Staff Directory

Administration

Name	Title	Room	Phone	Social Media
Michael Rinaldi	Principal	Finch Office	(203) 977-4838	@whs_principal
Robert Ayala	Assistant Principal, 11th Grade	Freshman Office	(203) 977-6683
Claudia Obas-LeGare	Assistant Principal, 12th Grade	Raynor Office	(203) 977-4484
Peter Rinaldi	Assistant Principal, 9th Grade	Freshman Office	(203) 977-5322
PJ Wax	Assistant Principal, 10th Grade	Office near 435	(203) 977-5957	@whsviking_ap
Juan Pazmino	Dean of Students	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
Virginia Cipolla	Teacher - Program Coordinator	AG 10	(203) 977-2747	@agsci_cipolla
Stacy Cascio	SAE Coordinator	AG Office	(203) 977-4974
Danielle Marenholz (Jeffries)	Teacher	AG 1	(203) 977-4974	@FFAMarenholz
Timothy Martin	Teacher
Jonathan Russo	Teacher

Career & Technical Education

Name	Title	Room	Phone
Kim Kumar	Teacher - Department Chair		(203) 977-5617
Vanessa Coy-Kenyhercz	Teacher	221
Jackie Esker	Teacher	104
Jesse Glaude	Teacher
Ramla Kasraoui	Teacher
Max Kolb	Teacher	422 & 413
Karen Kurtz	Teacher	111 & 117
Tanesha Poyser	Teacher
Nicole Sansone	Teacher
Stephen Temelini	Teacher	223

Custodial Staff

Name	Title	Phone
Dominick Bottoni	Head Custodian 2	ext. 4488
Dominick Plateroti	Head Custodian 1	ext. 4488
Mike Magnoli	Night Lead	ext. 4488
Frank Brown	Custodian
Kevin Castiglia	Custodian
Revie Catchings	Custodian
Darrell DeCausey	Custodian
Dave Kadeg	Custodian
Mike Mammone	Custodian
Alvin McKeithen, Jr	Custodian
Vincent Mignogno	Custodian

Domus Vikings

Name	Title	Room	Phone
Denise Thomas	Director, Domus Vikings	Purple Pact Room by Cafe	(203) 977-6197
Christopher Cenatiempo	Family Advocate	Purple Pact Room by Cafe
Sara Echeverri	Family Advocate	Purple Pact Room by Cafe
Saneika Gibson	Family Advocate	Purple Pact Room by Cafe
Carmen Morales	Family Advocate	Purple Pact Room by Cafe

English

Name	Title	Room	Phone	Social Media
Christine Wheeler	Teacher - Department Chair	220	(203) 977-5628	@christineannewh
Erica Brunner	Teacher	402
Stephanie Cahill	Teacher	434
Amy Calandro	Teacher	429
Cristina Castelo	Teacher	602
Joe Celcis	Teacher	222
Blakeley Cohen	Teacher	606
Maria DeAngelis	Teacher	406
Drew Denbaum	Teacher	428
Robin Denninger	Teacher	213
Elsa Gentile	Teacher	435
Scott Hurwitz	Teacher	601
Flora Llamas	Teacher	608
Mark Lukas	Teacher	400
Laura Nelson	Teacher	204
Jay Pinsince	Teacher	219
Jacyln Servillo	Teacher	605
Kate Tobin	Teacher	432 & 202b	(203) 977-5891	@TobinInProgress
Michael von Wahlde	Teacher	216
Ruth-Terry Walden	Teacher	431
David Wooley	Teacher	224

English Language Learners

Name	Title	Room	Phone	Social Media
Denise Grant	Teacher - Department Chair	Office near 200	(203) 977-5635
Angie Alicea	Teacher	318		http://bonillaesol2.blogspot.com
Marcie Frishman	Teacher	425
Thomas Grant	Teacher	207
Bonnie Kelley-Young	Teacher	426
Emma Perez	Reading Specialist EL Services	435
Nula Miliku	New Arrivals Teacher	214
Asaka Niwa-Rrustemi	Teacher	217
Emma Romanova	Teacher	225
Zhanna Tubis	Teacher	116

Family Engagement

Name	Title	Room	Phone	Social Media
Giselle Robalino	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
Command Sergeant Major (R) Al Almeida	Army Instructor	13	(203) 977-5075

