Senior Administration
Rivky Ross
Head of School
Morah Rivky Ross holds a B.A. in Jewish Studies and English Literature from Stern College, Yeshiva University, and completed the Bruriah Scholars fellowship in Talmud at Midreshet Lindenbaum in Jerusalem. She has worked in the field of alternative Jewish Education for 20 years through organizations including Melitz-Centers for Jewish Zionist Education, the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, and the Orthodox Union’s Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus. She began her Montessori journey as a parent, falling in love with the method while her children attended Montessori schools in Ithaca, NY. Convinced that Montessori could be applied to yeshiva day school curriculum for an optimal educational experience, she trained in Montessori elementary education at the Princeton Center for Teacher Education. Morah Rivky joined the staff of Yeshivat Netivot as Director in 2006 and became Head of School in 2009. She is both our chief executive and the director of curriculum development for the school. She is considered one of the world’s leading authorities on Jewish Montessori education and lectures widely on this topic.
Contact: morahrivky.ross@mynetivot.com
Alexandra Schupper
Chief Operating Officer
Having recently relocated to New Jersey from Toronto, Alexandra brings over a decade of operations and managerial experience spanning the gamut from food sustainability to information technology. Early in her career, she worked with grassroots organizations and local food producers to sell their fresh produce in surrounding communities. More recent roles have included the development and deployment of VoIP cloud services and project support in life safety systems for the senior living industry. To round out our administrative team, Alexandra will be taking on aspects of school operations as well as focusing attention on the increasing demands of our facility purchase and building improvements.
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Contact: alexandra.schupper@mynetivot.com
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Sara Dyckman
Office Manager
Sara Dyckman holds a bachelor's degree in Liberal Arts and Sciences from Excelsior College. In Israel, she attended attended Binas Bais Yaakov for one year.
Previously, Sara managed the customer service and order processing department for a large furniture company.
She has many years of experience in administration, customer service and staff management. She has been a part of the Netivot administration for four years and her three daughters attend the school.
Contact: sara.dyckman@mynetivot.com
Devora Hollander
Director of Admissions
Devora holds a BS in Psychology from Lander College for Women and has worked as the Administrative Coordinator and Executive Assistant to the CEO of SeniorCare EMS, one of the largest ambulance providers in New York State. In that role, she was responsible for project management, record keeping, inventory, event planning, and contributed to the development of marketing strategies. Devora recently returned to her hometown of Highland Park/Edison. As a parent invested in positive parenting and mindfulness of child development, she quickly fell in love with Netivot and is excited to be sending her two children to our school this year.
Contact: devora.hollander@mynetivot.com
Mikaela Zirin
Administrative Assistant
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Chavi Berkovits
Director of Student Services
Morah Chavi is NY State licensed in Special Education and Teaching Children with Severe or Multiple Disabilities and NJ State licensed as a Teacher of the Handicapped. Over the past twenty years, she has served as a SEIT (Special Education Itinerant Teacher) and classroom teacher and later as an educational service provider, case manager, and trainer at the Educational Services Commission of New Jersey. As an added benefit, Morah Chavi is a credentialed Montessori teacher who taught in our Lower Elementary for three years. She is also the proud parent of three Netivot children, Etai (Class of '23), Natan (UE), and Ayala (LE)!
Leah Kotowitz
Director of Programming