​Our Team

​Our team is committed to anti-racism on a daily basis. Diligently working to address privilege by calling out inequitable practices and microaggressions with adults and scholars. We have the tough conversations and are willing to be uncomfortable because we are unwilling to harm our scholars based on our biases.

As a faculty we work on our own social emotional learning (SEL) skills through adult SEL homework and weekly SEL skills building. We have teachers from the various communities we serve, growing up in the communities and speaking the language. Our staff speaks Spanish and.

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District Team

​Baionne Coleman

Chief Executive Officer
​[email protected]

Chastity Catchings

Chief Operating Officer 
​[email protected]

Ben Spiegel

Systems & Data Manager
[email protected]

Leah Reisberg

Chief of Staff
​[email protected]

Janine Lewis

HR Coordinator
[email protected]

Teanna Catchings

Development Intern
[email protected]​

High School and Middle School Leadership

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David Watson

MS & HS Principal
​david.watson@myrvla.org

Daxa Thomas

Dean of Culture
[email protected]

Marlon Shelton

After School Program Manager
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Jesús Tirado

Dean of Operations
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Lenny Emperado

​Dean of Community Engagement
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Chineka Jones

Dean of Academics
​[email protected]

​Instructional Team

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Desiray
Cacanindin

Instructional Aide
[email protected]

Taylor
​Jones

Gen Ed Teacher/School Support Teacher​
[email protected]

Jacob Taylor-Mosquera

Spanish Teacher
[email protected]

Jennifer Verbois 

Health & Physical Education​
[email protected]​

Des'juan newton​

School Culture Aide
des'[email protected]

Ellah Allman

Instructional Aide
[email protected]​

Michelle Cove

Art Teacher
[email protected]​

Aster Dube

Instructional Assistant
​aster[email protected]

kelley goodman

Special Education Teacher
[email protected]​

High School Team

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John Uthus
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High School Math Teacher
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Levon White
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High School Social Studies Teacher
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Najee Ladd-Ali

High School ELA Teacher
[email protected]

Sam Langit
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High School Science Teacher
[email protected]​

Middle School Team

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Jalen
​Robinson-McClure

Middle School Math Teacher​
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Amy Holton

Middle School ELA Teacher
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Kyle Wallace

Middle School Science Teacher
[email protected]​

Courtney
Thomson-Litchy

Middle School Social Studies Teacher
​[email protected]

Elementary School Team

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Angela M. Thomas

Founding Elementary Principal
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Courtney Claxton

Founding Elementary
​Dean of Academics
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​Mental Health and Counseling Team

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Henry Jenkins Jr.

Counselor/Academic Counselor
[email protected]

Sara Borger

Clinician
[email protected]

Freedom Clinic

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Monique Altheimer

Health Clinic Scholar Support
monique@[email protected]

Tiyanna Rodgers

Family Nurse Practitioner
[email protected]

Support Staff

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Ghenet ​kalayu

Front Office Coordinator
[email protected]

Kimberly Thomas

Recruitment and Family Engagement Specialist​
[email protected]​

Makana Haynes

After School Program Assistant
[email protected]

Tomás Castillo

Unconditional Ed Coach
[email protected]​

Josh Alexander

Facilities
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Thomas Taylor

After School Program Assistant &
​School Culture Aide
[email protected]

Please see here for our most current Staff Handbook