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  Who is ACCELA?  
 

The following people, programs, and schools are participants in the ACCELA Alliance.

 

 
 
Para Professionals and Community Educators as of 2006-2007 School Year
 

Aida Acevedo
Myrna Almeyda
Mary Ann Carrasquillo
Manuel Chambers
Maritza Figueroa
Marisol Fontanez
Iris Galvez
Glorinel Hernandez

Sandy Kudla
Maria Lopez
Alicia Marquez
Olga Molina
Yolanda Nogue
Norma Ortiz
Alida Quinones
Yamaris Rivera
Yolanda Robles
Carmen Rodriguez
Sol Yvette Santiago
Denise Trask
Virgenmina Viera
Raimunda Victory
 
 

 

Cooperating Teachers as of 2006-2007 School Year
  Barbara Hruska
Carroll Kaneta
Christine Lukas
Christine Mitowsky
Debra Sherburne
Diana Baranowski
Jane Costello
Jennie McGiverin
Joan Snowdon
Joann Mooney
Karen Feller
Lea Abiodun
Ligia Dubilo
Linda Rose Dixon
Lucia Spiro
Martha Lev
Molly Watkins
Renata Pienkawa
Sue Abdow
Theresa Chehade
Tom Fisher
Wilma Ortiz
 
 

 

Teachers as of 2007-2008 School Year
  MEd-Springfield 1
Nicole Chaput
Kristen Colon
Laura Cote
Andrea Hogan
Rosemary Martinez
Nadia Przybylowski
Marylou Quick
Joanne Rubeck
Wendy Seger
Linnette Sergeant
Patricia St. Amand

MEd-Springfield 3
Margaret Becker
Brenda Czuchra
Margaret Fifzpatrick
Samantha Jaskievic
Mariann Moulier- McKenna
Patricia O'Malley
Marisol Rivas-Nunez
Heather Rollins- Chappel
JoAnn Trauschke

MEd-Springfield 2
Judith Atwood
Kristin Burns
Maria Cahillane
Laura Caron
Cora Carpenter
Katherine Carpenter
Maureen Curran
Nylsa Davila
Carolyn Foote
Susan Gosselin
Michelle Grilli
Mary Hill
Susan Hucul
Nancy LeClair
Ibelis Leon
Mary Louise Majourau
Stephanie Ostrom- Halwachs
Lucy Perez
Rosa Ramos
Nelly Reyes
Kerry Robbins
Rebecca Robidoux
Aracelis Santos
Donna Young
M.Ed Holyoke
Kathleen Alderman
Cynthia Basile
Russell Beaupre
Mary Britton
Julie Diaz
Vionette Escudero
Thomas Kerner
Angelimarie Mercado
Andrea Murdza
Lisa Prechtl
Amy Rivera
Marangelie Santana
Hector Santos
Militza Semidei
Ruth Silva
Darren Walsh
Shannon White
Mary Wright
Nancy Zenisky
       
 
 
Community Partnerships
  Community Education Project (CEP) - Holyoke
Nueva Esperanza
Youth Center Holyoke
JUNTOS Collaborative of Holyoke
Puerto Rican Studies Collaborative
 
 
 

 

Springfield Administrators (as of school year 2008 - 2009)
 

Dr. Alan Ingram, Superintendent of Schools
Veta Daley, Assistant Superintendent (Zone 1 Supervision)
Willette Johnson, Assistant Superintendent (Zone 2 Supervision)
Ellen Hurley, Special Assistant to the Superintendent (Zone 3 Supervision)

Daniel J. Warwick, Assistnat Superintendent for Special Education
Sheila D. Blair, Supervisor of Special Education, Elementary
Donna Boivin, Chief Information and Instructional Technology Officer
Kai Graves, Supervisor of Special Education, Elementary
Kate Fenton, Senior Administrator for the Learning Center
Sylvia Galván, Director - English Language Learning Program
Dr. Deborah K. Teale Gendreau, Director of Technology
Joanne Wilson-Keenan, Director of Reading

PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS
Warner School (Althea Clement, Principal)
Van Sickle Middle School (Cheryl Despirt, Principal)
Mary A. Dryden Veterans Memorial (Ann M. Dryden, Principal)
Forest Park Middle School (Carol Fazio, Principal)
Brightwood School (Yolanda Gomez, Principal)
Homer Street School (Dr. Michael Henry, Principal)
Lincoln School (Dr. José Irizarry, Principal)
Frederick Harris School (Deborah Lantaigne, Principal)
Gerena Community School (Peter Levanos, Principal)
Chesnut Accelerated Middle School (Lydia Martinez, Principal)
Edward P. Boland School (Thomas O’Brien, Principal)
Mary M. Walsh School (Mary Ellen Petruccelli, Principal)
Samuel Bowles School (Luisa Rivera, Principal)
John J. Duggan Middle School (Jonathan Swan, Principal)
Kensington Avenue School (Margaret Thompson, Principal)
Robert M. Hughes Charter School (O'Rita Swan, Principal)
Frank H. Freedman School (Gloria Williams, Principal)
Mary O. Pottenger School (Valerie Williams, Principal)

 
 

 

Holyoke Administrators (as of school year 2008 - 2009)
 

Dr. Eduardo B. Carballo, Superintendent of Schools

Eileen Cavanaugh, Director CONNECTIONS Program
Marie Cole, ELA Academic Coordinator
Mary Curro, Kindergarten Academic Coordinator
Paula Fitzgerald, Reading First Specialist
Roberta Frederick, Academic Coordinator ELL
Dr. Helen Gibson, Science Academic Coordinator
Dian Godek, District Mathematics Specialist
Dorothy Jarry, District Literacy Coordinator
Lynn Lajoie, Read 180 Coordinator
Deborah Menard, Director Student Assignment Center
Mary Ellen O”Connor, Iterim MIS Suppervisor/MAP Coordinator
Judy Taylor, Technology Integration Support Specialist
David Valade, Director of English Language Learners
Kimberly Wells, Executive Director of Curriculum and Testing


PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS
Marcella R. Kelly Elementary School (Linda Carrier, Principal)
Morgan Elementary School (Marlene DiLeo, Principal)
Elmer J. McMahon Elementary School (Susan Frederick, Principal)
E.N. White Elementary School (Ellen Jackson, Principal)
Maurice A. Donahue Elementary School (Luz Perez, Principal)
Clayre P. Sullivan Elementary School (Chris Zajac, Principal)
William R. Peck Middle School (Terri Pudlo, Interim Principal)
Holyoke High School (David Dupont, Principal)
William J. Dean Technical High School (Victor Zwirko, Acting Principal)

 
 
Amherst Administrators (as of school year 2005 - 2006)
 

Debbie Zacarian

 
 

 

Project and Teaching Assistants
  Gloria Barragan
Margaret Boyko
Jennifer Cannon
Doris Correa
Yvonne Farino
Katherine Flack
Andrew Habana Hafner
Nina Ilaltdinova
Marky Jean-Pierre
Juan Pablo Jimenez
Maria Eugenia Lozano
Nelida Matos
Carlos McBride
Joanne Morgan
Pierre Orelus
Julian Ramirez

Jaime Andres Ramirez
Elizabeth Rendon
Elizabeth Robinson
Joshua Schulze
Dong-shin Shin
Elissa Small
Lisa Varandani
Carmen Veloria

 
 
Faculty and Staff
 
School of Education

Jerri Willett, Co Director - The ACCELA Alliance
Meg Gebhard, Co Director - The ACCELA Alliance
Theresa Austin, Director - Bachelor's of General Studies Program
Flávio Azevedo
Francis Bailey
Francis Bangou
Maria Jose Botelho
Costanza Eggers-Pierola
Ruth Harman
Denise Ives
Eva Lam
Nelida Matos
Matt Militello
Sonia Nieto
Patricia Paugh
Fatima Pirbhai-Illich
Masha Rudman
Peter Silver
Carol Stewart, Project Manager - The ACCELA Alliance
Stacie Tate
K-C Nat Turner
Laura Valdiviezo
Debbie Zacarian
 


Afro-American Studies
Ernest Allen
Christopher Tinson

Communication Department

Mari Paredes

English Department
Christine Maksimowicz

Geosciences Department
Brian Conz
Laurin Sievert

Human Development
Silvia Norbis
Barbara Pearson Zurer

Latin American Studies
Manuel Frau

Library
Isabel Espinal


Linguistics Department
Peggy Speas

Mathematics
Vanessa Hill

Sociology Department
Agustin Lao

School of Public Health
Elissa Small
Maria Idali Torres

Spanish & Portuguese
Gloria Bernabe-Ramos

Theater Department
Priscilla Page
 
 
 
 

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