| 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 currently teaches 7th grade Humanities at CCPA. Along with her partner teacher, Jeremey Gorman, she has 'looped up' with her same students from last year. This has been a rewarding experience; by continuing with the same group, she has continued building relationships with students and families which enable her to improve instruction. 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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| Billy Duong teaches 8th grade Algebra and 9th grade Geometry here at CCPA. This is his first year teaching and he loves that his roots in education are starting here with our inspirational students and supportive staff. 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 |
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| Jeremey Gorman started teaching in Oakland in 1999. He has a background in Forestry and Arboriculture. |
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| Jennifer Horn |
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| Elli Jenkins is a science teacher is currently teaching 8th and 9th grade science and loving it! As part of the founding staff at CCPA, Elli is thrilled to see how the school has grown in the last year and a half! 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 test her Spanish language skills on a daily basis. In her free time, Elli enjoys running, hiking, biking, and playing the cello. |
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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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| 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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| Nicole Michna is the Dean of Instruction at CCPA. Prior to working at CCPA, Nicole served as a teacher, coach, and administrator, in elementary, middle, and high schools. At CCPA she enjoys collaborating with teachers, parents, and students in order to help students experience success. Nicole earned a BA from Tufts University, a M.Ed from Lesley University and is currently earning an Ed.M in the Educational Leadership program at Columbia University. She looks forward to hearing your ideas about the school community. |
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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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| Colin Miller is the teacher at CCPA's multi-grade, multiple subject, self-contained, English Language Development classroom. Colin graduated this past spring with a B.A. in Urban Studies from Stanford University, and is now in his first year of teaching. He is enjoying both the challenges and the small successes that teaching is made up of. Colin is passionate about urban issues and environmental justice, and enjoys playing music (the violin, viola, and drumming), running, hiking, and playing capoeira. During the summer, Colin teaches Afro-Brazilian percussive violin music to middle-school students in a low-income neighborhood in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. He hopes to start a music program at CCPA next year. |
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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 |
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| Kamar O'Guinn |
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| Naomi Pennington has an AA in Language Arts, 2 years of Alternative Education, and 18 years as a Special Education Assistant. She enjoys working with kids in a small group setting. She attended Holy Names and CAL State Hayward. During her free time, she enjoys swimming, bowling, and being with her family. Being a mother of seven and traveling are the joys of her life. |
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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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| 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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| Emily Walton currently teaches 8th and 9th grade History at CCPA. Although she grew up in the Bay Area and went to college and graduate school here, she spent the last three years on the East Coast teaching Global History in Queens, New York. |
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| Jermaine Washington |
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| Mose Williams teaches 6th grade math and science at CCPA. He recently received a Masters in Teaching from City University of Seattle after working in a number of fields and graduating from The Evergreen State College. He enjoys living in Oakland because it is full of incredible people and beautiful scenery. |
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