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ADMIN

Admin
TINA VARTANIAN
Principal
NICK ABRUZZO
Assistant Principal
SUE FREITAG
Assistant Principal

STAFF

MARIA BAGHASARIAN
Mental Health Practitioner
GREG BAUMANN
Counselor
FELICIA CAIN
Admissions
LIZ CZYPINSKI
Technical Director
YADYRA DELCARPIO
Senior Accounting Clerk
ABBY ECHANIQUE
Counselor
ESMERALDA FLORES
Equity Coordinator
EVELYN GONZALES
Principal Accountant
ARMAND JAHANGIRI
Technical Director
DONNA JONES
School Nurse
SERENA MANJUR
Resource Specialist
JENNIFFER MARTIN
Admin. Secretary
TERESA MARTINEZ
Community Outreach Associate
PAULETTE MILLER
Senior School Clerk
RACHEL WARD
Therapist
Staff
Academics

ACADEMICS

RAY ALCALA
Physical Education
DANA BEAS
Science
GIOVANNI BOSKOVICH
English
GREGORY BROWN
English
MARY CHOLKO
Math
MARIO CRACCHIOLO
Social Science
MIKEL EDILLON
Math
JERRY FREEDMAN
Social Science
JOHN FREEMAN
Science
LIDIA HILL
World Languages
KELSEY HOLEHAN
Math
COSMIN ION
Science
RACHEL KAPLAN
Math
ROBERT KOMISAR
Social Science
LAURA MCNAMARA
English
JOVANY MIRANDA LUA
Physical Education
BARRY POHLMANN
English
JOHN RODRIGUEZ
Social Science
EMILY ROGERS
World Languages
MYRIAM VAN ZEEBROECK
World Languages

CINEMATIC ARTS

Cinematic Arts
VACANT
Cinematic Arts Department Chair
GRANT BABBITT
Cinematography
DAVID BEIER
ADRIANA BENEVENTO
Department Assistant
THOMAS COLLEY
DARREN DALTON
Screenwriting & Directing
ROB DAVIDSON
CA Equipment Operations
STEPHEN GIBLER
Producing
CHAZ HALL
Photography & Cinematography
FARIAL KHAN
Producing
JEFFREY OBROW
Screenwriting & Directing

DANCE

Dance
EVAN WILLIAMS
Dance Department Chair
KENDALL BAAB
Dance Strength & Conditioning
JON BALDWIN
Modern/Contemporary
JAHANNA BLUNT
West African & Dunham
STEPHANIE DAI
Choreography & Improvisation
JOE DAVIS
Ballet
KRISTEN DE PAULA
Horton & Graham Technique)
YUKA FUKUDA
Horton Technique
THEL MOORE
Ballet
ABBY AVERY QUINN
Ballet
JUDE SIMS
Hip Hop
JACIE ZHONG
Ballet
Music

MUSIC

JOSH GRONLUND
Music Department Chair
ALETA BRAXTON
Solo Vocal Workshop
DORNELL CARR
Vocal Jazz, Gospel, Piano & Music Tech
FRANCISCO CASTILLO
Winds & Music Theory
LISA CRAWFORD
Music Composition, Arranging, Music Technology
IAN ELLISON
Commercial Music
BEN FLOCKS
Jazz
ANTHONY FUNG
Jazz
SKYLAR FUNK
Music Theory
CHRISTINA GALISATUS
Music
GRAYCEN GARDNER
Vocal Coach
NELLY GHAZARIAN
Piano
Theatre

THEATRE

VACANT
Theatre Department Chair
ALEX ALPHARAOH
Literary Criticism
DEVON ARMSTRONG
Acting Shakespeare, Acting Company & Directing
MARTIN CARRILLO
Sound Design
CHANEL CASTANEDA
Suzuki/Viewpoints & Movement
EFRAIN CORONA
Stagecraft
JULIE DANIELS
Voice and Speech
MICHAEL JOHN LEA
Arts Assistant & Program Coordinator
VANCE REDMON
Lighting Design
KARA ROYSTER
Acting
EDDIE RUIZ
Acting
DANIEL STEVENS
Movement Three
Visual Arts

VISUAL ARTS

LISA RUIZ
Visual Arts Department Chair
KRISTA AWAD
Figure Drawing and Painting
FIONA BALER
Modern Art History and Contemporary Art
JOEL FREEMAN
Printmaking
SARAH FUGFUGOSH-MUÑOZ
World Art History
MICHAEL GAITAN
Fashion Design II
ALEJANDRO GEHRY
Illustration
MIA HERNANDEZ
Traditional Animation I & II, Stop Motion Animation, Puppeteering, Yearbook
TT HERNANDEZ
Experimental Video and Mixed Media
DIANA MADRIAGA
Ceramic Sculpture
WENDY MARKOWITZ
World Art History, Arts & Cultures
FRANK MEJIA
Intro Sculpture, Sculpture, Intro Ceramics
Interdisciplinary

INTERDISCIPLINARY ARTS

ERICA ROBSON
Musical Theatre Director
LIZ CZYPINSKI
Technical Director
CHRIS HUNTER
Vocal Instruction & Coaching
ARMAND JAHANGIRI
Technical Director
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