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Staff and Faculty

Administrators &

Office Staff

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Joshua Satin  Principal

jsatin@ellabakerschool.org

212-717-8809 

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Betsy Fee  Assistant Principal

bfee@ellabakerschool.org

212-717-8809 ext. 2322

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Valerie Leak Assistant Principal

vleak@ellabakerschool.org

212-717-8809

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Valerie Kirk-Kamali  Parent Coordinator

vkirkkamali@ellabakerschool.org

212-717-8809 ext. 2321

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Mia Hernandez  Payroll Secretary

mhernandez@ellabakerschool.org

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Susan Amaro  School Aide

samaro@ellabakerschool.org

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Kira Hammond  Guidance Counselor

khammond@ellabakerschool.org

212-717-8809 ext. 3212 

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Gordien Ndizeye  School Aide

gndizeye@ellabakerschool.org

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 Special Education and Service Providers 

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Rachel Lavoie  Social Worker

rlavoie@ellabakerschool.org

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Debra Strashun  Occupational Therapist

dstrashun@ellabakerschool.org

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Hiba Barakat  Speech Therapy

hbarakat@ellabakerschool.org​

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Carly Saunders Speech Therapist

csaunders@ellabakerschool.org

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Karla Francisco SETSS (Special Education)

kfrancisco@ellabakerschool.org

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Nicoleta Cornetti English as a New Language

ncornetti@ellabakerschool.org

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JuliaBeidl School Social Worker

jbeidl@ellabakerschool.org

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Sudi Issak Nurse sissak@ellabakerschool.org

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Pillmeier Kristina School Psych

kpillmeier@schools.nyc.gov

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 Arts and Athletics 

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Naomi Avadanei Theater

navadanei@ellabakerschool.org

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Nicole Bernadette Physical Education

nbernadette@ellabakerschool.org​

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lan Weissman  Maker Space Studio

iweissman@ellabakerschool.org

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Hattie Schapiro Visual Arts

hschapiro@ellabakerschool.org

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Teaching Teams

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 Pre-K 

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Milana Kagan Teacher

mkagan@ellabakerschool.org

 

Maricela Lepkofker Teacher

mlepkofker@ellabakerschool.org

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Mady Fernandez  Paraprofessional

mfernandez@ellabakerschool.org

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Nazum Chowdhury Paraprofessional

nchowdhury@ellabakerschool.org

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 Kindergarten 

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Gladys Jimenez Teacher

gjimenez@ellabakerschool.org

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Sherry Rich Teacher

​srich@ellabakerschool.org

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Liz Santiago  Teacher

lsantiago@ellabakerschool.org

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Tim Garvey Teacher

tgarvey@ellabakerschool.org

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Jacqui Redrovan-Garcia Paraprofessional

jredrovan-garcia@ellabakerschool.org

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 Grade 1 

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Eli Uraga  Teacher

euraga@ellabakerschool.org

 

Iaishia Carvallo  Teacher

icarvallo@ellabakerschool.org

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Taz Azad Teacher

tazad@ellabakerschool.org

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Delcy Nieves  Paraprofessional

dnieves@ellabakerschool.org

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 Grade 2

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Sara Edwards-Auguste  Teacher

sedwards@ellabakerschool.org

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Tashom Carroll Teacher

tcarroll@ellabakerschool.org

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Norma Tormos Teacher

ntormos@ellabakerschool.org

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 Grade 2/3

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​Jessica Marenda Teacher

​jmarenda@ellabakerschool.org

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Tasha Fuller Paraprofessional

tfuller@ellabakerschool.org

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 Grades 3

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Liz Malerba  Teacher

lmalerba@ellabakerschool.org

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Christine Wang  Teacher 

cwang@ellabakerschool.org​​​

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Lashawna Weston Paraprofessional

lweston@ellabakerschool.org

Grades 4 

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Kelly Ottinger Teacher

rgallagher@ellabakerschool.org

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Malik Torres Teacher

mtorres@ellabakerschool.org

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Lauren Silvera Teacher

lsilvera@ellabakerschool.org​​​

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Ashai Gonzalez Paraprofessional

agonzalez@ellabakerschool.org

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Daniel Palacios Paraprofessional

dpalacios@ellabakerschool.org

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Grade 5 

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Laura Nuss-Caneda Teacher

lnuss@ellabakerschool.org

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Gabriel Sanchez Teacher

gsanchez@ellabakerschool.org

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Nita St. Juste-Hamilton Paraprofessional

nhamilton@ellabakerschool.org

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Grade 5/6 

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Kerri Manson Teacher

kmanson@ellabakerschool.org

 

Grade 6 

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Fabian Funez  Teacher

ffunez@ellabakerschool.org

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Amy Harbison Teacher

aharbison@ellabakerschool.org​

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Josh Guzman Paraprofessional

jguzman@ellabakerschool.org

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Juan Palomino Paraprofessional

jpalomino@ellabakerschool.org

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Lisa Rivera Paraprofessional

lrivera@ellabakerschool.org

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 Grade 7 

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Carrie Massey  Teacher

cmassey@ellabakerschool.org

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Sabrina Van-Phanz Science Teacher

svan-phanz3@ellabakerschool.org

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Tiffany Gross Teacher 

tgross@ellabakerschool.org

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Michael Paoli  Teacher  

mpaoli@ellabakerschool.org

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Della Cannon Paraprofessional

dcannon@ellabakerschool.org

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 Grade 8 

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Carrie Massey  Teacher

cmassey@ellabakerschool.org

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Tiffany Gross Teacher 

tgross@ellabakerschool.org

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Michael Paoli  Teacher  

mpaoli@ellabakerschool.org

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Sabrina Van-Phanz Science Teacher

svan-phanz3@ellabakerschool.org​

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Ernest Suarez  Paraprofessional

esuarez@ellabakerschool.org

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