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Staff and faculty in the East Ramapo Central School District this week are mourning the loss of a promising new teacher.
Lauren Barsamian, 27, of New City died Oct. 8 after a boat she was on capsized during a fishing trip in upstate New York. Her body, along with the boat captain's, was found Friday in waters near the mouth of the Niagara River.
Barsamian, who previously taught at St. Joseph's School for the Deaf in the Bronx and the New York School for the Deaf in Greenburgh, joined East Ramapo schools in August as a teacher of the hearing-impaired.
She was based in Margetts Elementary School, but also worked with elementary school students in other schools, both public and private, in the district.
"I didn't know her for a long time, obviously ... but she immediately made a wonderful impression on me," said Hagit Mass, a speech and language pathologist at East Ramapo who mentored Barsamian. "She was very likable. It was very apparent that she was very professional and very responsible. I was very happy that she came to East Ramapo."
"She only worked here a month, but I could already see that she was establishing some long-term relationships with the staff she worked with," said JoAnn Tuttle, chairwoman of the speech, language and hearing department at East Ramapo.
Barsamian was hardworking and down-to-earth, with a warm, engaging smile, Tuttle said.
"She was so caring with the children," she said.
Tuttle said school psychologists were available to counsel students.
Barsamian and boat captain Steve White, 43, of Ransomville fell off a 19-foot charter boat when it became trapped in a whirlpool and flipped over near the Lewistown-Queenston Bridge in Lewistown, N.Y.
Staff and faculty in the East Ramapo Central School District this week are mourning the loss of a promising new teacher.
Lauren Barsamian, 27, of New City died Oct. 8 after a boat she was on capsized during a fishing trip in upstate New York. Her body, along with the boat captain's, was found Friday in waters near the mouth of the Niagara River.
Barsamian, who previously taught at St. Joseph's School for the Deaf in the Bronx and the New York School for the Deaf in Greenburgh, joined East Ramapo schools in August as a teacher of the hearing-impaired.
She was based in Margetts Elementary School, but also worked with elementary school students in other schools, both public and private, in the district.
"I didn't know her for a long time, obviously ... but she immediately made a wonderful impression on me," said Hagit Mass, a speech and language pathologist at East Ramapo who mentored Barsamian. "She was very likable. It was very apparent that she was very professional and very responsible. I was very happy that she came to East Ramapo."
"She only worked here a month, but I could already see that she was establishing some long-term relationships with the staff she worked with," said JoAnn Tuttle, chairwoman of the speech, language and hearing department at East Ramapo.
Barsamian was hardworking and down-to-earth, with a warm, engaging smile, Tuttle said.
"She was so caring with the children," she said.
Tuttle said school psychologists were available to counsel students.
Barsamian and boat captain Steve White, 43, of Ransomville fell off a 19-foot charter boat when it became trapped in a whirlpool and flipped over near the Lewistown-Queenston Bridge in Lewistown, N.Y.