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Staff Directory

Administration

Name	Title	Room	Phone	Social Media
Michael Rinaldi	Principal	Finch Office	(203) 977-4838	@whs_principal
Robert Ayala	Assistant Principal, 12th Grade	Finch Office	(203) 977-6683
Amparo Fabre	Assistant Principal, MultiLingual 9th-12th	Freshman Office	(203) 977-5957
Claudia Obas	Assistant Principal, 10th Grade	Office near 435	(203) 977-4484
Raina Simmons	Assistant Principal for Special Education	Raynor Office (300s)
Peter Rinaldi	Assistant Principal, 9th Grade	Freshman Office	(203) 977-5322
Nicole Morse	Multi-Tiered Systems of Support Specialist (MTSS)	Freshman Office	(203) 977-5916
Tanya Small	Multi-Tiered Systems of Support Specialist (MTSS)	Freshman Office	(203) 977-5305
Richard Cerone	Athletic Director	Freshman Gym Office	(203) 977-4696	@WesthillAD westhillathletics.org
Elizabeth Dukes	Executive Secretary	Finch Office	(203) 977-4838

Agriscience

Name	Title	Room	Phone	Social Media
Jon Russo	Teacher - Program Coordinator	Ag Office	(203) 977-2747	@russoteachesag
Stacy Cascio	SAE Coordinator	AG Office	(203) 977-4974
Edyliese Aquino	Teacher		(203) 977-4974
Salvatore Magnano III	Teacher	AG 10	(203) 977-4974	@magnano.teachers.ag
Danielle Marenholz	Teacher	AG 1	(203) 977-4974	@FFAMarenholz
Tim Martin	Teacher	AG 12	(203) 977-4974	@docmartinagrisci

Athletics

Name	Title	Room	Phone	Social Media
Richard Cerone	Athletic Director	Freshman Gym Office	(203) 977-4696	@WesthillAD westhillathletics.org
Scott Glucksman	Head Athletic Trainer	GYM	(203) 977-5495	westhillathletics.org

Career & Technical Education

Name	Title	Room	Phone	Social Media
Kim Kumar	Teacher - Department Chair	104 & 106	(203) 977-5617
Joe Carillo	Teacher	422
Jackie Esker	Teacher	106 & 108
Jesse Glaude	Teacher	3 & 4
Ramla Kasraoui	Teacher	103
Karen Kurtz	Teacher	111 & 117
Tanesha Poyser	Teacher	206
Nicole Sansone	Teacher	105
Aaron Schrag	Teacher	221
Stephen Temelini	Teacher	223

Custodial Staff

Name	Title	Phone
Anthony Dupree	Head Custodian 2
Dominick Plateroti	Head Custodian 1	ext. 4488
Mike Magnoli	Night Lead	ext. 6147
Kevin Castiglia	Custodian
Dave Kadeg	Custodian
Jose Maldonado	Custodian
Mike Mammone	Custodian
Alvin McKeithen, Jr	Custodian
Vincent Mignogno	Custodian
Ruben Ponce	Custodian
Jose Sanchez	Custodian
Shelton Williams	Custodian

Dining Services - Chartwells

Name	Title	Room	Phone	Social Media
	Dining Services	Cafeteria	(203) 977-4876
Gene Barbier	Dining Services	Cafeteria
Alexandra Cedeno	Dining Services	Cafeteria
Linda Pllumbi	Dining Services	Cafeteria
Alice Middleton	Dining Services	Cafeteria
Maria Taoufik	Dining Services	Cafeteria

Domus Vikings

Name	Title	Room	Phone	Social Media
Chris Arenas	Director, Domus Vikings	Purple Pact Room by Cafe	(203) 977-6197
Carmen Morales	Lead Family Advocate	Purple Pact Room by Cafe
Charmaine Akins	Family Advocate	Purple Pact Room by Cafe
Davell Cotterell	Family Advocate	Purple Pact Room by Cafe
Shane Davis	Family Advocate	Purple Pact Room by Cafe
Tiffany Leiva	Family Advocate	Purple Pact Room by Cafe
Nelorye Palacios	Family Advocate	Purple Pact Room by Cafe
Savannah Polica	Family Advocate	Purple Pact Room by Cafe

English

Name	Title	Room	Phone	Social Media
Christine Wheeler	Teacher - Department Chair	220	(203) 977-5628
Erica Brunner	Teacher	402
Amy Calandro	Teacher	219
Caryn Corridon	Teacher	605
Maria DeAngelis	Teacher	406
Drew Denbaum	Teacher	429
Michelle Dunbar	Teacher	215
Chelsea Griffin	Teacher	606
Scott Hurwitz	Teacher	601
James Laber	Teacher	216
Dominique Lewine	Teacher	434
Flora Llamas	Teacher	608
Stephanie Marchesani	Teacher	213
Emma Perez	Teacher	428
Welles Purcell	Teacher	431
Jacyln Servillo	Teacher	602
Kate Tobin	Teacher	432 & 202b	(203) 977-5891	@TobinInProgress
Michael von Wahlde	Teacher	224	(203) 977-4894

