Judit Gilbert - 1st, 2nd and 4th Grade Handwork Assistant

Theological University, Hungary; Waldorf Teacher Training Certification, Sunbridge College, NY; Emerson College, UK; Eurythmy Diploma, West Midlands School of Eurythmy, UK; Eurythmy Spring Valley, NY.

Judit is a craftsperson with a special interest in natural fibers. She makes plant-dyed felted wool pictures for children. Her two sons attend Green Meadow.

Gosha Karpowicz - High School Art

B.F.A. Parsons School of Design. Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw, Poland; at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria; at the Arts Student League, New York City; Maine College of Art, and at Sunbridge College. She is a visiting faculty member at RSC, Sacramento, California.

Gosha currently serves on the Student Art Exhibit Committee. She is a painter who has taught fine arts at Green Meadow since 1997. Her paintings have been shown in a number of galleries in New York state. One of her daughters is currently a student at Green Meadow and the other is a recent graduate.

April Kornberg - 7^th Grade Handwork Assistant

April studied fine arts at SUNY Oswego. An experienced beading artist, she assists in the seventh grade handwork class.  Her daughter attends Green Meadow High School.

Christine Marlow - Lower School Handwork

BFA, Rosemont College, Rosemont, PA; Applied Arts Program at Sunbridge College.

Chris serves on the school's Social Inclusion Committee, Parent Handwork Group, and Care Group.

She enjoys gardening, painting, plant dyeing, and going to the beach as often as possible. Her children are both alumni of Green Meadow.

Michael Miller - 7th & 8th Grade Clay Modeling

Bachelor of Arts & Sciences, SUNY Oswego; one year of graduate studies in art at Syracuse University; Applied Arts program, Sunbridge College.

Michael has studied with Margaret Froehlich, Lukas Zay, Patrick Stolfo, and Michael Howard. From 1977-1980, he was a member of a craft cooperative in Syracuse, NY. Michael has taught clay classes to children and to adults with disabilities at the Everson Museum of Art-Syracuse. Michael's own work has been exhibited widely in New York state and in Europe.

Michael is a musician and was a member of a band for three years that recorded and toured throughout the United States and Europe. He has been working at Green Meadow since 1988 and is the parent of two alumni and one current student.

Leigh Tripathi - Handwork Assistant

Enrolled in the Applied Arts Program at the Fiber Craft Studio, Chestnut Ridge, NY. Studied Special Education and Anthropology at the University of Miami, FL.

Leigh assists third grade handwork. She enjoys rock climbing, hiking and camping, and all types of handwork. Leigh began teaching at Green Meadow in September 2009. Her children are enrolled in the school.

Sandy Volpe - High School Crafts

Studied fine arts at School of Visual Arts in NY, and at Livingston College, Rutgers University and Applied Arts, Sunbridge College. Waldorf Teacher Training Certification, Sunbridge College. Sandy taught art to grades 4-12 at the Clearview school in Wayne, NJ for eight years before coming to Green Meadow in 2000.

Sandy teaches coppersmithing to the 9th grade, geometric floorcloths to the 10th grade, bookcraft to the 11th grade, and leather bookbinding to the 12th grade.Sandy serves on the Aesthetics, Social Inclusion and Athletics committees, and is co-advisor to the Class of 2012. She is the director of the equestrian program. Her two daughters are alums of Green Meadow.

Michael Witri - Woodwork and Blacksmithing

Michael studied at the University of Maryland and Wayne State University. He received a degree in theater. He was a professional singer for many years, and then came to work at Green Meadow in 1989.

Michael teaches woodwork to grades 6, 7, and 8, and blacksmithing to grade 9. He iserves on the Collegium, the Athletic Committee, the Middle School Committee and the Lower School Council. His hobbies are music, singing and woodwork. His children are all alums of Green Meadow.