Alyssa Schechter lives in Lawrence, NY with husband Josh and three children: Julie (13), Charlie(11) Sophie (7). Alyssa enjoys creating and organizing programs and activities for HAFTR High School students. She focuses on making sure every student is engaged and is having an enjoyable and valuable experience. For the past 15+ years, Alyssa was a program director for day camps throughout the Jewish community. Most recently she was part of the programming team at Camp Lavi in Lakewood,PA. She loves working with children in the community so much, she even dedicated her Shabbosim for a few years and revamped the Young Israel of Lawrence Cedarhurst’s Youth program. Besides her wealth of experience and love of working with children of all ages, Alyssa has a passion for teaching. She earned her Masters Degree in elementary education and special education and used that to passionately engage 1st year students in Haftr’s Early Childhood division for many years.
She also enjoys swimming, going on trips with her family and planning awesome fun activities.
