Public Schools

Portage Area School District
84 Mountain Avenue
Portage, PA 15946
814/736-9636
www.portageareasd.org


Contacts & Directions
For most visitors, the easiest–if not always the fastest–way to get to Portage is from U.S. Route 22, exiting at Munster Road (Route 164), which leads directly to
Portage Borough. Route 164 becomes Main Street as it passes through the borough. About midway through town, at Mountain Avenue, travelers should turn off
Main Street (there’s only one direction to turn) and head up the hill, where they’ll find both the elementary and junior-senior highs at the top of the street. The
junior-senior high (grades 7-12) is to the right, and the elementary school is on the left.
The superintendent’s and business offices occupy the righthand side of the elementary school.

 

Board Members

  • Sue Berardinelli 2023 sberardinelli@mustangmail.org
  • Jason Corte 2025 jcorte@mustangmail.org
  • Matthew Decort 2025 matthew.decort@yahoo.com
  • Kathy Hough 2023 khough@mustangmail.org
  • John Jubina 2025 jjubina@mustangmail.org
  • Tina Latoche 2023 tlatoche@mustangmail.org
  • Christian Smith 2025 csmith@mustangmail.org
  • Dennis Squillario 2023 dsquillario@mustangmail.org
  • Eric Thrower 2023 Ethrower@mustangmail.org​

Administration

Dial 814-736-9636 Plus Extension

  • Eric Zelanko 1560 supt@mustangmail.org Superintendent, Executive Secretary,
  • Denise Moschgat 1500 dmoschgat@mustangmail.org 
    Transportation Coordinator
    Open Records Officer
  • Ryan Clouse 1520 rclouse@mustangmail.org
    Technology Administrator
  • Pete Noel 1605 pnoel@mustangmail.org
    Dir. of Special Education
  • Elysia Myher 1610  emyher@mustangmail.org
    Special Education Assistant
  • Mary Boland 1382 mboland@mustangmail.org
    Cafeteria Manager
  • Jeremy Burkett 1321 athletics@mustangmail.org
    jburkett@mustangmail.org
    Athletic Director
    H.S. Assistant Principal
  • Olivia Kudlawiec 1615 okudlawiec@mustangmail.org
    School Psychologist/ Special Education Coordinator
  • Tony Panick 1440 maintenance@mustangmail.org
    Building & Grounds Supervisor
    Ashley Shaffer 1620 ashaffer@mustangmail.org
    School Social Worker

Elementary

  • Pete Noel 1240 pnoel@mustangmail.org
    Elementary Principal/ Special Education Director
  • Jennifer Pisarski 1211 jpisarski@mustangmail.org
    E.S. Assistant Principal

High School

  • Ralph Cecere 1300 rcecere@mustangmail.org
    Junior-Senor High Principal
  • Jeremy Burkett 1321 jburkett@mustangmail.org
    H.S. Assistant Principal, Athletic Director

Business

  • Jeff Vasilko 1512 jvasilko@mustangmail.org
    Business Manager
  • Valerie Gentile 1511 vgentile@mustangmail.org Payroll Clerk
  • Elizabeth Sturtz 1510 esturtz@mustangmail.org Business Assistant​