​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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Please see here for our most current Staff Handbook

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District Team

​Baionne Coleman

Chief Executive Officer
​[email protected]

Chastity Catchings

Chief Operating Officer 
​[email protected]

Ben Spiegel

Technology & Data Systems Manager 
[email protected]

Leah Reisberg

Chief of Staff
​[email protected]

Janine Lewis

HR Manager
[email protected]

Teanna Catchings

Development Intern
[email protected]​

Lenny Emperado 

 Dean of Community Engagement & Recruitment
[email protected]

School Leadership TEam

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Keith Clark

Dean of Scholars 9-12 
[email protected]

Angela M. Thomas

Principal
[email protected]

Courtney Claxton

Dean of Scholars K-8 
[email protected]​

Operations

Sativa Mclauchlan

Front Office Manager
[email protected]

Earlene Jagana

School Nutrition
[email protected]

After School 

Marlon Shelton

After School Program Manager
marlon.shelton@myrvla.org

Bryant Churchwell

After School Program Asst.
bryant.churchwell@myrvla.org

​Instructional Team

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Antonio Gonzalez 

Art Teacher
antonio.gonzalez@myrvla.org​

Aster Dube

Instructional Assistant
​aster[email protected]

Desiray
Cacanindin

Academic Interventionist
​[email protected]

Bob doss

Career & Technical Education Teacher
[email protected]

Danielle Mann 

Music Theater
[email protected]

Beth Harper

Instructional Aide
[email protected]

Kristen Carstens

P.E. Teacher
[email protected]

High School Team

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Vianne Daniels

High School Math Teacher
[email protected]

Levon White

High School Social Studies Teacher
[email protected]​

Nati Hardin

High School English Teacher
[email protected]

Linda Sharghi

High School Science Teacher
[email protected]​

Middle School Team

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Daniel Kim 

Middle School Math Teacher​
[email protected]​

TBA

Middle School English Teacher
@myrvla.org

Meghan Devine

Middle School Science Teacher
[email protected]​

Jordan Amrine

Middle School Social Studies Teacher
[email protected]

Special Services

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James Couhig

Special Education Teacher
[email protected]

Parvin Eskandari

Multi-Lingual Learner Teacher
[email protected]

Naeema Surin

Special Education
​naeema.surin@myrvla.org

Elementary

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Abby Williams 

K Teacher-1 
[email protected]

Alyssa Fimbres​

Elementary Instructional Aide
[email protected]

Freedom Clinic

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TBA

Naturopathic Physician & Licensed Acupuncturist
[email protected]

TBA
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Family Nurse Practitioner
@myrvla.org

Support Staff

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Kimberly Thomas

Recruitment and Family Engagement Specialist​
[email protected]​

Josh Alexander

Facilities
[email protected]

Tara Hilliard

Instructional Assistant
​tara.hilliard@myrvla.org

​Jarvis Henderson

Academic Interventionist​
​jarvis.henderson@myrvla.org

​Solana Jackson

Special Education Instructional Assistant
​solana.jackson@myrvla.org

​Alyssa Fimbres

Elementary Instructional Assistant
​alyssa.fimbres@myrvla.org

Please see here for our most current Staff Handbook