Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on [him/her], and to let [him/her] know that you trust [him/her].  Booker T. Washington

Staff

Booker T. Washington Academy’s staff is made up of intellectually fluid, highly skilled and committed educators.  Each member of the team meets all of the professional standards of the State of Connecticut, in additional to those that we value as necessary in order to ensure our scholars a world-class education. We encourage open communication and dialogue, so please feel free to contact the members of our team.  
 
Network Team
John Taylor john.taylor@btwacs.org Executive Director
Dr. Laura Main laura.main@btwacs.org Chief Academic Officer
Dr. Vernee Butterfield vernee.butterfield@btwanewhaven.org Director of Talent Recruitment and Management
Emily Jackson emily.jackson@btwanewhaven.org Director of Operations/Human Resources
Chantel Cave chantel.cave@btwanewhaven.org Technology Coordinator

Elementary School (203)691-6535
Erin Conley erin.conley@btwanewhaven.org Elementary Principal
Frank Galicia frank.galicia@btwanewhaven.org Dean of Academics - Math
Kenneth Joseph kenneth.joseph@btwanewhaven.org Elementary Dean of Student Culture
Alexis Walker alexis.walker@btwanewhaven.org 2nd Grade Teacher
Alison Smith alison.smith@btwanewhaven.org 2nd Grade Teacher
Amber Gagne amber.gagne@btwanewhaven.org SRBI - Reading
Angela Egan angela.egan@btwanewhaven.org Elementary Distance Learning Teacher
Anthony McKnight anthony.mcknight@btwanewhaven.org 2nd Grade Academic Assistant
Bob Lewis bob.lewis@btwanewhaven.org Kindergarten Teacher
Christopher Dobransky christopher.dobransky@btwanewhaven.org Elementary PE Teacher 
Charlene Antoine charlene.antoine@btwanewhaven.org 4th Grade Teacher
Chelsey Dash chelsey.angeli@btwanewhaven.org 2nd Grade Teacher
Clara Choi clara.Choi@btwanewhaven.org Kindergarten Teacher
Denis Hickmon denise.hickmon@btwanewhaven.org 2nd Grade Teacher
Doreen Spears doreen.spears@btwanewhaven.org 3rd Grade Resident Teacher
Elizabeth Squire elizabeth.squire@btwanewhaven.org Elementary Art Teacher
Erica Valle erica.valle@btwanewhaven.org Elementary Office Lead/Ops Support
Farah Toussaint farah.toussaint@btwanewhaven.org Academic Assistant
Fernanda Franco fernanda.franco@btwanewhaven.org EL Academic Assistant
Gabrielle Dixon gabrielle.dixon@btwanewhaven.org 2nd Grade Academic Assistant
Nurse Campbell gail.campbell@btwanewhaven.org Elementary School Nurse
Intisar Khan intisar.khan@btwanewhaven.org Elementary Science
Jailene Ortiz jailene.ortiz@btwanewhaven.org Kindergarten Teacher
Jessica Charvis jessika.charvis@btwanewhaven.org 3rd Grade Teacher
KerryAnn Lowe kerry-ann.lowe@btwanewhaven.org Academic Assistant
Koritha deLeon koritha.deleon@btwanewhaven.org Kindergarten Teacher
Krista Cyphers krista.cyphers@btwanewhaven.org SRBI - Math
Kristin Delbene kristin.delbene@btwanewhaven.org 1st Grade Teacher
Mally Duffin mally.duffin@btwanewhaven.org 4th Grade Teacher
Marisa Palermo marisa.palermo@btwanewhaven.org 3rd Grade Teacher
Mark Morrison mark.morrison@btwanewhaven.org 4th Grade Teacher
Monica Bein-Aime monica.bien-aime@btwanewhaven.org Social Worker
Monifa Jones monifa.jones@btwanewhaven.org Kindergarten Teacher
Paradise Garrett paradise.garrett@btwanewhaven.org 4th Grade Resident Teacher
Patrick Colquhoun patrick.colquhoun@btwanewhaven.org Elementary World Language Teacher
Robin McAllister robin.mcallister@btwanewhaven.org Elementary Distance Learning Teacher
Sandra Rivera-Pastor sandra.rivera-pastor@btwanewhaven.org Elementary Office/Student Support
Sarah Williams sarah.williams@btwanewhaven.org Elementary Special Education Teacher
Sherrine Wright sherrine.wright@btwanewhaven.org 1st Grade Teacher
Stephanie Uju stephanie.uju@btwanewhaven.org 1st Grade Academic Assistant
Theresa Black theresa.black@btwanewhaven.org 2nd Grade Academic Assistant
Tyquanda Johnson tyquanda.johnson@btwanewhaven.org Elementary Dance
Violet McKain violet.mckain@btwanewhaven.org 3rd Grade Teacher

Middle School (203)230-0071

Tavares Bussey tavares.bussey@btwanewhaven.org Middle School Principal
Tomeka Howard tomeka.howard@btwanewhaven.org Middle School Dean of Student Culture 
Andrea Daniels andrea.daniels@btwanewhaven.org Middle School PE/Health Teacher
AnneMarie Hewitt annemarie.hewitt@btwanewhaven.org 5th Grade Teacher
Dr. Bruce Kern bruce.kern@btwanewhaven.org Middle School ELA
Chris Marina chris.marina@btwanewhaven.org Middle School Office Lead/Ops Support
Fabrice Allais fabrice.allais@btwanewhaven.org 6th Grade Math
Nurse Claxton jasmine.claxton@btwanewhaven.org Middle School Nurse
Noah Galicia noah.galicia@btwanewhaven.org Middle School Special Education Teacher
Kenneth Joseph kenneth.joseph@btwanewhaven.org Middle School Music/SEL Support
Lauri Bretthauer lauri.bretthauer@btwanewhaven.org 5th Grade Teacher
Mohamed Thirapusa mohamed.thirapusa@btwanewhaven.org Middle School Math
Nicolette Roque nicolette.roque@btwanewhaven.org Middle School Science
Sam Forman sam.forman@btwanewhaven.org 5th Grade Teacher
Sedat Jonuzi sedat.jonuzi@btwanewhaven.org 5th Grade Resident Teacher
Jason St.Jacques jason.stjacques@btwanewhaven.org 7th Grade ELA
Somaya Haspil somaya.haspil@btwanewhaven.org 6th Grade ELA
Stacey Groshart stacey.groshart@btwanewhaven.org Middle School World Language
Stephanie Kowalski stephanie.kowalski@btwanewhaven.org 7th Grade Math

​Your satisfaction is the school’s highest priority, so we hope you will contact the school’s leaders with any questions, concerns, or suggestions.

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