Meet the Teacher

Jaime Ciliberto
MA in Health Education

Mrs. Ciliberto grew up in Yorktown and attended neighboring district Lakeland High School. She then attended Montclair State University where she received her Master's Degree in Health Education. After serving in leave-replacements with the Pelham School District, Mrs. Ciliberto began her job teaching health education at Yorktown High School in the Fall of 2014.

In 2018, Mrs. Ciliberto developed the Husker Discovery course for 9th-grade students at YHS. After a very successful pilot year, Husker Discovery was added as a semester course intended to help with the transition to high school, mental health, and academic success. Mrs. Ciliberto believes that having a positive mindset can help bring positivity into your life. She tries to live her life promoting kindness and helping students identify their strengths so that they can have successful futures. Mrs. Ciliberto is extremely passionate about Husker Discovery and hopes that her students can feel how much she cares about them.

Academic Courses

Husker Discovery
Adjusting to high school can be a strenuous and challenging task for most students. Students are adjusting to a new school, new academic demands, and the pressure of everyday teenage life. Husker Discovery is designed to address the many issues that students face when entering high school and to provide them with the necessary skills to adjust successfully. This course will help students feel more connected to our school and develop more confidence in who they are as a person, a student and as a global citizen. The course will encourage self-care and will provide an environment where students can develop a sense of identity and awareness, discuss current issues and utilize the Skills Training for Emotional Problem Solving for Adolescents (STEPS-A) curriculum to successfully navigate stressful life events, cope with emotional dysregulation, develop and maintain important family, peer and social relationships.

Health Education
General areas to be covered are physical, mental and emotional, social and community health. Skill development in communication, advocacy, decision making, self management, stress-management planning, goal setting and relationship management is addressed.

Online Health Education
Health education motivates students to improve and maintain health literacy, including improving knowledge, and developing life skills that are conducive to individual and community wellbeing. The online course runs asynchronously through Google Classroom. All assignments will be completed online. Students will be responsible for visiting the online classroom daily and completing multiple assignments per week within a strict and set time frame. A student who takes online health should be a self-motivated learner and familiar with all Google Workspaces

Nutrition Elective
Proper nutrition is key to optimizing both physical and mental well-being. In this course, you will learn the science behind the food you eat, how food safety can impact your kitchen, food related stress management, and how the balance of nutrients may change based on other factors in your life. Students are given freedom of choice and urged to explore their own relationship with food to enhance the quality of their lives.

Relationship Management Elective
This health elective explores the skills needed to build and maintain healthy relationships in all areas of life—family, friends, romantic partners, coworkers, and beyond. Students will learn effective communication, conflict resolution, setting boundaries, emotional intelligence, and how to navigate social dynamics in both personal and professional settings. Through real-world scenarios and reflective activities, this course empowers students to develop stronger, more respectful, and supportive connections with others.

Extracurricular Roles

Community Service Coordinator (2025-Present)
Day-to-Day Teacher Leader (2025-Present)
Student Leadership Academy (2024-Present)
Legends Classic Fundraiser in honor of the JCK Foundation (2024-Present)
Ambassador Program (2022-Present)
Husker Highlights (2022-Present)
Cheerleading Program Director (Fall 2023)
Interim Cheerleading Advisor (Spring 2023)
JV Cheerleading Coach (2014-2018)
Students Who Are Kind (SWAK) (2016-2018)

Trainings and Certifications

Master's in Health Education
Happiness by Design Training
Skills Training for Emotional Problem Solving for Adolescents (STEPS-A) Training (2018)
Youth Mental Health First Aid Certified
First Aid and CPR Certified
Yoga Certification

Professional Committees

Extracurricular Council (2024-Present)
Equity Task Force (2024-Present)
Sunshine Committee (2023-Present)
Building Emergency Response Team (BERT) Member (2023-Present)
Health Collegial Circle (2019-Present)
Health Heroes Summit (2019-Present)
Social-Emotional Learning Collegial Circle (2022-2023)
Middle States Committee (2022-2024)
Computer Science and Digital Fluency Committee (2022-Present)
Grading Committee (2023-2024)

Skills

Developed a course designed to assist 9th-grade students with their transition into high school.
Worked with local districts to implement a similar course within their own schools.
Curriculum Development based on foundational skills that support functional knowledge.
Collaborated with professionals in the health and social-emotional learning world.
Worked with the JCK Foundation to bring mental health programming to Yorktown High School
Presents for professionals about various health-related topics (see below).

Professional Presentations

PNW BOCES Health Collegial Circle Conference - ¨Freshman Transition Elective: Building Success from the Inside Out¨ (March 2025)
AHPERD Conference - ¨Branding and Marketing for Teachers¨ and ¨Freshman Transition Elective: Building Success from the Inside Out¨ (November 2024)
PNW BOCES Health Collegial Circle Conference - ¨The Organized Teacher¨ (October 2024)
Board of Education Presentation - ¨Good News¨ (October 2024)
SWBOCES 5th Annual DEI Conference - "Size Inclusivity in Schools" - Partner - Kerri Tracy (July 2024)
PNW BOCES Health Heroes Conference - ¨Size Inclusivity in Schools¨ (June 2024)
Beekman Library Event - "Digital Portfolios for High School Students" (April 2024)
SWBOCES PE and Health Consortium Full Day Conference - ¨Size Inclusivity in Schools¨ (December 2023)
NYS Southeastern AHPERD Conference - "Size Inclusivity in Schools" (November 2023)
Health Collegial Circle - "Size Inclusivity in Schools" - Partner - Kerri Tracy (October 2023)
SWBOCES 4th Annual DEI Conference - "Size Inclusivity in Schools" - Partner - Kerri Tracy (July 2023)
Parent Presentation through the Yorktown PTSA - "What is Husker Discovery?" - (Annually 2021-2023)
Board of Education Presentation - ¨Good News¨ (October 2018)
Parent Presentation - "How to Talk to Your Child about '13 Reasons Why" (2017)
Parent Presentation - "How to Talk To Your Child about Sensitive Topics" (2011)

Contact

email - jciliberto@yorktown.org
twitter and instagram - @cilihealth

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