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2023-2024 Staff

  • TCCS Principal: Michelle Verdiner
  • TCCS Assistant Principal: Shanieka Muniz
  • TCCS Assistant Principal, I.A.: Tiana Green
  • Instructional Coach: Victoria Guan
  • Secretary: Ysaira Paulino
  • School Counselor: Elizabeth Bermudez
  • Dean of Students: Sonia Wells
  • Parent Coordinator: Kam Hall
  • Director of Strategic Partnerships, TC's Office of the President: Amy Hawley Alvarez
  • TCCS Assistant Liaison: Kelsey Mearman
  • TCCS Office Assistants: Nuralhoda Elsaid, Juliana Matwiow
  • Shakesha Simmons
  • Christopher Whitney
  • Priya Singh
  • Melissa Bernstein
  • Jordan Chung
  • Kristine Rondon
  • Alexandra Espinosa 
  • Jason Pensiero
  • Maria Franco
  • Abby Giller
  • Fitore Rexhepi
  • Shuli Hamooz
  • Amanda Aschettino-Ramirez
  • Anne Lattner
  • Natasha Monday
  • Ryan Schade
  • John Kuhl
  • Padma Isom
 

Specialty Teachers

  • Library & Technology: Marie Sarabia
  • Dance: Reyna Fox
  • PE/Health: Chazz Winston

 

Special Education Teachers

  • Roberta Cruz
  • Kristen Foy
  • Tanisha Rodriguez 
  • Daquashia Walker

 

School Based Support

  • Speech: Chana Markel
  • OT: Yocheved Diskind

Paraprofessionals

School Aides
  • Dwayne Frith
  • Kenya Jackson
  • Laufran Stewart
  • Shakia Griffith
  • Keri Johnson
  • Ms. Moore
  • Dean Clarke
  • Joshua Roland
  • Marvin Woody
  • Stephanie Wilson

TC School Day Instructors

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

School Day Supports

 
 
 
 

School Day Classroom Assistants

 

Orchestra (afterschool strings instruction)

 

Robotics (afterschool instruction)
  • Pre-K General Music: Maggie Jin
  • Kindergarten General Music: Rachel Kim and Maggie Jin
  • 1st grade General Music: Rachel Kim
  • 2nd grade General Music: Rachel Kim and Anh-Thu Phan
  • 3rd grade Violin: Caroline Pearsall and Maggie Jin
  • 4th grade Choir: Mavel Morales
  • 5th/6th grade Digital Music: Anh-Thu Phan
  • 7th/8th grade Digital Music: Mavel Morales
  • 6th & 7th grade Spanish: Chaelin Kim
  • 3rd, 4th, 5th grade Creative Tech: Adela Lopez and Joe Hille
  • 3rd, 4th, 5th grade Art: Kate Solomons and Adela Lopez
  • 5th & 6th grade Robotics: Wentao Wu
  • 4th-8th grade Philosophy: Alaina Gostomski
 
 
  • Math Intervention:  Neha Pant, Rachel Silberg
  • Literacy Intervention:  Lum Fube (lead), Mara Espinoza, Abigail McGuire, Anna Wachowski, Kathryn Lin
  • Science Support: Daniel DeBonis
  • Counseling Support: Mara Espinoza
 
 
Yun Shyy, Cindy Do, Abigail McGuire, Alison DiMaio, Joe Hille
 
 
 
Mavel Morales (instructor), Caroline Pearsall (instructor), Kelsey Mearman (program contact)
 
 
 
 
Wentao Wu (instructor), Yun Shyy (assistant), Kelsey Mearman (program contact)
Special thanks to the following TC faculty for their support this school year: Dr. Mel Collier-Meek, Dr. Richard Jochum, Dr. Jin Kuwata, and Dr. Goffi-Fynn.