Math

Name	Title	Room	Phone	Social Media
Michael Capriotti	Teacher - Department Chair	Math Office/320/414/422/413	(203) 977-5619
Fatme Ayoub	Teacher	508
Jennifer D'Arrigo	Teacher	512
Kawtar Ghadouani	Teacher	611
Diana Jimenez	Teacher - Bilingual	322
Vibha Khetan	Teacher
Sally Kieffer	Teacher	324
Anamaria Malagisi	Teacher	506
Catherine Manning	Teacher	302
Georgianna Manzino	Teacher	300
Olga Mirontchik	Teacher	511
Joey Morse	Teacher	319
Sharon O'Brien	Teacher	303
Govind Ojha	Teacher	323
Jose Ortiz-Rivera	Teacher	427
Hanna Saleh	Teacher	320
Chandan Sarkar	Teacher	413/414		http://westhillcs.com/
Kristin Tennent	Teacher
Stephen Weintraub	Teacher	301

Media Center

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

On-Track Coordinators

Name	Title	Room	Phone	Social Media
Laura Ehlinger	On-Track Coordinator	510 & Freshman Office	(203) 977-4097	@vikingsontrack
Khanisha Moore	On-Track Coordinator	510 & Freshman Office	(203) 977-4482	@vikingsontrack

Other Staff

Name	Title	Room	Social Media
	Account Clerk	Finch Office
Anita Barkan	Office Support Staff	Finch Office
Jennifer Bartlet	Office Support Staff	Finch Office
Nicole Di Nardo	Office Support Staff	Raynor Office
Alison Corbo	Office Support Staff	Freshman Office
Michelle Dunbar	SAT Coordinator
Flora Llamas	SAT Coordinator
Catie Ramsey	Freshman Class Advisor (9)
	Freshman Class Advisor (9)
	Sophomore Class Advisor (10)
	Sophomore Class Advisor (10)
Carley Grant	Junior Class Advisor (11)		@whs.studentgov2023
Jennifer Leveille	Junior Class Advisor (11)		@whs.studentgov2023
Maria DeAngelis	Senior Class Advisor (12)
Nicole Veach	Senior Class Advisor (12)

Paraprofessionals

Name	Title	Room
Adriana Acevedo	Paraprofessional
Jamie Antonucci	Paraprofessional
Adrian Corbo	Paraprofessional
Dannah Daily	Paraprofessional
Basma Daly Eddaly	Paraprofessional
Ashton Dominique	Paraprofessional
Cynthia Green	Paraprofessional
George Hoffecker	Paraprofessional
George Johnson	Paraprofessional
Victoria Brandenhoff	Paraprofessional
Josina LaBorde	Paraprofessional
Shelina Gonzalez	Paraprofessional
Melisa Thompson	Paraprofessional
Antonietta Petrafesa	Paraprofessional
Debbie Ritchie	Paraprofessional
Jenny Rivera	Paraprofessional
Emelda Romero	Paraprofessional
Wendy Lopiano	Paraprofessional
Juledah Wilson	Paraprofessional
Violet Wolf	Paraprofessional
Lucas Romero	Bilingual Paraprofessional
Sandra Montalvo	New Arrivals Paraprofessional	214

Phys Ed & Health

Name	Title	Room	Phone
Camille Quattrocchi	Teacher - Department Chair	500/503	(203) 977-4238
James Bertone	Teacher	500
Brenda Birch	Teacher	Gym	(203) 977-6144
Jordan Chandler	Teacher	501/503	(203)977-5976
Susan Cutolo	Teacher	504
Kevin DeAngelo	Teacher	Gym/502	(203) 977-5976
William Kurtz	Teacher	Gym	(203) 977-4496
Stanley Lamour	Teacher	Gym/502	(203) 977-5976
Megan Malloy	Teacher	Gym/501	(203) 977-6144
DJ Mulvany	Teacher	Gym	(203) 977-4496
Michael Riveles	Teacher	Gym/503	(203) 977-4496
Stephanie Roones	Teacher	Gym/502	(203)977-6144
Marcia Sher-Kalter	Teacher	Gym/501/Dance/Yoga Studio	(203) 977-6144

School Counseling

Name	Title	Room	Phone	Social Media
Paola Ochoa	School Counselor - Department Head	Career Center	(203) 977-4483	@westhillcounselors
Joseph Andrews	School Counselor	Main Office	(203) 977-5514	@westhillcounselors
Tynequa Bell	School Counselor	Career Center	(203) 977-4501	@westhillcounselors
Kathryn Devine	School Counselor	Main Office	(203) 977-7933	@westhillcounselors
Melissa Dunsmore	School Counselor	Main Office	(203) 977-5747	@westhillcounselors
Aland Joseph	School Counselor	Main Office	(203) 977-4697	@westhillcounselors
Ashley Katz (Bunn)	School Counselor	Main Office	(203) 977-5992	@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	Phone	Social Media
Dr Katherine Behar	Psychologist	Raynor Office	(203) 977-6653	https://sites.google.com/stamfordpublicschools.org/whs-socialwork-psych/
Lauren Theder	Psychologist	Raynor Office	(203) 977-6653	https://sites.google.com/stamfordpublicschools.org/whs-socialwork-psych/
Teresa Telesco	Psychologist	Freshman Office	(203) 977-5745	https://sites.google.com/stamfordpublicschools.org/whs-socialwork-psych/