Family Engagement

Name	Title	Room	Phone	Social Media
Conzuelo Salas	Parent Facilitator (English / Español)	Finch Office	(203) 977-5532

JROTC

Name	Title	Room	Phone	Social Media
Major (R) William Weber	Senior Army Instructor	14	(203) 977-5075	www.westhillweb.com/academics/jrotc
Command Sergeant Major (R) Al Almeida	Army Instructor	13	(203) 977-5075	www.westhillweb.com/academics/jrotc

Math

Name	Title	Room	Phone	Social Media
Michael Capriotti	Teacher - Department Chair	308	(203) 977-5619
Rawaa Al Ereksoosi	Teacher	318
Jennifer D'Arrigo	Teacher	512
Basma Daly	Teacher	508
Kawtar Ghadouani	Teacher	320
Sushobha Jenner	Teacher	323
Diana Jimenez	Teacher - Bilingual	322
Sally Kieffer	Teacher	324
Annamaria Malagisi	Teacher	506
Georgianna Manzino	Teacher	300
Joey Morse	Teacher	319
Jessica Nelson-Delphonse	Teacher	511
Sharon O'Brien	Teacher	303
Jose Ortiz-Rivera	Teacher	427
Andrew Pare	Teacher	509
Kareem Saleh	Teacher	611
Chandan Sarkar	Teacher	413/414		http://westhillcs.com/
Stephen Weintraub	Teacher	301

Media Center

Name	Title	Room	Phone	Social Media
Jan Benedict	Department Head	Media Center	(203) 977-5637

Multilingual Learner Program

Name	Title	Room	Phone	Social Media
Denise Grant	Teacher - Department Chair	Office near 200	(203) 977-5635
Marcie Frishman	Teacher	425
Thomas Grant	Teacher	207
Sandra Montalvo	Bilingual Paraprofessional	222
Emma Romanova	Teacher	225
Lucas Romero	Bilingual Paraprofessional	222
Angela Tsiropoulos	Teacher	435
Zhanna Tubis	Teacher	102

Nurses

Department	Name	Title	Room	Phone	Social Media
School Nurse	Georgia Blake	Nurse	In 100s	(203) 977-4487
School Nurse	Julette Surgeon	Nurse	In 100s	(203) 977-4530

On-Track Coaches

Name	Title	Room	Phone	Social Media
Bryanna Bonner	On-Track Coach	510
Khanisha Moore	On-Track Coach	510

OSS and Other Staff

Name	Title	Room	Phone	Social Media
Eida Maldonado	Account Clerk	Finch Office	(203) 977-4895
Nicole Di Nardo	Special Education	Raynor Office	(203) 977-4498
Elizabeth Dukes	Main Office	Finch Office	(203) 977-4838
Shannon O’Connor	Main Office	Finch Office	(203) 977-5531
Xavier Shellman-Kolarz	Main Office	Finch Office
Michelle Dunbar	SAT Weekend Test Coordinator
Flora Llamas	SAT Weekend Test Coordinator
Jennifer Leveille	Freshman Class Advisor (grade 9)
Jaclyn Servillo	Sophomore Class Advisor (grade 10)
Flora Llamas	Junior Class Advisor (grade 11)
Carley Grant	Junior Class Advisor (grade 11)
Maria DeAngelis	Senior Class Advisor (grade 12)
Victoria Arrigo	Freshman Class Advisor (grade 9)

Paraprofessionals

Name	Title	Room	Phone	Social Media
Adriana Acevedo	Paraprofessional
Victoria Brandenhoff	Paraprofessional
Ashton Dominique	Paraprofessional
Cynthia Green	Paraprofessional
George Hoffecker	Paraprofessional
George Johnson	Paraprofessional
Wendy Lopiano	Paraprofessional
Amanda Lucherini	Paraprofessional
Alexandra Manzino	Paraprofessional
Divya Parmar	Paraprofessional
Antonietta Petrafesa	Paraprofessional
Debbie Ritchie	Paraprofessional
Gean Sempertegui	Paraprofessional
Santosh Rathore	Paraprofessional
Jenny Rivera	Paraprofessional
Juledah Wilson	Paraprofessional
Violet Wolf	Paraprofessional

