| Fabiana Ahumada has been a fixture in the Havenscourt Community for over 10 years. She is a native of Oakland and earned a B.A. from Berkeley. She is currently the Dean of Students and Mr. Townsend's right hand person. She has spent the last 15 years of her life working with Oakland's youth as a mentor and teacher.. |
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| Mariko Baumgardner Mariko Baumgardner currently teaches 6th grade Humanities at CCPA. She teaches 6th grade English and History. In her third year at CCPA, she is excited to welcome a new class to the school community. Her goal is to guild a strong foundation of literacy skills to prepare students for Division 2. Mariko first became interested in teaching after tutoring elementary students in her undergrad year at UC Berkeley. She started her carreer in New York City teaching 6th grade at IS 172 and Bronx Green Middle School. She also earned her Master's Degree in Education from Fordham University. However, being a California native, she missed the Bay Area weather, her family, and friends. She moved back to California in 2007 to teach at CCPA and is excited to continue working within a small school community. |
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Amy Boyle teaches 9th and 10th grade Advanced Algebra and is the Math Instructional coach. She spent 4 years teaching middle school in Oakland before joining the CCPA staff in the summer of 2009. She graduated from Boston College with a B.A. in Mathematics and recently finished the Principal Leadership Institute at University of California, Berkeley for her Masters degree in Education. In addition to her passion for mathermatics, Amy is also a former collegiate rower and can solve a Rubik's cube in under 2 minutes. |
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| Ellen Bray currently teaches 7th grade Math and Science at CCPA. She spent two years teaching middle school in East San Jose before joining the wonderful CCPA staff for the 2009 school year. She is from Oklahoma and graduated from the University of Oklahoma with her degree in Economics. Her goal is to ensure all of her students are prepared to take and pass Algebra in the eighth grade and for her students to have a better understanding of Life Science by the end of the year. |
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| Julia Buonopane teaches 8th and 10th grade English. She moved here from Massachusetts where she taught high school English for three years. She completed her undergraduate degree at Northeastern University and earned her Masters in Education Administration from Boston College. Her goal is to help her students become stronger readers, writers, and thinkers. She loves the enthusiasm and energy her students bring to the classroom everyday. She also values the effort the CCPA staff and families put towards helping our students succeed. |
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| Billy Duong teaches 8th, 9th, and 10th grade Algebra here at CCPA. This is Billy's second year working with our inspirational staff and students and is excited to see what great things that this school year will bring. He graduated from the University of Washington in Seattle, WA with a B.A. in Business and Communications. Although each day brings on new challenges and obstacles, he has found that the growth and curiosity within every one of his students has made his time here at CCPA truly moving and inspirational. In his free time, he enjoys playing the guitar, watching and playing sports, and being around friends and family. |
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| Jeff Embleton supports our Resource students along with working with the students at Roots. |
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| Abby Friedman came on board as the Director of the Family Resource Center in the fall of 2009. She has over ten years of experience working with students and parents in both the Bay Area and New York City, and she is passionate about parent involvement in the educational and college-going process. Abby earned her BA at UC Berkeley and later worked at Cal in the Early Academic Outreach Program, which provides college-preparatory advising and academic enrichment opportunities to low-income and first generation college-bound high school students.Abby enjoys being outdoors and spending time with her friends and family |
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| Jamie Golden teaches 9th grade English and Spanish as a Second Language. This is her first year at CCPA and she is so excited to be here! Jamie is a San Francisco native and currently lives in Oakland. She got her B.A. at Grinnell College, in Iowa, and her teaching credential through San Francisco State University. During college, Jamie studied abroad in Madrid, Spain for a semester. She has also lived in Seattle, Philadelphia, Thailand, and India. In her free time she loves to read, travel, garden, do art, and spend time with friends and family. |
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| Jeremey Gorman started teaching in Oakland in 1999. He has a background in Forestry and Arboriculture. |
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| Evelyn Hardy I am the Intervention Specialist for CCPA. I was born in San Francisco, CA. I am now living in San Joaquin County. I have earned an AA in Liberal Studies, a BA in Human Development and a Masters in Public Administration. I have over twenty years of experience working with children. I have two cats. My past times are racquet sports and water sports, gardening, cooking and gathering knowledge from as many books as I can cross reference. I enjoy being at CCPA and look forward to a long and enjoyable relationship with the students and teachers. |
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| Elli Jenkins is currently the 9th grade biology teacher and a "utility-infielder" instructional coach. Her varied job leaves her on her toes, learning constantly, and fully engaged - she loves it! As part of the founding staff at CCPA, Elli is thrilled to see how the school - and the students - have grown in the last four years! Elli earned a BA in Biology and Environmental Science at Colby College, a small school in Maine. While in college Elli studied in Spain, Ecuador, and Costa Rica, and is happy to be back in the United States where she gets to practice her Spanish language skills daily. In her free time, Elli enjoys running, hiking, playing the cello, and looking at plants. |
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| Griselda Jimenez is the school attendance clerk. |