School Resource Officers

Name	Title	Room	Phone	Social Media
Felix Martinez	Westhill School Resource Officer		(203) 977-6130

Science

Name	Title	Room	Phone	Social Media
Diane McNamara	Teacher - Department Chair	308	(203) 977-5629
Wendy Bosco	Teacher	613		YouTube
John DePeano	Teacher	304
Laura Dodita	Teacher	115
Amparo Fabre	Teacher	315
Kathryn Gentle	Teacher	612		https://sites.google.com/stamfordpublicschools.org/cp-chemistry-20-21/home
Anna-Marie Giblen	Teacher - Bilingual	615
Carley Grant	Teacher	310		@cgrantscience
Emily Handy	Teacher	113
Mona Hooja	Teacher	306
Raj Kumar	Teacher	112
Jennifer Leveille	Teacher	307		https://sites.google.com/stamfordpublicschools.org/msleveillewhs/home
Jennifer Migiano	Teacher	107		https://sites.google.com/site/drmigiano/
Sean Otterspoor	Teacher, TPDL, Webmaster	305		http://www.otterspoor.com/
Miriam Oviasu-Egege	Teacher	109
Marianna Paolini	Teacher	321
Neal Perry	Teacher	313
Sandra Soto	Teacher	614		http://earthsciencerocks.org/
Erin Spata	Teacher	309
Rajshri Suryawanshi	Teacher	616

Security

Name	Title	Phone
Alvin Frager	Security - Department Head	ext. 4758
Darlene Birch	Security
Kareem Brivett	Security
Gloria Garner Whitaker	Security
Luis Gil	Security
Brian Kinder	Security
Ronnie LaRoche	Security
Elreatha Newton	Security
Gordon Perdue	Security
Keith Rosedom	Security
Sean Segovia	Security
Jamar Smith	Security

Social Studies

Name	Title	Room	Phone
Lisa Forbes	Teacher - Department Chair	424	(203) 977-4495
Francisco Ahumada	Teacher	603
Katherine Begetis	Teacher	600
Sheryl Berkley	Teacher	407
Kaylin English	Teacher	403
Jacob Koester	Long Term Substitute for Mr Stone	604
Tyson Kubick	Teacher	420
Jimmy Poulsen	Teacher	408
David McFillin	Teacher	423
Maria Miraballes	Teacher	433
Avalyn Mitchell-Sokolovic	Teacher	610
Colin Ng	Teacher	415
Anthony Orzo	Teacher	607
Todd Page	Teacher	410
Joseph Petrone	Teacher	417
Owen Sandoval	Teacher - Bilingual	419
Scott Stone	Teacher	604
Erin Taylor	Teacher	418
Laura Tintle	Teacher	405
Patrick White	Teacher	416

Social Workers

Name	Title	Room	Phone	Social Media
Lia Campos (Mon-Wed)	Social Worker Bilingual	Raynor Office	(203) 977-4833	whs-socialwork-psych/
Maria Cisneros	Social Worker	Raynor Office	(203) 977-4224	whs-socialwork-psych/
Carolina Figueroa	Social Worker Bilingual	Raynor Office	(203) 977-7955	whs-socialwork-psych/
Nicole Morse (Mon-Fri)	Social Worker	316a	(203) 977-5916	whs-socialwork-psych/
Katie Olson (Tues & Wed)	Social Worker	Raynor Office	(203) 977-5760	whs-socialwork-psych/
Leisha Prescod (Mon-Fri)	Social Worker	Raynor Office	(203) 977-5616	whs-socialwork-psych/
Leslie Ulloa	Social Worker			whs-socialwork-psych/

Special Education

Name	Title	Room	Phone
Elayne Cuttitta	Teacher - Department Chair	409/401/Raynor Office	(203) 977-4463
Stefanie Aivalis	Teacher	609
Ashley Bryan	Teacher
Dawn Forgione	Teacher	513
Kristen Iadarola	Teacher
Peter Kaminsky	Teacher	102
Amy Leary	Teacher	314	(203) 977-5788
Ricky McBride	Teacher	409
Kathleen McCarthy-Doucette	Teacher	102
Ian Dunning	Teacher	314	(203) 977-5788
Melissa Nesbitt	Teacher	312 (TEAM Room)	(203) 977-4300
Patty Nestor	Teacher	209
Mary Nichols	Teacher	404
Steve Pelta	Teacher	101
Reuben Pierre-Louis	Teacher
Carlos Rojas	Teacher - Bilingual
Nicole Veach	Teacher	314

