Mr. Paul Martuccio

 Principal

Mr. Paul Martuccio is the principal of THE Public School 13 in Staten Island, N.Y. and has been for the last fourteen years.  Mr. Martuccio enjoys investigating all things instructional/organizational leadership and learns alongside teacher teams pursuing answers to questions that afford ALL students the ability to achieve their greatest potential.

Mr. Martuccio is a Cahn Fellow (Columbia University). His learning community earned the National Title I Distinguished School Award (2012). Mr. Martuccio received awards such as Outstanding Administrator (St. John’s University, 2011), The Louis P. DeSario Educator of the Year (United Activities Unlimited, 2013), The Hank Murphy Distinguished Educational Leader Award (Wagner College, 2016), Patrick F. Daly (2017), and #NYCSchoolsTech Summit (2018), and Diversity and International Action Council Award (Wagner College, 2022).  

Most recently, THE Public School 13 earned the High-Flying School Award (Georgia Southern University, 2022) and has been named one of five inaugural RULER Mentor Schools (Yale University, 2022). Within his district, Paul was an original member of the Guiding Coalition for Inquiry Teams, completed the STAR Factor Coaching program for leadership development, and maintains a basketball league of twenty schools serving about 600 students. Mr. Martuccio holds Master’s Degrees in Education and Educational Leadership, is an avid Crossfitter, and resides in Staten Island with his wife and four children.

  Ms. Jaclyn Dalessio, Assistant Principal

Ms. Valerie Panzella, Assistant Principal

Ms. Kimberly D’Acierno,  Assistant Principal, I. A.