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| Charlene Johnson is the school secretary and was on the school design team. She also is the mother of two current CCPA students. |
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| Rachel Korschun teaches the math Special Day classes for all grades at CCPA. Rachel began her career in education after joining Teach for America in the summer of 2009 and teaching at Animo high school in Los Angeles for the summer. As a first year teacher at CCPA she enjoys getting to know all of the students and staff and learning more about her new community. Rachel graduated from Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont with a B.A. in environmental policy. During college Rachel spent her junior year abroad studying in both Northern Tanzania and Buenos Aires, Argentina. In her free time Rachel enjoys cooking, eating, and exploring the outdoors around the bay. |
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| Deanita Lewis is currently one of the Parent Coordinators of Coliseum College Prep Academy. She has 5 children, three of whom are enrolled at what she likes to call "my school". She didn't realize when she began designing this school, that it would come to mean so much to her or that she would become so involved in so many students lives. "Now, I'm not just Mom to my daughters but I'm also Mom or Ms. Lewis to a host of other students that I can call by name." I've always said that " If I can reach just one child and instill in them the belief that they can go on to college, then I've done my job." "My job is great! I get to interact with the parents and with the students in ways that enrich all of our lives!". |
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| Timothy Lyons, Special Day Class and special education teacher. Tim is from Boston, Massachusetts and attended the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. While there, he majored in History and minored in French studies. After graduating from UMass in 2005, Tim was a line cook and bicycle messenger in Boston. In the summer of 2006 Tim joined Teach for America and began his work as an educator at 122nd St. Elementary school in Los Angeles. Following his experiences there, he moved to the Bay Area in the fall of 2006 and began teaching at Coliseum College Prep Academy |
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| Originally from New Jersey, Matt McCabe has been teaching at CCPA since the Fall of 2006. He previously taught in Half Moon Bay and San Francisco. He currently teaches Technology class but has been a Humanities teacher in the past. He has a BA in History from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, and a Teaching Credential from San Francisco State University. He hopes to get kids interested in computers and ready for an "Evolving Technology-Driven World." He enjoys photography, playing the guitar and, of course, computers. |
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| Gary Middleton is in his third year as our PE/Health Teacher, and pushes our students to extremely high standards. He has a BA in Criminal Justice and is currently working towards his Master’s in Education. He formerly taught at SF Bay Academy and has an active role in the Bay Area soccer community. His goals are for every student to pass the physical fitness test and to build a model middle school sports league within OUSD. |
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Art Mola is from Bronx, New York, who is enjoying his 8th year as a Services Coordinator in Oakland Public Schools under the Safe Passages Urban Health Initiative. He has a Masters in Education with teaching credentials in Social Sciences and ESL. One day he will return to the neighborhood of his youth to teach and pursue a Ph. D in Social and Cultural Studies at Columbia. After fulfilling his dreams to teach and advocate for youth in New York City, he longs to retire and teach in his native land of Cuba.
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| Stephen Nunley is the 7th grade Humanities teacher at CCPA. |
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| Gary Owens is the director of the afterschool program. |
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| Betsy Pfeiffer This is my second year at CCPA. I am currently teaching a Freshman Seminar and the Director of College and Career Access. I am originally from Florida, but have lived in California for the past 5 years with my husband. |
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| Maria Robles is a parent coordinator at CCPA, was a part of the design team and is the mother of a CCPA student. |
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| Edgar Sanchez currently teaches 8th grade U.S. History and 10th grade Modern World History at CCPA. Edgar is from Los Angeles California where he taught High School History in South Los Angeles for 8 years. Edgar went to the University of California at Santa Barbara where he double majored in History and in Art History. He enjoys spending time with his two kids, newborn Lucia and his 3 year old Citlali, as well as his partner a former first grade teacher Olivia. Edgar moved from Los Angeles this past summer and is happy to be working in the East Oakland community. |
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| Jessica Sawczuk currently teaches 8th grade physical science and 10th grade chemistry at CCPA. Jessica studied math and science education at Miami University of Ohio; she has always wanted to be a teacher. After graduating she moved to Philadelphia where she did a year a service with City Year, an AmeriCorps group, working in inner city schools as a mentor and leading community service projects around town. For the next two years she explored the world via bicycle with tours across the US, Hong Kong to Singapore, and Delhi to south India. Last year she spent teaching middle school in Austin, TX, although missing her family in the bay area chose to move back. She is very happy to find herself at a small school in Oakland, getting to know the kids and the community she is feeling very much at home. |
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| Aaron Townsend is the founding principal of CCPA. Prior to the school’s opening, he lead the design team that created the vision and program for the school. He has been an educator for over a decade with experience in Oakland, New York, Maine, and abroad.. |
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| Jermaine Washington teaches PE and an Advisory class at CCPA. |
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