Educator Directory

Nick Acevedo

5th Grade ELA Teacher

he/him

Radmila Achildiyev

High School MLL Specialist

she/her

AJ Achinger

High School EnglishTeacher

Lillie Acoff

College and Career Pathways Counselor
lacoff@thenhcs.org

Seth Adelmann

High School Special Education Teacher

he/him

Danielle Augustin

High School Math Teacher

Chantal Badia

8th Grade Spanish Teacher

she/her

Donnette Bailey-Phillips

Middle School Student Support Aide

she/her

Dani Ban

College and Career Pathways Manager

she/her

Anne Beachley

Academic Dean, Grades K-2

she/her

Tifini Beasley

Middle School Student Support Aide

she/her

Nina Bonaparte

Lower and Middle School Physical Education Teacher

she/her

Edverette Brewster

Executive Director

he/him

Shanika Bridges-King

Lower School Principal

she/her

Patrick Brooks

High School Special Education Teacher

Connell Brown

School Adjustment Counselor

he/him

Mariah Brown

6th Grade Special Education Teacher

she/her

Cormac Buggle

5th Grade Science Teacher

he/him

Jess Burke

7th Grade Science Teacher

she/her

Danielle Buskey

Special Education Compliance Manager

she/her

Margaret Caputo

7th Grade ELA Teacher

she/her

Anna Carroll

Communications Manager
acarroll@thenhcs.org
she/her

Sandrea Celestin

4th Grade Special Education Teacher

she/her

Danielle Chapin

K1 Teacher

she/her

Pertreena Cherrie

Registered Behavior Technician

she/her

Hannah Chestnut

K2 Assistant Teacher

she/her

Kate Chisholm

Reading Interventionist

she/her

Jessica Clarke

K1 Assistant Teacher

she/her

Adam Cook

7th Grade Math Teacher

Mei Cook

1st Grade Teacher

she/her

Jerry Cooper

Operations Coordinator

he/him

Tanisha Cooper

Director of Family Engagement

she/her

Shibhan Cordy

Daycare Associate

she/her

Lauren Cowing

Kidlab Teacher

she/her

Erin Crawford

High School Special Education Teacher

Nicole D’Amato

Centre Street Campus Dining Hall Coordinator

Zariyah Davis

Building Substitute Teacher

she/her

Tara Dawley

High School Math Teacher

she/her

Jack DeChristopher

Director of Student Services

he/him

Justin Depina

Early Education Teaching Fellow

he/him

Elizabeth Derderian

High School Special Education Teacher

she/her

Lisa Desfosses

Director of Finance

she/her

Judith Destrade

High School Dean of Campus Operations
jdestrade@thenhcs.org
she/her

Cassie Devine

8th Grade Science Teacher
cdevine@thenhcs.org

Heather Devine

Occupational Therapist

she/her

Katelyn DiFrancesco

K2 Teacher

she/her

N’Daijia DuBose

Family Engagement Coordinator

she/her

Abby Dunn

High School English & Spanish Teacher

she/her

Ryan Dunn

Building Substitute Teacher

Louise Elie

Lower School ESL Teacher

she/her

Linda Engelken

Academic Dean, Grades 3–7

Kalym Espaillat

Mobility Paraprofessional
kespaillat@thenhcs.org
he/him

Mabel Espaillat

Building Substitute

she/her

Natalya Faison

Queen Street Interim Dean of Campus Operations

she/her

Luciano Ferrara

High School English Teacher

he/him

Dacia Fujiwara

High School Special Education Teacher

Brian Gallagher

College and Career Pathways Counselor

he/him

Matthew Gallagher

8th Grade Civics Teacher

he/him

Yelithza Galvez

Executive & HR Assistant

she/her

Melissa Galvin

Centre Street Campus Front Office Coordinator

she/her

Joshua Gates

High School Dean of Student Culture

he/him

Francis Gonzalez

Building Custodian

he/him

Janay Graham

Early College Program Specialist

Rick Grant

Chief Operations Officer

he/him

Karen Graves

4th Grade Humanities Teacher

she/her

Jennifer Green

High School History Teacher

she/her

Leonel Guerra Mendez

Building Custodian

he/him

Tisha Guerrero

Building Substitute Teacher

she/her

Jordan Hand

School Adjustment Counselor

he/him

Tiffany Harriott

5th Grade Social Studies Teacher

she/her

Jenna Hirschnerger

3rd Grade Teacher

she/her

Ms. Hood

Visual Art Teacher

she/her

Claire Hughes

7th Grade Social Studies Teacher

she/her

Kevin Isaza

6th Grade Science Teacher

he/him

Holly Izzo

Building Substitute Teacher

she/her

Jenine Jeffreys

Middle School Principal
jjeffreys@thenhcs.org
she/her

Janette Jenkins

High School Student Support Coordinator

she/her

Emmett Jereb

Building Substitute Teacher

Jennifer Johnson

Child Care Coordinator

she/her

Valentine Karanja

8th Grade English Teacher

Mary Kelley

Building Substitute Nurse

Anders Klumpp

High School Special Education and PE Teacher

he/him

Gabriel Kyriakidis

6th Grade Math Teacher

Julie LaGraves

High School Science Teacher

she/her

Thomas Larkin

6th Grade Social Studies Teacher

he/him

Michael Lester

Middle School Interim Dean of Student Culture

Marcus Levin

Lower School Student Support Aide

