Faculty/Staff

Administration

Katherine Hicks (Principal) -kmhicks@aacps.org

James Walker (6^th Grade Assistant Principal)- jewalker1@aacps.org   

Joe Lustgarten (7^th Grade Assistant Principal) – jlustgarten@aacps.org

Kathleen Adkins (8^th Grade Assistant Principal)-  ktadkins@aacps.org

Student Services Team

Danielle Weiss (6^th Grade School Counselor/Department Chair)- dweiss@aacps.org

Chanel Barnett (7^th Grade School Counselor)- cmbarnett@aacps.org  

Crystal McFadden (8^th Grade School Counselor) – cmcfadden@aacps.org 

Malcolm Ehioba (School Psychologist)- mehioba@aacps.org

Shauna Rykiel (School Social Worker)  - srykiel@aacps.org

Kevin Randolph  (PPW)- krandolph@aacps.org 

Department Chairs

Danielle Weiss (Counseling DC)- dweiss@aacps.org

Jean Humphreys (Language Arts DC)- jhumphreys@aacps.org

Dawn Kayton (Science DC)- dkayton@aacps.org

Curtis Anderson (Social Studies DC)- canderson1@aacps.org

Wilde Gabriel (Math DC)- wgabriel-bustam@AACPS.org

Barbara Hoyt (Special Education DC)- bhoyt@aacps.org

Laura Facciponti (Special Education DC) - lfacciponti@aacps.org   

Elisa Sileoni (Foreign Language DC)- esileoni@aacps.org

Tayler Grimail (Encore DC)- tgrimail@aacps.org

Emily Miller (Apex DC)- ebmiller@aacps.org

Arts Integration Specialist

Tayler Grimail (AI)- tgrimail@aacps.org

6^th Grade (Team 1: Ground Breakers) 

Devon Caton (Math) (Team Leader) - dcaton@AACPS.org

Julie Fitzgerald (ELA) – jmfitzgerald@AACPS.org

Cynthia Bryl (Science) – cbryl@AACPS.org

Erika Kopf (Math) – ekopf@AACPS.org

Kelly Herdrich  (Social Studies) – Kherdrich@aacps.org    

Nora Burke (Special Educator) – nburke@aacps.org 

Kelsey Mack (Special Educator) – khmack@aacps.org

Curtis Anderson (Social Studies)- canderson1@aacps.org 

Laura Facciponti (Special Education DC) - lfacciponti@aacps.org   

6^th Grade (Team 2: Trailblazers) 

Heather Carter (Science) (Team Leader) – hcarter1@AACPS.org

Tammi Stevens (Social Studies)  -tlstevens@aacps.org  

Ellen Boteler (ELA) – eboteler@aacps.org 

Trina Seay (Math) – tseay@aacps.org

Jean Humphreys (Language Arts DC)- jhumphreys@aacps.org

Dawn Kayton (Science DC)- dkayton@aacps.org

7^th Grade (Team 1: Innovators)

Erika Kopf (Math) (Team Lead) – ekopf@AACPS.org      

Amy Hood (Science) – abhood@aacps.org

Sharon Richardson (ELA) – SRICHARDSON1@AACPS.org

Dan Brundige (Social Studies) - dbrundige@aacps.org 

Steven Wasserman (Special Educator) – SWASSERMAN@AACPS.org

 7^th Grade (Team 2: Creators)

Talya Whitaker (Math/Social Studies) (Team Lead)– TWHITAKER@AACPS.org      

Jesus Luzon Gonzalez (Science) – jluzongonzalez@AACPS.org    

Katerina Altig (ELA) – kaltig@AACPS.org

Richard Mason (Social Studies/World Classical Language) – RJMASON@AACPS.org  

Victoria Zerbe (Math) – vzerbe@aacps.org     

Jean Humphreys (Language Arts DC)- jhumphreys@aacps.org

Dawn Kayton (Science DC)- dkayton@aacps.org

Curtis Anderson (Social Studies DC)- canderson1@aacps.org

Wilde Gabriel (Math DC)- wgabriel-bustam@AACPS.org

8^th Grade (Team 1: Explorers)

Maria C. Côté  (Social Studies) – mccote@AACPS.org  

Kindra Mason (ELA) – kymason@AACPS.org

Lorien Wade (Science) - lrwade@aacps.org 

Angela Vogt (Math) (Team Leader) – avogt@AACPS.org  

Talya Whitaker (Math/Social Studies) – TWHITAKER@AACPS.org    

Victoria Zerbe (Math) – vzerbe@aacps.org 

Dana Brennan (Algebra) – dhbrennan@AACPS.org

Judy Ferguson (Special Educator) – JAFERGUSON@AACPS.org  

Karen Reekie (Special Educator) -kreekie@aacps.org   

8^th Grade (Team 2: Originators)

