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Administration
Katherine Hicks (Principal) -kmhicks@aacps.org
Joe Lustgarten (6th Grade Assistant Principal) – jlustgarten@aacps.org
Kathleen Adkins (7th Grade Assistant Principal)- ktadkins@aacps.org
Keré Patterson (8th Grade Assistant Principal)- kypatterson@aacps.org
Student Services Team
Danielle Weiss (8th Grade School Counselor/Department Chair)- dweiss@aacps.org
Maurena Darling (7th Grade School Counselor) – mdarling@aacps.org
Chanel Barnett (6th Grade School Counselor)- cmbarnett@aacps.org
Malcolm Ehioba (School Psychologist)- mehioba@aacps.org
Shauna Rykiel (School Social Worker) - srykiel@aacps.org
Chasity McGhee (PPW)- cmcghee1@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 (PVA DC)- ebmiller@aacps.org
Arts Integration Specialist
Tayler Grimail (AI)- tgrimail@aacps.org
6th Grade (Team 1: Ground Breakers)
Devon Caton (Math) (Team Leader) - dcaton@AACPS.org
Julie Fitzgerald (ELA) – jmfitzgerald@AACPS.org
Maria C. Côté (Social Studies) – mccote@AACPS.org
Cynthia Bryl (Science) – cbryl@AACPS.org
Erika Kopf (Math) – ekopf@AACPS.org
Dana Brennan (Social Studies/Math) – dhbrennan@AACPS.org
Nora Burke (Formerly Udler) (Special Educator) – nudler@AACPS.org
Kelsey Mack (Special Educator) – khmack@aacps.org
6th Grade (Team 2: Trailblazers)
Heather Carter (Science) (Team Leader) – hcarter1@AACPS.org
Kelly Herdrich (Social Studies) – Kherdrich@aacps.org
Nancy O’Donnel (ELA) – NODONNEL@AACPS.org
Trina Seay (Math) – tseay@aacps.org
Kimberly Freeman (ELA) - kdfreeman@aacps.org
7th Grade (Team 1: Innovators)
Talya Whitaker (Math/Social Studies) (Team Lead)– TWHITAKER@AACPS.org
Amy Hood (Science) – abhood@aacps.org
Sharon Richardson (ELA) – SRICHARDSON1@AACPS.org
Dan Brundige (Social Studies) - dbrundige@aacps.org
Devon Caton (Math) – dcaton@AACPS.org
Steven Wasserman (Special Educator) – SWASSERMAN@AACPS.org
Judy Ferguson (Special Educator) – JAFERGUSON@AACPS.org
7th Grade (Team 2: Creators)
Erika Kopf (Math) (Team Lead) – ekopf@AACPS.org
Craig Stecher (Math / Science) – cstecher@aacps.org
Sara Ford (Science) – skford@AACPS.org
Katerina Altig (ELA) – kaltig@AACPS.org
Richard Mason (Social Studies/World Classical Language) – RJMASON@AACPS.org
Victoria Zerbe (Math) – vzerbe@aacps.org
8th Grade (Team 1: Explorers)
Tammi Stevens (Social Studies) (Team Lead) -tlstevens@aacps.org
Kindra Mason (ELA) – kymason@AACPS.org
Jesus Luzon Gonzalez (Science) – jluzongonzalez@AACPS.org
Talya Whitaker (Math/Social Studies) – TWHITAKER@AACPS.org
Victoria Zerbe (Math) – vzerbe@aacps.org
Dana Brennan (Social Studies/Math) – dhbrennan@AACPS.org
Karen Reekie (Special Educator) – kreekie@AACPS.org
Glenn Newell (Special Educator) – gnewell@aacps.org
Kimberly Freeman (Special Educator) - kdfreeman@aacps.org
8th Grade (Team 2: Originators)
Angela Vogt (Math) (Team Leader) – avogt@AACPS.org
Megan Philbeck (ELA) – MPHILBECK@AACPS.org
Avril Suit (Science) – asuit@AACPS.org
Peter Bielski (Social Studies) - pbielski@aacps.org
Non-Teamed Teachers
Dawn Kayton (Science) – DKAYTON@AACPS.org
Dana Brennan (Math/Social Studies) - dhbrennan@aacps.org
Olivia Stachowski (ELA/AVID)- ostachowski@aacps.org
Curtis Anderson (Social Studies)- canderson1@aacps.org
Special Education
Evelyn Maldonado (ACC) – emaldonadoquiro@aacps.org
Karen Reekie (Self-contained) -kreekie@aacps.org
Ellen Boteler (Self-contained) - eboteler@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
Reading
Barbara Hoyt - bhoyt@aacps.org
Laura Facciponti - lfacciponti@aacps.org
Eugene Malloy – emalloy@AACPS.org
Kelly Fortune – kfortune@aacps.org
ESOL
Andrew Bunker (ESOL)- agbunker@AACPS.org
Elizabeth Degraffenreid (ESOL) - edegraffenreid@aacps.org
PVA
Danielle Kellner (Creative Writing) – dkellner@aacps.org
Katie Waterworth (Visual Arts)- kwaterworth@aacps.org
Timothy Kurtzberg (PVA Vocal 7/8 )- tkurtzberg@AACPS.org
Megan Rupp (PVA Strings )- mrupp@AACPS.org
Carson Zajdel (PVA Vocal 6 )- czajdel@aacps.org
Rachel Morrissey (Dance)- remorrissey@AACPS.org
Encore
James Ryan (Digital Pallett) - jmryan1@aacps.org
Danielle Kellner (World Class Ideas) –dkellner@aacps.org
Katherine Waterworth (Project Runway/True Colors) – kwaterworth@AACPS.org
Kasey Bowling (AVID) – kbowling@AACPS.org
Olivia Stachowski (ELA/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) – RJMASON@AACPS.org
Elisa Sileoni (Italian) – ESILEONI@AACPS.org
Cristian Ruiz (Spanish) – cmercadoruiz@aacps.org
Melissa Peregrina (Spanish/Tech Ed) – mperegrina@AACPS.org
Linette De La Rosa Gonzalez (Spanish) - ldelarosagonzal@aacps.org
Margo Wittelsberger ( True Colors /Project Runway) - mwittelsberger@aacps.org
Carson Zajdel (Chorus 8 )- czajdel@aacps.org
Support Staff
Andrew Behringer (Alt-One)- ABEHRINGER@AACPS.org
George Belt (Behavioral Assistant)- gbelt@aacps.org
Ted Nichols (Student Advocate)- tmnichols@AACPS.org
Jean Melton-Koch (SPC/STC)- jmelton-koch@aacps.org
Nina Goforth (Bilingual Facilitator)- ngoforth@aacps.org
Sam Wiseman (IT Tech)- sgwiseman@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
Jean Izzi (Financial Secretary) jizzi@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
Shanica Wallace (Custodian)- sswallace@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