he/him

John Lovell

Embrace Effort Academy Teacher

he/him

Molly Lyons

2nd Grade Teacher

she/her

Lynne Mannion

K1 Assistant Teacher

she/her

Breda Marchbank

High School Math Teacher

she/her

Aillen Martinez

Lower School Student Support Aide

she/her

Andrea Martino-Harms

High School Academic Dean of Humanities

she/her

Rebecca Mason

1st and 2nd Grade Special Education Teacher

Sean Mathias

Facilities Manager

he/him

Cara McCarthy

Chief Schools Officer

she/her

Rebecca McCarthy

Speech Language Pathologist

she/her

Ellen McCoy

High School History Teacher

she/her

Stacey McEnerney

Lower & Middle School Student Support Coordinator

she/her

Rosemarie McLaughlin

Centre Street Campus School Nurse

she/her

Zachary Melisi

High School Science Teacher

he/him

Ryan Milligan

Special Education Teacher

Tyler Mitchell

STEM Academic Dean, 3-7

he/him

Leonard Miti

High School Physical Education & Health Teacher

he/him

Valerie Monterrey

High School Math Teacher

she/her

Abdallah Monvil

Physical Education Teacher

Aibhlinn Moore

School Adjustment Counselor

she/her

John Mueller

High School History Teacher

he/him

Jillian Murphy

High School English Teacher

she/her

Gael Mvondo

High School Math Teacher

he/him

Kayla Newman

3rd Grade Teacher

she/her

Cynthia Ortiz

Director of Talent and Human Resources

she/her

Chutney Owusu

Assistant Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging
K1 Teacher

she/her

Amanda Palmer

High School Special Education Teacher

she/her

Steve Partensky

English Language Development Coordinator

he/him

JoAnn Paul

Development Operations Manager

she/her

Andy Pierre

High School Math Teacheer

he/him

Morinda Pilgrim

1st Grade Teacher

she/her

Anthony Piraino

High School Math Teacher

he/him

Melissa Potter

Speech-Language Pathologist

Kerry Power

Multilingual Learner Specialist

Karissa Preudhomme

Behavior Analytic Services Manager

Meaghan Rickard

3rd Grade Special Education Teacher

she/her

Lee Riquelme

Assistant Facilities Manager

he/him

Carlos Rivera

High School Student Support Aide

he/him

Shavorn Roberts

High School Student Support Aide

she/her

Madeline Rosen

Speech & Language Pathologist

Cole Ruley

High School Therapeutic Support Specialist

he/him

Vivian Rutherford

Queen Street School Nurse

she/her

Zilda Sacramento-Bourne

Queen Street Dining Hall Coordinator

she/her

Farmata Samati

School Adjustment Counselor

she/her

Christian Santos

8th Grade Math Teacher

he/him

Kalihah Savage

Student Support Aide

Robert Schoenfeld

4th Grade Math and Science Teacher

Jaylen Scott

Buillding Substitute Teacher

Deborah Sheng

High School Special Education Teacher

she/her

Taina Simord

Building Substitute Teacher

Anna Sluchak

5th Grade Math Teacher

she/her

Anthony Smith

High School Program Coordinator, Youth Mentorship
asmith@thenhcs.org
he/him

Diego Southard

5th Grade Special Education Teacher

he/him

Erica Spitz

Lower School STEAM Teacher

she/her

Taylor Stark

High School Performing Arts Teacher

she/her

Aniye Strachan

Lower School Music Teacher

Olivia Syllien

Lower & Middle School Special Education Coordinator

she/her

Brian Szeto

High School Visual Arts Teacher

he/him

Jaelyn Taylor

1st Grade Teaching Fellow

she/her

Ashley Tejada

High School Spanish Teacher

she/her

Hoan Tham

Occupational Therapist

she/her

Namita Thuene

5th Grade Special Education Teacher

Ralph Tiblanc

Lower School Dean of Student Culture

he/him

Xuan Truong

2nd Grade Teacher

Caleb Turner

6th Grade ELA Teacher

he/him

Scott Urban

Director of Athletics
Director of Operations of the MCSAO

he/him

Laura Villalona

High School Academic Dean

she/her

Casey Vozzella

High School Special Education Coordinator

Aidan Waldman

Building Substitute Teacher

Kat Walker

High School Dean of Student Culture
Head Varsity Boys Basketball Coach

she/her

Chantelly Washington

K2 Teacher

she/her

Leona Watson-Erilus

High School Assistant Principal

she/her

Antoinette Webster

1st Grade Assistant Teacher

she/her

Emily Weiss

High School Principal

she/her/hers

Sasha White

High School Performing Arts Teacher

she/her

Jake Wicks

7th Grade Social Studies Teacher

he/him

Kemauree Williams

High School History Teacher
kwilliams@thenhcs.org
he/him

Michelle Williams

Enrollment & Public Compliance Coordinator

she/her

Gordon Willis

High School Science Teacher

he/him

Elanore Worthington

High School English Teacher

she/her

Anita Wright

Daycare Assistant

she/her

Yang Xiao

High School Mandarin Teacher

she/her

Sylvie Yee

High School Science Teacher

she/her

Alexa Zouboukos

High School English Teacher

she/her