Faculty & Staff
Great classrooms begin with great teachers. In the youngest grades, students are taught by a team of talented and dedicated teachers who take the time over the years to get to know every student well. In the older grades, students and faculty are bound together in intellectual exploration and the dynamic exchange of ideas, knowledge and values. Across the school, faculty and staff place a high level of emphasis on the dynamic relationship between family and school.
Faculty & Staff Directory
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Ms. Paula AlcántaraAssociate TeacherGeorge Washington University - B.A. -
Rummana Amrin
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Jacob CookEC/LS CounselorU. of Pennsylvania - M.S.W.
St. John's University - B.A. -
Ms. Emily CruzLS Design & Technology InstructorColumbia University - M.Ed.
New York University - B.A. -
Ms. Randall FlinnHead of Lower SchoolColumbia Teachers College - M. Ed.
New York University - Steinhardt - M. Ed.
Pitzer College - B.A. -
Miss Chelsea FloresLS Head TeacherNew York University - M.A.
New York University - B.S. -
Ms. Sharifa FootmanDepartment Chair LS ScienceHunter College - M.S.
Hunter College - B.A. -
Mr. Nicholas FrankfurtMS ScienceHunter College - Postbaccalaureate
Yale University - B.A. -
Katherine GallagherAssociate Teacher -
Ms. Emily GundlachEC/LS/MS LibrarianQueens College - M.L.S.
Touro College - M.S.
Calvin College - B.A. -
Mrs. Aubrie HallEC/LS/MS Learning SpecialistTeachers College, Columbia University - M.A.
Kenyon College - B.A. -
Ms. Hilary HarnischfegerLS/MS Visual ArtColumbia University - M.F.A.
University of Houston - B.F.A. -
Megan HimelMusicBerklee College of Music - M.A.
New York University - B.Mu. -
Christina HultholmDirector of Strategic CommunicationsPrinceton University - M.A.
New York University - B.A. -
Mr. Kenneth JohnsonLS/MS DanceU. of Memphis - B.L.A. -
Mrs. Victoria KingEC/LS/MS Nurse
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Sylvie LarueMS French; MS SpanishUniversité de Rouen, France - Maitrise -
Mr. Benham LatimerLS Head TeacherBank Street College of Education - M.S. Ed.
University of New Hampshire - B.A. -
Ms. Laurel LesioEC/LS Music; EC/LS DanceNew York University - M.A.
SUNY Geneseo - B.S. -
Dr. Saara MahjouriAssistant Head of SchoolNew York University - B.F.A.
Harvard University - Ed.M.
University of California Los Angeles - Ph.D. -
Mr. Eric MassaOperations Coordinator and Executive Assistant to CFO/COO -
Kellyann McEneryAssistant to the Assistant Head & Dean of Faculty -
Sydney NaftolinAssociate TeacherTeacher's College, Columbia University - M.A.
Indiana University - B.S. -
Mr. Manuel PazosPhysical EducationBrooklyn College - B.S. -
Mr. Robbie PennoyerHead of SchoolYale Divinity School - M.Div.
Harvard College - A.B. -
Mr. Ravendra PersaudDirector of Academic SystemsBaruch College - B.A.
Fordham University - M.A. -
Mr. Ted RohrsAssistant Director of Physical EducationAdelphi University - M.A. -
Mr. Eric SchneiderLS Head TeacherFordham University - M.A.
Haverford College - B.A. -
Mr. Schuyler SemlearEC/LS/MS ScienceBank Street College of Education - M.S.
SUNY Plattsburgh - B.A. -
Ms. Leah SilverEC/LS Math CoordinatorBank Street College - M.S.Ed
Brandeis University - B.A. -
Ms. Jorinda SilversteinEC/LS Learning SpecialistColumbia University - M. A. / M. P. A.
New York University - B. A. -
Mrs. Melissa SobelEC/LS/MS Physical EducationTouro College - M. Ed.
Hofstra University - M. S.
SUNY Cortland - B. S. -
Léa SonzaMS LanguagesNew York University - M.A.
Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris - M.A.
University College, Dublin - B.A.
Sorbonne, Paris - B.A. -
Rose SpazianiCounseling InternSyracuse University - M.A.
Fordham University - B.A. -
Ms. Chanté StoneEC/LS/MS Physical EducationTeachers College, Columbia University - M.A.
Springfield College - B.S. -
Olivia StrongSubstitute Teacher
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Mr. Simon Thomas-TrainDirector of Admissions, Middle SchoolPresidio Graduate School - M.B.A.
Middlebury College - B.A. -
Mrs. Amber WardDirector of Grace International Exchange ProgramJ.L Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern - M.B.A. -
Ms. Eve WolfsohnEC/LS/MS Head LibrarianColumbia University - M.L.S.
Bryn Mawr College - B.A.
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Grace Church School is a co-educational independent school in downtown Manhattan, New York City providing instruction for nearly 800 students in Junior Kindergarten through Grade 12.
