Due to a mechanical issue (well pump) in the school building, the DAMASCUS AREA SCHOOL will operate on a Flexible Instruction Day (FID – virtual learning) on Friday, February 13, 2026.
Damascus students should not report to school on this day. Instead, they will complete their instructional activities and assignments from home via remote learning. It is anticipated that the mechanical issue will be resolved and school will resume normal procedures on Tuesday - February 17, 2026, following the holiday weekend.
This communication DOES NOT impact any other Wayne Highlands school. All schools, other than Damascus, will operate normally (to include transportation), on Friday - February 13, 2026.
Our Teachers
| Summer Barrouk | Teacher | Wayne Highlands Middle School | sbarrouk@whsdk12.com |
| Teresa Bayly | Nurse | Wayne Highlands Middle School | tbayly@whsdk12.com |
| Daniel V. Becker | Teacher | Wayne Highlands Middle School | dbecker@whsdk12.com |
| Kathryn Beisel | Teacher | Wayne Highlands Middle School | kbeisel@whsdk12.com |
| Brittany Bentonvitz | Special Education | Wayne Highlands Middle School | bbentonvitz@whsdk12.com |
| Elana E. Carroll | Student Teacher | Wayne Highlands Middle School | carroll@whsdk12.com |
| Valray Cheripko | Teacher | Wayne Highlands Middle School | vcheripko@whsdk12.com |
| Jessie DiPuma | Special Education | Wayne Highlands Middle School | jdipuma@whsdk12.com |
| Gretchen Finney | Teacher | Wayne Highlands Middle School | gfinney@whsdk12.com |
| Amy Flederbach | Teacher | Wayne Highlands Middle School | aflederbach@whsdk12.com |
| Rebecca Garing | Teacher | Wayne Highlands Middle School | rgaring@whsdk12.com |
| Jenna George | Special Education | Wayne Highlands Middle School | jgeorge@whsdk12.com |
| Andrea Gigliotti | Teacher | Wayne Highlands Middle School | agigliotti@whsdk12.com |
| Brian Gillow | Teacher | Wayne Highlands Middle School | bgillow@whsdk12.com |
| Ernest W. Griffis | Teacher | Wayne Highlands Middle School | egriffis@whsdk12.com |
| Courtney Hopkins | Teacher | Wayne Highlands Middle School | cohopkins@whsdk12.com |
| Laura L. Irwin | Special Education | Wayne Highlands Middle School | lairwin@whsdk12.com |
| Casey Jennings | Special Education | Wayne Highlands Middle School | cjennings@whsdk12.com |
| Nicolas P. Joyal | Teacher | Wayne Highlands Middle School | njoyal@whsdk12.com |
| Michele Kapinus | Teacher | Wayne Highlands Middle School | kapinumi@wallenpaupack.org |
| Darlene Kowalczyk | Teacher | Wayne Highlands Middle School | dkowalczyk@whsdk12.com |
| Christine Kwiatkowski | Teacher | Wayne Highlands Middle School | ckwiatkowski@whsdk12.com |
| Erica Lasko | Teacher | Wayne Highlands Middle School | elasko@whsdk12.com |
| Caroline A. Marino | Teacher | Wayne Highlands Middle School | cmarino@whsdk12.com |
| Karen Martin | Teacher | Wayne Highlands Middle School | kamartin6th@whsdk12.com |
| Susan Mcdermott | Teacher | Wayne Highlands Middle School | smcdermott@whsdk12.com |
| Rembert Meszler | Teacher | Wayne Highlands Middle School | rmeszler@whsdk12.com |
| Jessica Mitschele | Teacher | Wayne Highlands Middle School | jmitschele@whsdk12.com |
| Benjamin Monahan | Teacher | Wayne Highlands Middle School | bmonahan@whsdk12.com |
| Andrea Murray | Guidance | Wayne Highlands Middle School | amurray@whsdk12.com |
| Jennifer Oday | Teacher | Wayne Highlands Middle School | joday@whsdk12.com |
| Christopher Piasecki | Teacher | Wayne Highlands Middle School | cpiasecki@whsdk12.com |
| Skye Rickard | Special Education | Wayne Highlands Middle School | skrickard@whsdk12.com |
| Barbara Rodda | Teacher | Wayne Highlands Middle School | brodda@whsdk12.com |
| Haley Roof | Teacher | Wayne Highlands Middle School | hroof@whsdk12.com |
| Paul M. Russick | Teacher | Wayne Highlands Middle School | prussick@whsdk12.com |
| Brenda Schweighofer | Special Education | Wayne Highlands Middle School | bschweighofer@whsdk12.com |
| Salvatore Valerio | Teacher | Wayne Highlands Middle School | svalerio@whsdk12.com |
| Renee Vansickle | Teacher | Wayne Highlands Middle School | rvansickle@whsdk12.com |
| Robert J. Wasylyk | Substitute Teacher | Wayne Highlands Middle School | rwasylyk@whsdk12.com |
| Erin Worzel | Student Teacher | Wayne Highlands Middle School | eworzel@whsdk12.com |