Talya Whitaker (Math/Social Studies) – TWHITAKER@AACPS.org        

Megan Philbeck (ELA) Team Lead– MPHILBECK@AACPS.org

Avril Suit (Science) – asuit@AACPS.org

Peter Bielski (Social Studies) - pbielski@aacps.org 

Dana Brennan (Social Studies/Math) – dhbrennan@AACPS.org  

Wilde Gabriel (Math DC)- wgabriel-bustam@AACPS.org  

Special Education

Evelyn Maldonado (ACC) – emaldonadoquiro@aacps.org

Virginia Wilson (ACC) – vwilson1@AACPS.org

Jennifer Adkins (IEP Clerk)- jadkins@aacps.org

Anna Loscalzo (SLP)- aloscalzo@aacps.org 

Diana Mitchell (Teacher Assistant)- dpmitchell@aapcs.org

Josh Kibler (Teacher Assistant)- jbkibler@aacps.org

Dominique Brown (Teacher Assistant)- dmbrown3@aacps.org

Lauren Neville (Teacher Assistant)- lneville@aacps.org 

Marlys Lindsey (Teacher Assistant)- malindsey@aacps.org 

Ali Curley (IEP Facilitator) -acurley@aacps.org 

Talia Maslow (ED) - tmaslow@aacps.org 

Glenn Newell (Special Educator) – gnewell@aacps.org    

Reading

Barbara Hoyt - bhoyt@aacps.org 

Laura Facciponti - lfacciponti@aacps.org 

Eugene Malloy – emalloy@AACPS.org

Kelly Fortune – kfortune@aacps.org  

Alice Willison - awillison@aacps.org

ESOL

Andrew Bunker (ESOL)- agbunker@AACPS.org

Elizabeth Degraffenreid (ESOL) -   edegraffenreid@aacps.org 

Apex

Katie Waterworth  (Visual Arts)- kwaterworth@aacps.org 

Timothy Kurtzberg (Apex 6-8 Vocal,Choir 6, Percussion 6, Music Goes Global 6 & 7, Guitar 8)- tkurtzberg@AACPS.org

Megan Rupp (Apex Strings  )- mrupp@AACPS.org

Rachel Morrissey (Dance)- remorrissey@AACPS.org

Andrew Welkie (Band)- awelkie@aacps.org

Cassandra Kapsos - (Visual Arts / Digital Pallet) - ckapsos@aacps.org 

Brad Harris  - Apex Theatre and creative writing - bsharris@aacps.org  

Katie Wood (Apex 6/7 Creative Writing) – kmwood2@aacps.org

Encore

Cassandra Kapsos (Digital Pallett) - ckapsos@aacps.org 

Katie Waterworth (Project Runway/True Colors) – kwaterworth@AACPS.org

Olivia Stachowski (AVID)- ostachowski@aacps.org   

Timothy Kurtzberg (Chorus) – tkurtzberg@AACPS.org

Megan Rupp (orchestra) – mrupp@AACPS.org

Stephaen Hood (Dance/Dance for Athletes) – shood1@aacps.org

Rachel Morrissey (Dance/Dance for Athletes) – remorrissey@AACPS.org

Stephanie Shanahan  (PE/Health/Team Sports) – sshanahan@aacps.org 

Hayden Lambert (PE/Health/Team Sports) – HLAMBERT@AACPS.org

Joan Scott (PE/Health/Team Sports) – JVSCOTT@AACPS.org

Richard Mason (Italian / Social Studies 7) – RJMASON@AACPS.org

Elisa Sileoni (Italian & French) – ESILEONI@AACPS.org

Rebecca Webb (Spanish) – rwebb@aacps.org 

Melissa Peregrina (Spanish/CTE) – mperegrina@AACPS.org

Linette De La Rosa Gonzalez (Spanish) - ldelarosagonzal@aacps.org    

Margo Wittelsberger ( True Colors /Project Runway) - mwittelsberger@aacps.org 

Page (WCL) 

Support Staff

George Belt (Behavioral Assistant)- gbelt@aacps.org

Mr. Battle - Student Advocate

Mr. Savage - Alt-one

Synamon Willis  (Crisis Interventionist)- swillis@aacps.org 

Jean Melton-Koch (STC)- jmelton-koch@aacps.org

Nina Goforth (Bilingual Facilitator)- ngoforth@aacps.org

Grayson Pfister (IT Tech)- gpfister@aacps.org 

Cheryl Sollars (Permanent Substitute)- csollars@aacps.org 

Victoria Katlic (Cafeteria Manager)- vkatlic@AACPS.org

Katie Shand (Right Start Advisor) - kshand@aacps.org

Ruth Jimenez (Cafeteria)

Geraldine Poole (Cafeteria)

Jacqueline Colbert (Cafeteria)

Bonita Deas (Cafeteria)

Library/Media Center

Oona Page (Media Specialist) (Present Monday - Thursdays)-  opage@aacps.org

Margaret Messina (Media Assistant ) mmessina@aacps.org  

Marcus Zumwalt (Media Specialist ) (Present on Fridays) mzumwalt@aacps.org

Health Room

Caitriona Massengale (School Nurse) - nurse4043@aacps.org 

Michele Kelley (Health Assistant)- health4043@aacps.org

Office Staff

Secretarial Lead- Neva Stansbury nstansbury@aacps.org

Terri Gibson (School Counseling Secretary) tmgibson@aacps.org

Anne Marie Ciany (AP/Discipline Secretary)  aciany@aacps.org  

Jodi Faulkner (504 Secretary) jwitham-faulkne@aacps.org

Janis Dike(Financial Secretary)  jdike@aacps.org 

Neva Stansbury (Principal’s Secretary) nstansbury@aacps.org

Christine Clark  (Attendance Secretary)  cclark3@aacps.org     

Custodial Staff

Melvin Posascruz (Chief Custodian)- mposascruz@aacps.org 

Christine Raliegh (Custodian Chief Night Shift)- CRALIEGH@AACPS.org

Charles Sharps (Custodian)- clsharps@AACPS.org

Jerami Wilson (Custodian)- jmwilson3@aacps.org

PTA

PTA Board President - Laura Graham Booth  

Vice President – Roberto Garza  

Treasurer – J.C. Johns

Secretary – Collen Zelenakas

Contact the PTA: batesmiddleschoolpta@gmail.com