Special Services

Name	Title	Room	Phone
Diane Gamse	Teacher of Students with Hearing Impairment	401 - Raynor Office	(203) 977-6195
Jonathan Viar	Occupational Therapy
Arelis Cepeda	Physical Therapy
Sara Joseph	Speech and Language
Edna Roig	Speech and Language
Melanie Gustin	Teacher of Students with Visual Impairment

Student Health Center

Department	Name	Title	Room	Phone
School Nurse	Jean Ferrero	Nurse	In 100s	(203) 977-4487
School Nurse	Julette Surgeon	Nurse	In 100s	(203) 977-4487
Student Health Center	Toni Buccino	Hygienist	In 100s	ext. 4937
Student Health Center	Angela Buzzeo	Nurse Practitioner	In 100s
Student Health Center	Maria Cisneros	Social Worker
Student Health Center	Jennifer DeVito		In 100s	ext. 4937
Student Health Center	Cristina Oliveira DDS	Doctor of Dental Surgery	In 100s	ext. 4937
Student Health Center	Paola C Ortega OSS		In 100s	ext. 4937
Student Health Center	Ana Granda		In 100s	ext. 4937
Student Health Center	Monica Padilla	Dental assistant	In 100s	ext. 4937

Technology Integration and Development

Name	Title	Room	Phone	Social Media
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	@rkonart
Catherine Ramsey	Teacher- Visual Arts	6		@ramsey.art.on.the.hill
Jada Hansen	Teacher- Visual Arts	12 & 11		@ms.hnsn
Jennifer Robertson	Teacher- Visual Arts	5
Jonah Garcia	Teacher - Choral, Music Business and Digital Music Production	118 & 9
Karen Weinstein	Teacher- Visual Arts	12
Kenneth Martin	Teacher- Visual Arts	11
Jessica Prince	Teacher- Choir director			bit.ly/whsinstrumentalmusic
Mathew DiGiovanna	Teacher- Visual Arts	8 & 9		@mr.digiart
Blair Roberts	Teacher - Instrumental Music Director	15 & 9	(203) 977-4426	bit.ly/whsinstrumentalmusic @WesthillHSBand
Nina Zachary	Teacher- Visual Arts	10		@mszwhsart
Tamara Dilworth	Teacher- Visual Arts	8		@artwithmrsd

World Language

Name	Title	Room	Phone	Social Media
Ann Herz	Teacher - Department Chair	202	(203) 977-5618
Nathalia Alvarez	Teacher	215		https://sites.google.com/stamfordpublicschools.org/mrsalvarez/home
Leda Andersen	Teacher	421
Josie Costa	Teacher	211
Joel Diaz	Teacher	201
Jean Laffan	Teacher	202 & 210
Len Lavallee	Teacher	203
Pier Magnifico	Teacher	210
Gisele Murray	Teacher	205
	Teacher	208
Harry Ocampo	Teacher	218
Jessica Petrizzi	Teacher	200
Carmina Popescu	Teacher	212

Westhill Parent Teacher Student Organization

Executive Board	Name	Phone	Email
Co-Presidents	Judy Klym	203-921-9039	judyklym@gmail.com
Co-Presidents	Suzanne Pacifico	203-561-8191	suzanne_p24@yahoo.com
VP of Communications	Claudia Brenner	475-259-9179	claudiabrenner@sbcglobal.net

Westhill School Governance Council

Name	Title
Michael Rinaldi	Principal
Richard Cerone	Faculty Representative
Maria DeAngelis	Faculty Representative
Mark Marchesani	Faculty Representative
Sue Boria	Parent Representative
Jenny Fuchs	Parent Representative
Rick Smeriglio	Parent Representative
Patty Denham Travaglino	Parent Representative
Alyssa Wallen	Parent Representative
Jennifer DiGiacomo	Community Representative
Sandy Menendez-Aponte	Community Representative
Mona Mitri	Community Representative

Cafeteria

Name	Title	Room
Alexandra Cedeno	Dining Services	Cafeteria
Assia Elommal	Dining Services	Cafeteria
Adriana Giambo	Dining Services	Cafeteria
Tasha Harris	Dining Services	Cafeteria
Rosa Iorfino	Dining Services	Cafeteria
Sofia Karamonlidis	Dining Services	Cafeteria
Danielle Lopez	Dining Services	Cafeteria
Lina Merdita	Dining Services	Cafeteria
Linda Pizzimenti	Dining Services	Cafeteria
Maria Taoufik	Dining Services	Cafeteria
Lizzie White	Dining Services	Cafeteria