Faculty
ADMINISTRATION
Dr. Jeannine Payne
Principal
jhendricks@philasd.org
Michelle Harrison
Assistant Principal
mharriso@philasd.org
Margaret DeNaples
Assistant Principal
mdenaples@philasd.org
SUPPORT STAFF
Gilda Abney
Counselor
gabney@philasd.org
James Allen
Counselor
jameallen@philasd.org
Casandra Cruz
School Operations Officer
ccruz@philasd.org
Donna Diprinzio
Special Education Liaison
ddiprinzio@philasd.org
Denise Fennell
Secretary
dfennell@philasd.org
Justin Gilken
HS Dean of Students, English
jgilken@philasd.org
Raymond Jackson
Building Engineer
rajackson@philasd.org
Mikaela Lerer
Technology Teacher Leader
mlerer@philasd.org
Adelaida Claudio-Nelson
Counselor
aclaudionelson@philasd.org
Heather Marcus
Counselor
hmarcus@philasd.org
Tara McIntyre
Secretary
tmcintyre@philasd.org
Timothy Roache
Roster Chair, English
troache@philasd.org
Nichole Geiger
MS Dean of Students, Math
ngeiger@philasd.org
Amy Shalala
School Nurse
aeshalala@philasd.org
Randolph Taylor
School Officer
rataylor@philasd.org
Ruby Wu
Bilingual Counseling Assistant
xwu@philasd.org
FIFTH GRADE
5-1 & 5-2
Marjorie Brunner
Literacy, Math
mjbrunner@philasd.org
Carolyn Gray
Literacy, Science, Social Studies
cgray@philasd.org
5-3, 5-4, & 5-5
Megan Ballew
Literacy, Math
mballew@philasd.org
Joanne Donahue
Literacy, Social Studies
jdonahue@philasd.org
Mimi Romeo
Literacy, Science
mromeo@philasd.org
SIXTH GRADE
Joe Alberti
jalberti@philasd.org
Karen Celli
kmcelli@philasd.org
LeeAnne Fox-Jones
lfoxjones@philasd.org
Nicole McGeary
nmcgeary@philasd.org
Michelle Shapiro
mdshapiro@philasd.org
Terrance Tolbert
ttolbert@philasd.org
ENGLISH
Donna Amit-Cubbage
damit@philasd.org
Justin Gilken
jgilken@philasd.org
Annmarie Marranzini
amarranzini@philasd.org
David Neale
dmneale@philasd.org
Timothy Roache
troache@philasd.org
Monica Rowley
mrowley@philasd.org
Matt Schuman
mschuman@philasd.org
Jessica Waber
jwaber@philasd.org
MATH
Stephanie Bekiri
sbeqiri@philasd.org
Carol Mistry
cgpatel@philasd.org
Stanislav Ostrikov
sostrikov@philasd.org
Nichole Geiger
ngeiger@philasd.org
Maeve Siu
mohara@philasd.org
Becca Stanford
rstanford@philasd.org
Ethan Tannen
etannen@philasd.org
Christopher Taranta
cjtaranta@philasd.org
WORLD LANGUAGE
Elizabeth Diffenderfer
ediffenderfer@philasd.org
Stephen Gallagher
svgallagher@philasd.org
Jennifer Gentlesk
jpgentlesk@philasd.org
Birgit Heimann
bheimann@philasd.org
SOCIAL STUDIES
Louis Borda
lborda@philasd.org
Steven Gilligan
sgilligan@philasd.org
Donna McIntyre
domcintyre@philasd.org
Elana Solomon
esolomon@philasd.org
Elizabeth Taylor
eataylor@philasd.org
Janel Vecsi
javecsi@philasd.org
SCIENCE
Robert Comfort
rcomfort@philasd.org
Christopher Lebold
clebold@philasd.org
Genille Parham
gparham@philasd.org
Duran Perkins
dpperkins@philasd.org
Alfred Sermons
asermons-ext@philasd.org
Chantelle Smith
crsmith@philasd.org
Richard Zimny
rzimmy@philasd.org
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Regina Jones
rjones4@philasd.org
Todd O'Neill
tmoneill@philasd.org
Victor Otarola
votarola@philasd.org
Tracy Tooke
tctooke@philasd.org
RELATED ARTS
Bernadette Kearney
Librarian, English Enrichment
bcookekearney@philasd.org
Peter Koller
Art
pjkoller@philasd.org
Mikaela Lerer
Digital Literacy & Technology
mlerer@philasd.org
Kim Kelter Neu
Instrumental Music
kkelter@philasd.org
Lucy Russo
Art
lrusso@philasd.org
David Shapiro
Vocal Music
dashapiro@philasd.org