Faculty and Staff

Leadership

Rebecca Lurie	Head of School
Mark Springer	Associate Head of School for Program and Instruction
Ross Soraci	Director of Finance and Operations
Rabbi Ravid Tilles	Director of Jewish Life and Learning
Ellen Agulnick	Gan Shelanu and Lower School Principal
Ivonne Krasnick	Upper School Principal
Shira Garber Strosberg	Director of Enrollment and Advancement
Penina Magid	Director of Innovation and Enrichment

 

Gan Shelanu

Maya Alagna	Parparim	Julie Krasker	Dagim
Ida Amir	Dagim	Steve Lechner	Science Specialist
Matthew Baluch	Physical Education	Deborah Moukit	Assistant Principal/Music Specialist
Judi Boviard	Dubim	Trena Norton	Parparim
Judith Cohen	Pilim	Carol Pankin	Koffim
Lori Duhaime	Nurse	Amber Parker	Koffim
Ben Flad	Parparim	Ruhama Shitrit	Hebrew Specialist
Karen Garb	Dubim	Sharon Walach-Gale	Dubim
Jill Grasfield	Auxiliary Service Coordinator	Susan Wilcove	Koffim/Extended Day
Adam Kieval	Dubim/Pilim

 

Lower Division

Manuel Alvizures	Custodian	Rachel Kornreich	Pre-Kindergarten
Matthew Baluch	Physical Education	Jessica Leary	Pre-Kindergarten
Orly Bejerano	Grade 2 Judaics Studies	Steve Lechner	Science Specialist
Barbara Edwards	Learning Specialist	Hannah Levy-Moonshine	Grade 3 Hebrew and Judaic Studies
Dennis Evangelos	Custodian	Margie Matross	Permanent Substitute
Jany Finkielsztein	Math Coach	Siobhan Mikolajewski	Inclusion Facilitator
Dana Fogel	Hebrew Coach	Sarah Morgenthaler	Grade 3 General Studies Assistant
Allison Franke	Literacy Coach	Rinat Noy	Hebrew Support Specialist
Sharon Freilich	Grade 1 Judaic Studies	Maya Pariser	Grade 3 General Studies
	Assistant	Sharon Perkulis	Pre-Kindergarten
Susan Fusco-Fazio	Art Specialist	Rachel Purtell	Kindergarten Assistant
Eugenia Gerstein	Music Specialist/	Marla Quinn	Grade 1 General Studies
	Director of MEL Program	Judi Rapaport	Kindergarten
Dikla Giladi-Nadler	Grade 3 Judaic Studies	Limor Salomon	Grade 1 Judaic Studies
	Assistant	Neta Schwartz	Grade 2 Judaic Studies Assistant
Alexa Grasfield	Pre-Kindergarten	Alexandra Shwartz	Director of Support Services/
Vicki Hadar	Reading Specialist		Psychologist
Ilanit Israeli-Nagar	Pre-Kindergarten Hebrew	Nancy Werner	Grade 2 General Studies
Lori Kahn	Librarian	Ilayda Williamson	Grade 2 General Studies Assistant
Sondra Kaminsky	Kindergartn	Jesse Wolf	Grade 1 General Studies
Marisa Keller	Grade 2 General Studies	Julia Zaino	Nurse
		Jamie Zeitler	Assistant to Principal

 

Upper School

Josh Bartley	Athletic Director	Allison Franke	Literacy Coach
Miriam Ben-Ur	Substitute	Lane Lender	Inclusion Aide
Molly Brennan	Inclusion Aide	Judy Flad	Office Manager
Claire Caine	Education Technology Integrator	Jonathan Gomez-Lopez	Custodian
Joy Chertow	Art Specialist	Mary-Ellen Lattig	Assistant to Head of School
Melly Duffin	Madregot	Shosh Levi	Daily Logistics Coordinator
Lori Duhaime	Nurse	Asia Meirovich	Vocal and Music
Ilyse Ehrenkranz	Permanent Substitute	Siobhan Mikolajewski	Inclusion Facilitator
Dennis Evangelos	Custodian	Kimberly O'Donnell	Librarian
Trudy Fagen	Director of Counseling/	Juan Pimentel	Custodian
	Arts Director	David Schockett	Music Specialist
		Susan Weiss	Math and Instructional Technology

Intermediate Division

Josh Bartley	Physical Education	Larisa Grinis	Grade 5 Judaic Studies
Heather Budd	Support Services	Mor-Li Hartman	Hebrew Support
Meital Dimant	Grade 5 Tanach	Oshrat Hason	Grade 4 Judaic Studies
Adam Dubrow	Grade 4 Assistant	Shoshi Jalfin	Grade 5 Judaic Studies/
Jany Finkielsztein	Math Coach		Judaic Studies Coach
Sarah Fogelman	Science	Evie Weinstein-Park	Grade 4 General Studies
Shimrit Goidel	Grade 4 Hebrew	David Wolf	Intermediate Division Supervisor/
Estelle Gomolka	Grade 5 General Studies		Grade 5 General Studies

Middle Division

Josh Bartley	Grade 6 Physical Education	Millie Kateman	Grade 6 Head Advisor/
Josh Bock	Support Services		Grade 6 Math
Jennifer Chalmers	Grade 6 Social Studies	Rachel Katz	Grade 8 Language Arts/
Yonit Cohen	Grade 7 Hebrew/Hebrew Coach		Social Studies
Meital Dimant	Grade 6 Hebrew	Gary Klapman	Grade 7 Math
Yakov Dov	Grade 8 Hebrew/	Timothy Morris	Grades 7 and 8 Science
	Grade 8 Israel Study Tour and	Amy Newman	Grade 7 Tanach/Judaics Studies Coach
	Hebrew Assessment Coordinator	Kimberly O'Donnell	Grade 7 Social Studies
Ilyse Ehrenkranz	High School Counselor	Alanah Percy	Grade 6 Science
Bill Ferreira	Grades 7-8 Physical Education	Patricia Rigley	Grade 6 Language Arts
Mor-Li Hartman	Grade 7 Madregot	Libby Sands	Grades 7 and 8 Spanish
Lauren Hollop	Grade 7 Head Advisor/	Dan Savitt	Grade 6 and 7 Torah She'b'al Peh
	Grade 7 Language Arts	David Srebnick	Grade 8 Head Advisor/Grade 8 Math
	Grade 8 Social Studies	Rabbi Ravid Tilles	Grade 8 Tanach
		Rabbi Rebecca Weinstein	Grade 6 Tanach/
			Grade 8 Torah She'b'al Peh

 

                   Business Office                                     

		Dan Brenn	Facilities Manager
		Diane Brienze	Senior Accountant
		Maria Chapian	Controller
		Gregory Hampton	Financial Aid Specialist
		Janet Sullivan	Payroll and Accounting Specialist
		Kim Wong	Human Resources

 

Institutional Advancement

		Janice Goldstein	Communications Administrator/Registrar
		Jake Levine	Development Manager
		Stephanie Fine Maroun	Admission Officer/Community Engagement
		Maura Richards	Development Manager
		Victoria Zenlea	Admission Officer/Family Engagement

 

                                 Afterschool Enrichment

		Elise Boynton	Lower School Coordinator
		Liz Chesarone	Program Registrar
		Johanna Firestone	Upper School Coordinator
		Gail Kelly	Director of Theatre Program
		Kathleen O'Boyle	Artistic Director/Music

 

 

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