Faculty & Staff
Administration
SHANNA DOUGLAS, Principal
Shanna Douglas has spent the last 17 years teaching English Language Arts in middle school, and 5 of those years were spent at LMC as an 8th grade teacher. She earned an undergraduate degree from Pennsylvania State University and a master’s degree from Teachers College, Columbia University. Ms. Douglas strongly believes that schools should be a place where academic, social and emotional learning takes place. Her favorite middle school novel is To Kill A Mockingbird.
KATHY HSIEH, Assistant Principal, I.A.
Kathy Hsieh moved to New York City in 2007 to make the switch to teaching after working as a journalist in upstate New York. For the past 12 years, she has taught middle school English in District 2. Ms. Hsieh is Chinese American and her family is originally from Taiwan. She grew up in a suburb of Philadelphia, and eventually attended Penn State University, New York University, and Hunter College. Ms. Hsieh loves being an educator because she gets to learn alongside students and watch them grow and question the world around them.
INGRID TACINELLI, Parent Coordinator
CYNTHIA SAVINO, Community Coordinator
MARIA OURANITSAS, School Secretary
Arts & Physical Education
CAPRICE ABRAHAM, Dance + SETSS (ELA/Math)
NGOZI AKBAR, Physical Education
RILEY AYNDOW, 8th Grade Science ICT + REWARDS + IEP teacher +SEARS Facilitator
JESSICA SINCLAIR, Digital Arts + IR +Arts Facilitator
RACHELLE STREET, Visual Arts +IR
JUDE TRAXLER, Music Teacher
Humanities & Spanish
TREVOR BAUMGARTNER, 7th and 8th ICT SS + SETSS
CAT ACEVEDO, 8th Grade Social Studies
MAURA GRIFFIN, 601 / 602 Humanities ICT
MATT HERZFELD, 801, 802, 803 English
LAUREN MATYOLA, 704/804 ELA + Literacy Coach/Department Facilitator
EUNICE OH, 701, 702, 703 English + 7th Grade Team Facilitator
ELI SCHERER, 701, 702 English ICT + RJ / Advisory Coordinator
AMANDA SCOTT, 601 / 602 Humanities ICT
LAURA SIEGLE, 701, 702, 703, 704 Social Studies
JACQUELINE TENAGLIA, 603 / 604 Humanities + 6th Grade Facilitator
JESUS VARGAS, 7th and 8th Spanish + 8th grade Facilitator
RAFIATU YAYA-LAMBORDI, 801, 802, 803 English
Math & Science
ELAINE CHIN, 803, 804 Math, Algebra + Math Coach
HELEN DOLE, 6th Grade Science
STEPHANIE FELT, 801, 802 Math ICT + SETSS
SHELLEY GOLD, 701 / 702 / 703 Math
MENAKA JEYAPALAN, 601 / 602 / 603 Math
JESSICA KELMAN, 801, 802, 704 Math + Math Department Facilitator
DAVID LAI, 601 / 602/ 604 Math
JOSH NG, 8th Grade Science + Science Department Facilitator
DIANE PFLUG, 7th Grade Science
PETER REITZFELD, 701, 702 Math ICT +SETSS
KATHRYN TRIANO, 6th Science ICT + 7th Grade Science ICT
Support
CESARLINA AVILES, ELL Teacher, programmer
ALBERT BARBOSA, School Aide
JING YE JACKIE CHEN, Para Professional
CARLOS COBO, Para Professional
TYRELL DAVIS, Sports Coach and Para Professional
RIZZAH DECOPAIN, Speech Therapist
MIA DONG, School Counselor (Will be at LMC only on Mondays)
SETH KRITZMAN, School Counselor
TENEQUA MURRELL, Social Worker
FLAVIA MULLIGAN, SAPIS Guidance Counselor
ELENA OLIVERO, Para Professional
LAURA QUINN, Speech Therapist
CAROL RODRIGUEZ, School Aide
WADIYYA SALAAM, Para Professional
RODNEY SANDERS, After-School Director with Manhattan Youth
rsanders@manhattanyouth.org
NANCY WRIGHT, Psychologist (Will be at LMC only on Mondays & Fridays)