Phys Ed & Health

Name	Title	Room	Phone	Social Media
Camille Quattrocchi	Teacher - Department Chair	500	(203) 977-4238
Katherine Begetis	Teacher	Gym/501/504	(203) 977-6144
James Bertone	Teacher	504
Brenda Birch	Teacher	Gym	(203) 977-6144
Kevin DeAngelo	Teacher	Gym/503	(203) 977-5976
William Kurtz	Teacher	Gym/501	(203) 977-4496
Stan Lamour	Teacher	507	(203) 977-5976
Megan Malloy	Teacher	Gym/501	(203) 977-6144
DJ Mulvany	Teacher	Gym	(203) 977-4496
Roberto Nieves	Teacher	Gym/502/504	(203) 977-5976
Michael Riveles	Teacher	Gym/503	(203) 977-4496
Stephanie Roones	Teacher	Gym/502/500	(203)977-6144
Phil Thompson	Teacher	Gym/500/503/504	(203)977-6144

School Based Health Center

Name	Title	Room	Phone	Social Media
Liliana Esparta
Jessica Fidler	Mental Health Therapist	In 100s	203-977-5592
Cynthia Infante	Mental Health Therapist - Bilingual	In 100s	203-977-4097
Cristina Merszei	CSS/Front Desk	In 100s	203-977-5581
Carmen Moronta	Dental Hygienist	In 100s	203-977-5590
Cristina Oliveira	Doctor of Dental Surgery	In 100s	203-977-5590
Maria Telesca	Nurse Practitioner	In 100s	203-977-5593

School Counseling

Name	Title	Room	Phone	Social Media
Ashley Katz	School Counselor - Department Head	Career Center	(203) 977-5992	@westhillcounselors
Joseph Andrews	School Counselor	Main Office	(203) 977-5514	@westhillcounselors
Melissa Dunsmore	School Counselor	Main Office	(203) 977-5747	@westhillcounselors
Dilenia Gonzalez-Urena	School Counselor	Main Office	(203) 977-4483	@westhillcounselors
Aland Joseph	School Counselor	Main Office	(203) 977-4697	@westhillcounselors
Mark Marchesani	School Counselor	Career Center	(203) 977-5750	@westhillcounselors
Mindy Midy	School Counselor	Career Center	(203) 977-4499	@westhillcounselors
Spiro Milas	School Counselor	Career Center	(203) 977-5748	@westhillcounselors
Christine Mitchell	School Counselor	Career Center	(203) 977-4431	@westhillcounselors
Thomas Stepkoski	School Counselor	Career Center	(203) 977-5535	@westhillcounselors

School Psychologists

Name	Title	Room	Days	Phone	Website
Dr. Katie Behar	Psychologist-department leader	Raynor Office
Madeleine Bavelsky	Psychologist	Raynor Office	Monday- Friday	203-977-6653	whs-socialwork-psych/
Lauren Theder	Psychologist	Raynor Office	Monday- Friday	(203) 977-6114	whs-socialwork-psych/
Theresa Telesco	Psychologist	Raynor Office	Monday- Friday	(203) 977-5745	whs-socialwork-psych/

School Resource Officers

Name	Title	Room	Phone
Officer Karen Mahon	Westhill School Resource Officer		(203) 977-6130
Officer Eric Moore	Westhill School Resource Officer		(203) 977-6130

Science

Name	Title	Room	Phone	Social Media
Wendy Bosco	Teacher - Department Chair	613	(203) 977-5629	YouTube \| @BoscoBiology
Caitlyn Archambault	Teacher	315
John DePeano	Teacher	304
Laura Dodita	Teacher	115
Kathryn Gentle	Teacher	612		Google Sites
Anna-Marie Giblen	Teacher - Bilingual	615
Carley Grant	Teacher	310		@cgrantscience
Mona Hooja	Teacher	306
Raj Kumar	Teacher	112
Jennifer Leveille	Teacher	307		Google Site: msleveillewhs
Jennifer Migiano	Teacher	107
Sean Otterspoor	Teacher, TPDL, Webmaster	305		http://www.otterspoor.com/
Miriam Oviasu-Egege	Teacher	114
Marianna Paolini	Teacher	321
Sandra Soto	Teacher	614
Erin Spata	Teacher	309
Rajshri Suryawanshi	Teacher	113

Security

Name	Title	Room	Phone	Social Media
Alvin Frager	Security - Department Head		ext. 4758
Gloria Garner Whitaker	Security
Elretha Newton
Sean Segovia
Ramona Spinelli
Luis Gil
Brian Kinder
Jamar Smith
Ronnie LaRoche
Lemar Underwood
David Adams
Jessica Williams

