Here is a chance to find out what your teachers and other staff are doing. Use this page to send a teacher an e-mail. As you go through the list, you will see that many of your teachers are multi-lingual, and involved with various after-school activities. Marble Hill faculty and staff are...

Exploring the World One Day at a Time!

Administration

Ms. Kirsten Larson:
Principal
Founding Teacher

Languages Spoken: Pulaar, French

International Experience: Peace Corps Volunteer: Senegal

View ESL curricula created by Ms. Larson:
A Study of Racial Discrimination as seen in Richard Wright's Black Boy
Using TIPS Public Policy Analysis to Analyze Literature
Chinua Achebe and Colonialism in Africa
The Five Confucian Relationships

Mr. Paul W. Parris:
Assistant Principal,
Supervision

International Experience: Barbados

Ms. Sara Lowes:
Assistant Principal, Founding Teacher/ World Literature (ESL)

Magnet School Coordinator

Languages Spoken: Ukrainian

International Experience: Peace Corps Volunteer: Ukraine

View Humanities curricula created by Ms. Lowes:
From Poverty:   The Color of Water by James McBride and the Cycle of Childhood Poverty
The World of the Mayas
Medieval Social Problems in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court

Ms. Wanda Dingman
ESL

Languages Spoken: French

International Experience: Denmark, Peace Corps Volunteer in Mali, West Africa


Ms. Dingman's Homework page.

English/ESL Department

Mr. Patrick Bernal:
10-12th Grade ESL
Journalism

Languages Spoken: Mongolian

International Experience: Peace Corps Volunteer: Mongolia


 

 Mr. Neil

Mr. Neil Schleifer
World Literature
Public Speaking

Ms. Mary-Helen Hughes
College English, 9th Grade ESL

Languages Spoken: Spanish

International Experience: Peace Corps Costa Rica


 

Ms. Sherry Lewkowicz
US Literature, AP Literature

Languages Spoken: French

 

Ms. Kelly Gavin
9th Grade English, AP Language
College Readiness

 

Ms.Dolores Winn
9th Grade ESL/English

 

History Department

Ms. Rachel Allen
Humanities

Languages Spoken: Japanese, French

International Experience: Japan

 

Ms. Janice Vazquez:
Humanities

Languages Spoken: Spanish

Ms. Naomi Santoro
Economics, Government
AP World History

Languages Spoken: Hebrew, French and understanding of Latin and classical Greek.

International Experience: Venezuela, Spain, Italy, Greece, Israel, Nepal, Bolivia, Morocco and Mexico.
 

 

Mr. Christopher Benson
US History, AP US History

International Experience: Poland

 

Ms. Karen McMurdo
Humanities

Languages Spoken: Chinese

International Experience: United Kingdom, Taiwan, Germany

 

Mr. Daniel Nichols
Humanities

Mathematics Department

Ms. Jeanette Cruzado:
School Programmer and Algebra 3

Languages Spoken: Spanish

International Experience: Puerto Rico


 

Mr. Louis Rossi :
Algebra, Algebra 2
Trigonometry

International Experience:
Germany, France, England, Switzerland and Italy.

 

Ms. Marian Mosley:
AP Calculus, Algebra 2
Trigonometry

International Experience:
New Zealand, Ireland, England and Jamaica


 

Mr. Scott Wahl:
Geometry 3, Algebra 2
Trigonometry, Financial Math

Languages Spoken: French

International Experience: Peace Corps Volunteer (Cameroon)
France, United Kindom

Mr. Nicholas Pesola:
Geometry, School Programmer

Languages Spoken: Chitumbaka

International Experience: Peace Corps Volunteer: Malawi

Build On Coordinator


 

 


Mr. Jason Garofalo
Geometry

Math for America - Master Teacher

Ms. Sarah Laugeman
Algebra

Science Department

Mr. David Meek:
AP Biology,
Environmental Science
Living Environment

Languages Spoken: Kiswahili and German

International Experience: Peace Corps Volunteer: Tanzania

 

Ms. Yolanda Olsen:
Living Environmentr

Languages Spoken: Spanish, Ilokano and Tagalog

International Experience: Phillipines

Visit Ms. Olsen's 9th Grade Science class website.

Visit Ms. Olsen's Community Service Website

 

Ms. Oanh Lo:
World Health, Chemistry1-3

Languages Spoken: Chinese
International Experience: China

 

Mr. J. J. O'Connell
Chemistry, Physics,
AP Physics

 

Ms. Olivia Ramirez
Environmental Science
Astronomy

Ms. Eleanor Park
Living Environment

Ms. Deborah Reich
Living Environment

World Languages Department

Ms. Karen McMurdo
Chinese

Languages Spoken: Chinese

International Experience: United Kingdom, Taiwan, Germany


 

Ms. Luz E. Jacobson
AP Spanish
College Readiness

Languages Spoken: English, Spanish

International Experience: Dominican Republic, Spain.

College: Lehman College BA, MA
Saint Joseph Seminar MA


 

Ms. Damaris Nunez
Italian 1-6
Spanish Culture

Languages Spoken: Italian, Spanish

Ms. Roberta Young:
Japanese 1-6

Languages Spoken: Japanese

International Experience: Japan

View some student work from Ms. Young's class
Read Ms. Young's chronicle of her stay in Imabetsu, Japan
Class Trip: View photos of the Japanese Spring Festival


 

Special Education Department

Mr. Marco Barreto:
9th & 10th Grade
COSA

Languages Spoken: Spanish

Mr. Michael Boyle
9-12th Grade

Mr. Daniel Nichols
9-12th Grade

Ms.Tara Winter
Special Education

Mr. Adam Levine
Special Education

 

Student Support Services

Ms. Lucia Jackson,
Founding Guidance Counselor

Languages Spoken: Spanish

International Experience: Panama

Ms. Wendy Garcia-Vanderhorst,
Guidance Counselor

Languages Spoken: Spanish

International Experience: Dominican Republic

 

Administrative Support

Mr. Juan Navarro,
Administrative Support

Languages Spoken: Spanish

Ms. Angie Velez,
School Secretary

Languages Spoken: Spanish

Ms. Maria Gonzalez,
Educational Para

"The School's Grandmother "

Languages Spoken: Spanish

Ms. Margarita Pol,
Attendance Coordinator

Languages Spoken: Spanish

Mr. Alvaro Gonzalez,
Technology Coordinator
Administrative Support

Languages Spoken: Spanish and Italian

Ms. Milagros Mercado,
Administrative Support

Languages Spoken: Spanish

Ms. Wanda Ramos,
Administrative Support
Office Assistant

Languages Spoken: Spanish

International Experience: Puerto Rico

Mr. Manuel Torres,
Administrative Support

Languages Spoken: Spanish

Ms. Lissette Reyes,
Educational Para

Languages Spoken: Spanish

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