Rochester.

KRISTIN MCHUGH, HS ‘89

Principal 721R, The Richard H. Hungerford School

Mrs. Kristin McHugh ‘89 is the current Principal of 721R, The Richard H Hungerford School The Hungerford school services students with a wide spectrum of physical and cognitive disabilities. We provide services for students with Autism, learning disabilities and multiple disabilities. The Hungerford school has over 450 students spread across 10 sites on Staten Island. The middle and high school students learn academics based on NYS standards and Activities for daily living.

Mrs. McHugh started her career on Wall Street coming out of St John's University with a business degree. She worked her way up to being a Vice President for Prudential Securities, Bear Sterns and Merrill Lynch traveling the country for each of them While working on Wall Street, she worked on a Master’s Degrees in