Staff Directory

Administration

Zeynep Ozkan 

Yelena Berdichevsky

Assistant Principal

yberdichevsky@schools.nyc.gov

Emily Kustal

Guidance Counselor

ekustal@schools.nyc.gov

Anne Albright

Monica Camacho

Parent Coordinator

mcamacho18@schools.nyc.gov

Joshua Espinoza

Sarah Clark

School Nurse

sclark@is289.org

Chrisari Then

Bozena Aptekar

HUMANITIES: Literacy

Harrison (Harry) Scheiner

6th Grade Literacy

hscheiner@schools.nyc.gov

Heather Freyman

7th Grade Literacy

hgottli@schools.nyc.gov

 
 
 
 

Christina DiZebba

8th Grade Humanities (801)

cdizebba@is289.org

HUMANITIES: Social Studies

Carol Shirai

6th Grade Social Studies

cshirai@is289.org

Marc Todd

7th Grade Social Studies

mtodd@is289.org

Patrick Hector

8th Grade Humanities (802, 803)

phector@is289.org

STEM: Math

Chi-Man Ng

6th Grade Math

cng@schools.nyc.gov

Hafida Zitouni

7th Grade Math

hzitouni4@schools.nyc.gov

Johnny Yan

8th Grade Math

jyan@schools.nyc.gov

STEM: Science

Brian Gordon (on leave, full year)

6th Grade Science

bgordon@is289.org

 

Jaclyn Maricle (off-site)

8th Grade Science

jmaricle@is289.org

Art, Language and Physical Education

Jennie Kelly (on leave, partial year)

 

James Herlihy (on-site)

Physical Education

jherlihy@is289.org

Music

Mary Cherney (off-site)

Woodwinds, General Music

mcherney@is289.org

Jennifer Axelson (off-site)

Strings, consulting

jaxelson@is289.org

Keith Carroll (off-site, visiting teacher)

General Music

kcarroll@is289.org

Academic Support

Gianna Caramanica (off-site)

Learning Specialist (6th STEM)

gcaramanica@is289.org

Keisha Adams (off-site)

Learning Specialist (7 & 8 Humanities)

kadams@is289.org

Lori Coopersmith (off-site)

Learning Specialist (7 & 8 STEM)

lcoopersmith@is289.org

 

Ray Salinas (on-site)

Learning Specialist (6 Humanities)

rsalinas@is289.org

Lindsay Kelly (off-site)

Barbara Kariya (off-site)

Technology, Digital Art

bkariya@is289.org