Meet more of our newest teachers, and see which returning teachers will take on new responsibilities in the fall.
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Meet Our Newest Teachers (Part Six)
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Meet Kathleen Arpin
Katie Arpin will join Avenues in fall 2015 as an English teacher in the fifth and sixth grades in Middle School. Prior to coming to Avenues, Katie taught seventh grade language arts at Read School in Bridgeport, Connecticut, where she implemented project/inquiry-based learning in the curriculum and delivered data-driven instruction through small groups, co-teaching and the use of technology.
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Meet Abigail Simpson
Abbi Simpson joins Avenues in fall 2015 as a Middle School math teacher. She comes to Avenues from Our World Neighborhood Charter School, where she spent the last eight years as a seventh grade math teacher.
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Reintroducing Erin Finn-Welch
Erin Finn-Welch will join Avenues as the head of grade for the fifth grade. She comes to us from Greenwich Academy (GA), where she has been teaching English for the last eight years. Most recently, she has been fifth grade team leader, overseeing the programmatic needs of the grade.
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Meet Rachel Langosch
Rachel Langosch joins Avenues in fall 2015 as a fifth grade visual arts teacher. Before coming to Avenues, Rachel was the marketing coordinator and resident photographer at Harlem Village Academies (New York, NY), where she documented special events and happenings at the school through still images, film and multimedia; managed the website, social media and […]
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Reintroducing Lizzie Rosenberger
Lizzie Rosenberger will join Avenues as a science teacher for Lower School. She comes to us from the Academy of Public Relations, MS 298, in the Bronx, where she has taught sixth through eighth graders, including designing a science curriculum aligned to city,
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Creating Lifelong Learners of Science
As scientists, we are passionate about our discipline. As educators, conveying our passion for the subject is essential; but our goals are much bigger than that. We want our students to be confident lifelong learners of science, regardless of their future career choices.
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Create a Utopia: Sixth Grade Project
Earlier this year, the sixth graders had an opportunity to plan and design their own utopias. They began the project by studying the governments, educational systems and cultures of countries from around the world.
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Meet Our Newest Teachers (Part Five)
Learn more about new teachers who will be joining us in the fall, and see which returning teachers will have new responsibilities.
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Meet Our Newest Teachers (Part Six)
Meet more of our newest teachers, and see which returning teachers will take on new responsibilities in the fall.
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Meet Our Newest Teachers (Part Seven)
We’re excited to introduce several new teachers who will be joining us in the fall. In addition, we’re highlighting returning teachers who will be occupying new positions at Avenues come autumn.
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Meet Yumi Nakanishi
Yumi Nakanishi joined Avenues in summer 2015 as the technology integrator for the Middle School. As technology integrator, Yumi will help define and develop the role of technology in the classroom and provide technical instruction and support to students and faculty in the Middle School.
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Reintroducing Chris Cleaver
In fall 2015, Chris Cleaver will move to become a full-time Middle School science teacher. After initially teaching only Upper School science (primarily chemistry), he spent last year teaching both Upper and Middle School science—chemistry and psychology in Upper School and seventh grade science in Middle School.
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Meet Lila Pollack
Lila Pollack joins Avenues in fall 2015 as a part-time strings teacher in the Lower and Middle Schools. She is an accomplished violinist who made her solo debut at eight years old.
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Meet Olga Valeria
Olga Valeria joins Avenues in fall 2015 as a Spanish teacher in the Middle School. She comes to Avenues from the Gaudem Bilingual Charter School in Madrid, Spain, where she worked for the last six years.
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Reintroducing Todd Shy
Todd Shy joined Avenues in 2012 as the curriculum specialist for Middle School humanities and as a humanities teacher with a focus on history. In 2014, he became the director of the mastery program, an integral part of the Upper School curriculum. In 2015, he assumes a new role, as curriculum specialist for high intensity practice (HIP) writing in the Middle and Upper Schools.
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Meet Mary Rossiter
Mary Rossiter joins Avenues in fall 2015 as the administrative assistant in the Middle School.
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Reintroducing Michael Hegner
Michael Hegner joined Avenues in fall 2014 as a history teacher in the Upper School and returns to Avenues in fall 2015 as a World Course teacher in grades seven and eight.
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Meet Our Newest Teachers (Part Nine)
We’re excited to introduce several new teachers who are joining us this fall. In addition, we’re highlighting returning teachers who are occupying new positions at Avenues.
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Thinking Critically about Art: An Interview with Erik Zambrano
In this brief video interview, Erik discusses one of his classes, “The Media and the Message.”
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