Social Studies

Name	Title	Room	Phone	Social Media
Lisa Forbes	Teacher - Department Chair	411/424	(203) 977-4495
Francisco Ahumada	Teacher	604
Jainat Akther	Teacher	415
Sheryl Berkley	Teacher	407
Stephen Cassidy	Teacher	433
Kaylin English	Teacher	403
Tyson Kubick	Teacher	420
Maria Miraballes	Teacher	417
Avalyn Mitchell-Sokolovic	Teacher	610
Colin Ng	Teacher	416
Anthony Orzo	Teacher	600
Todd Page	Teacher	410
Ryan Quinn	Teacher	423
Owen Sandoval	Teacher - Bilingual	419
Kristine Shah	Teacher	607
Erin Taylor	Teacher	418
Laura Tintle	Teacher	405
Caitlin Van Tronk	Teacher	408

Social Workers

Name	Title	Room	Days	Phone	Social Media
Lia Campos	Social Worker Bilingual	Raynor Office	Monday-Friday	(203) 977-4833	whs-socialwork-psych/
Maria Cisneros	Social Worker Bilingual	Freshman Office	Monday-Friday	(203) 977-4224	whs-socialwork-psych/
Carolina Figueroa	Social Worker Bilingual	Finch Office	Monday-Friday	(203) 977-7955	whs-socialwork-psych/
Leisha Prescod	Social Worker	316A	Monday-Friday	(203) 977-5616	whs-socialwork-psych/
Rachael Weir	Social Worker-STEPS Program	101	Monday-Friday	(203) 977-4383	whs-socialwork-psych/
Patricia Valcourt	Social Worker	Raynor Office	Monday-Friday	(203) 977-1714	whs-socialwork-psych/

Special Education

Name	Title	Room	Phone	Social Media
Steven Angelo	Teacher - Department Chair	409/401/Raynor Office	(203) 977-4463
Stefanie Aivalis	Teacher	609
Victoria Arrigo	Teacher	404
Adrian Corbo	Teacher	316	(203) 977-1723
Kristen Crocco	Teacher	609
Ian Dunning	Teacher	314	(203) 977-5788
Colleen Filush	Teacher	209
Dawn Forgione	Teacher	430
Peter Kaminsky	Teacher	404
Nicole Kittleman	Teacher	314
Amy Leary	Teacher	317	(203) 977-4464
Katelyn Maldonado	Teacher	409
Jamie Matis	Teacher	304/216/220
Kathleen McCarthy-Doucette	Teacher	317	(203) 977-4464
Danielle Rauch	Teacher - TEAM	312

Special Services

Name	Title	Room	Phone	Social Media
Melanie Alswanger	Speech-Language Pathologist	Media Center
Arelis Cepeda	Physical Therapy
Melanie Gustin	Teacher of Students with Visual Impairment
Edna Roig	Speech and Language	Media Center
Susan Robotti	SpEd nurse
Jonathan Viar	Occupational Therapy

Technology Integration and Development

Name	Title	Room	Phone
Ruth Letson	TISS (Technology Integration Support Specialist)	Media Center	(203) 977-4486
Sean Otterspoor	TPDL (Technology Professional Development Leader)	305

Visual and Performing Arts

Name	Title	Room	Phone	Social Media
Robin Konrad	Teacher - Department Chair	7	(203) 977-5634, email preferred	instagram @rkonart
Carolyn Daher	Teacher- Visual Arts	12
Mathew DiGiovanna	Teacher- Visual Arts	8 & 9		instagram @mr.digiart
Tamara Dilworth	Teacher- Visual Arts	8		instagram @artwithmrsd
Kenny Martin	Teacher- Visual Arts	11, 6, 3
Devin Mitchell	Teacher- Choral and Music	9, 118
Ronet Noe	Teacher- Visual Arts	6		instagram @artnoewesthill
Catherine Ramsey	Teacher- Visual Arts	7
Blair Roberts	Teacher - Instrumental Music Director	15 & 9	(203) 977-4426	bit.ly/whsinstrumentalmusic @WesthillHSBand
Jennifer Robertson	Teacher- Visual Arts	5
Alison Willson	Teacher- Visual Arts	6,10,11,12
Nina Zachary	Teacher- Visual Arts	10		instagram @mszwhsart

World Language

Name	Title	Room	Phone	Social Media
Ann Herz	Teacher - Department Chair	202	(203) 977-5618
Leda Andersen	Teacher	204
Raquel Bonessi	Teacher	208
Josie Costa	Teacher	211
Joel Diaz	Teacher	201
Pier Magnifico	Teacher	210
Pia Manetta	Teacher	203
Gisele Murray	Teacher	205
Harry Ocampo	Teacher	218
Jessica Petrizzi	Teacher	200
Carmina Popescu	Teacher	212

Westhill School Governance Council

Name	Title
Michael Rinaldi	Principal