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Office Staff

Name

Title

Email Address

Jacqueline Drye Principal jdrye@rvaschools.net
Treena Leecost Assistant Principal tleecost2@rvaschools.net
Cassandra Robinson Administrative Office Associate  crobins3@rvaschools.net
Tawana Gilyard Administrative Office Associate  tgilyard@rvaschools.net
Gerald Thomas Interim Administrative Office Associate gthomas2@rvaschools.net
Sarah Howell Nurse showell3@rvaschools.net

 

Kindergarten Team

Name

Title

Email Address

Kimberly Parker Kindergarten Teacher kparker5@rvaschools.net
Alexandra Amirato Kindergarten Teacher aamirato@rvaschools.net
Aurora Sta. Ana Kindergarten Teacher astaana@rvaschools.net

 

 

First Grade Team

Name

Title

Email Address

Carla Lewis First Grade Teacher clewis@rvaschools.net
Emma Beck First Grade Teacher ebeck@rvaschools.net

 

Second Grade Team

Name

Title

Email Address

Bridget Stacy Second Grade Teacher bmansfie@rvaschools.net
Kisha Christian Second Grade Teacher kbracey@rvaschools.net
Amy Thurston Second Grade Teacher awhite4@rvaschools.net

 

 

Third Grade Team

Name

Title

Email Address

Reggeon Hicks  Third Grade Teacher rhicks2@rvaschools.net 
Sarah Payne Third Grade Teacher spayne4@rvaschools.net
Kerry Richardson Third Grade Teacher krichard@rvaschools.net

 

 

Fourth Grade Team

Name

Title

Email Address

Raphy Tantoan Fourth Grade Teacher rtantoan@rvaschools.net
Lisa Deputy Fourth Grade Teacher ldeputy@rvaschools.net
Devon Neese Fourth Grade Teacher dneese2@rvaschools.net
Antonio Mielak Fourth Grade Teacher amielak@rvaschools.net

 

 

Fifth Grade Team

Name

Title

Email Address

Carolyn Canty Fifth Grade Teacher ccanty@rvaschools.net
Maria Newman Fifth Grade Teacher mwilli11@rvaschools.net
Tangenika McNeil  Fifth Grade Teacher tmcneil@rvaschools.net

 

 

Exceptional Education and Instructional Assistants

Name

Title

Email Address

Kevin Duffy Instructional Compliance Coordinator kduffy@rvaschools.net
Shanni Merritte Exceptional Education Teacher smerrit2@rvaschools.net
Emonie Smith Exceptional Education Teacher esmith8@rvaschools.net
Stephanie Heard Exceptional Education Teacher  sheard@rvaschools.net
Ara Harris Exceptional Education Teacher aharri12@rvaschools.net
Gillian Green Instructional Assistant Grades K-1 ggreen2@rvaschools.net
Tiffany Robinson

Instructional Assistant Grades 2-3

trobins7@rvaschools.net

 

 

Additional Teaching Staff

Name

Title

Email Address

Laurie Gingrich Reading Coach lgingric@rvaschools.net
Monica Thomas- Moore Math Coach mmoore2@rvaschools.net
Marybeth Ryan Reading Interventionist mryan@rvaschools.net
Elke Jones Bovo Reading Interventionist ejones8@rvaschools.net
Halimah Williams LIEP Teacher hwilliam@rvaschools.net
Samantha Wilborn General Music Teacher sjohn@rvaschools.net
Owrenthial Sanders Physical Education Teacher osanders@rvaschools.net
Jessica Bahari Art Teacher jmeador@rvaschools.net
Brooke Cosans SPACE Teacher block@rvaschools.net
Kanae Foreman Harp Teacher knagata@rvaschools.net
Madeline Grygiel SIST Teacher mgrygiel@rvaschools.net

 

Additional Administrative Faculty and Staff

Name

Title

Email Address

She'Ron Fields School Counselor sfields2@rvaschools.net
Carrie Bruner Library Media Specialist cbruner@rvaschools.net
Virginia Donaldson Speech-Language Pathologist vdonaldso.contractor@rvaschool.net
Rachel Duffy Occupational Therapist rduffy@rvaschools.net
Georgia Bello Communities in Schools Liason gbello@cisofrichmond.org
Tom Gillespie School Social Worker tgillesp@rvaschools.net
Jill Campbell School Psychologist jpeterso@rvaschools.net
Arianna Trickey Educational Technology Integrator atrickey@rvaschools.net
Rachel Kasbohm Permanent Substitute Teacher rkasbohm@rvaschools.net 
Britney Samuels Permanent Substitute Teacher bsamuel2@rvaschools.net 

 

Custodial Team

Name

Title

Email Address

Marvin Wall Crew Chief mwall2@rvaschools.net
Vickeesha Wyche Custodian vwyche2@rvaschools.net
Frida Rosser Custodian frosser@rvaschools.net

 

 

Nutrition Services Team

Name

Title

Email Address

Janise Carroll-Dixon Cafeteria Manager jcarroll2@rvaschools.net
Lakeisha Davis Nutrition Staff ldavis7@rvaschools.net
Sheree Lee Lunch Monitor slee@rvaschools.net
Avion Richardson Lunch Monitor arichard6@rvaschools.net