Faculty & Staff
Administration
SHANNA DOUGLAS, Principal
sdouglas@lmc896.org
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.
VALERIE LAKE, Assistant Principal
vlake@lmc896.org
Valerie Lake moved to NYC in 2002 to join the Teaching Fellows Program after graduating with a degree in English from the University of Colorado. She earned her Masters in Teaching from Pace University and taught 7th and 8th grade English in Brooklyn for 11 years before moving to LMC to work as the literacy coach and 8th grade ELA teacher for the past 6 years. Valerie loves working at LMC as she knows the teachers and staff work hard to create a supportive environment that allows students to grow both academically and emotionally.
CYNTHIA SAVINO, Parent Coordinator
csavino@lmc896.org
MARIA OURANITSAS, School Secretary
mouranitsas@lmc896.org
CAROL RODRIGUEZ, School Aide
crodriguez@lmc896.org
Arts & Physical Education
CAPRICE ABRAHAM, Dance + SETSS (ELA/Math)
cabraham@lmc896.org
RILEY AYNDOW, 8th Grade Science ICT + IEP Teacher
rayndow@lmc896.org
NGOZI AKBAR, Physical Education
nakbar@lmc896.org
GRACE LEE, Visual Arts
glee@lmc896.org
JESSICA SINCLAIR, Digital Arts + Art Facilitator
jsinclair@lmc896.org
JUDE TRAXLER, Music Teacher
jtraxler@lmc896.org
Humanities & Spanish
CATHALIYA ACEVEDO, 8th Grade Social Studies + Humanities Facilitator
cacevedo@lmc896.org
MAURA GRIFFIN, 6th Grade Humanities and Special Education co-Facilitator
mgriffin@lmc896.org
MATT HERZFELD, 8th Grade English
mherzfeld@lmc896.org
LAUREN MATYOLA, 7th Grade English + ICT
lmatyola@lmc896.org
EUNICE OH, 8th Grade English + 7th Grade Science
eoh@lmc896.org
ELI SCHERER, 8th Grade ICT, SETSS + RJ / Advisory Coordinator
escherer@lmc896.org
AMANDA SCOTT, 6th Grade Humanities
ascott@lmc896.org
APRIL SHULL, 7th Grade Social Studies + SETSS
ashull@lmc896.org
LAURA SIEGLE, 7th Grade English ICT + 7th Gr Level Facilitator
lsiegle@lmc896.org
CAROLYN SINCLAIR-MCCALLA, 7th & 8th Grade Social Studies ICT + SETSS
csinclairmccalla@lmc896.org
JACQUELINE TENAGLIA, 6th Grade Humanities
jtenaglia@lmc896.org
JESUS VARGAS, 7th & 8th Grade Spanish + 8th Grade Facilitator + GSA Co-Facilitator
jvargas@lmc896.org
Math & Science
ELAINE CHIN, 8th Grade Math + ICT
echin@lmc896.org
LOUISA GLOR
lglor@lmc896.org
MOLLY GOODELL, 7th Grade Science
mgoodell@lmc896.org
MENAKA JEYAPALAN, 6th Grade Math
mjeyapalan@lmc896.org
JESSICA KELMAN, 7th Grade Math + ICT, Math Facilitator
jkelman@lmc896.org
DAVID LAI, 6th Grade Math
dlai@lmc896.org
JOSHUA NG, 8th Grade Science + Science Department Facilitator
jhng@lmc896.org
DIANE PFLUG, 6th & 7th Grade Science
dpflug@lmc896.org
PETER REITZFELD, 8th Grade Math + ICT
preitzfeld@lmc896.org
KATHERINE SPEARS, 6th Grade Science
kspears@lmc896.org
Support
CESARLINA AVILES, ELL Teacher, programmer
caviles@lmc896.org
ALBERT BARBOSA, School Aide
abarbosa@lmc896.org
JING YE JACKIE CHEN, Para Professional
jychen@lmc896.org
CARLOS COBO, Para Professional
ccobo@lmc896.org
TYRELL DAVIS, Sports Coach and Para Professional
tdavis@lmc896.org
RIZZAH DECOPAIN, Speech Therapist
rdecopain@lmc896.org
SETH KRITZMAN, School Counselor
skritzman@lmc896.org
FLAVIA MULLIGAN, SAPIS Guidance Counselor
fmulligan@lmc896.org
ELENA OLIVERO, Para Professional
eolivero@lmc896.org
LAURA QUINN, Speech Therapist
lquinn@lmc896.org
ORA PETRELA, Teacher's Assistant
opetrela@lmc896.org
WADIYYA SALAAM, Para Professional
wsalaam@lmc896.org
RODNEY SANDERS, After-School Director with Manhattan Youth
rsanders@manhattanyouth.org
NANCY WRIGHT, Psychologist
nwright@lmc896.org
