Jack Abrams Intermediate Administration
Principal
Jack Abrams Intermediate School Principal Mary Stokkers began her career in September 1975 at the James E. Allen School where she worked as a special education teacher for 4 ½ years. She later moved on to the Cold Spring Harbor school district and was an elementary grade level resource room teacher for seven years. She completed a sixth month school counselor internship in Huntington before assuming the position of Huntington Intermediate dean in September 1996, serving for five years before being named principal in 2001.
Ms. Stokkers graduated from Cold Spring Harbor High School and obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in elementary education at the University of South Florida in 1974. She earned a Master of Arts in special education in 1979 at Long Island University – C.W. Post, where she also received her state certifications as a school counselor and as an administrator in 1996 and 2000, respectively.
During her time in Huntington, Ms. Stokkers has served on numerous school and district committees and been active as a peer mediator trainer, Huntington Intermediate student leadership organization and newspaper advisor, facilitator for the A World of Difference program and member of the Drug Free committee and Violence Prevention Task Force, among other initiatives.