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FACULTY & STAFF

Pinnacle faculty and staff work tirelessly to support each student to become an enthusiastic learner and an engaged member of the community. We are dedicated to creating a program individualized to meet each child’s academic and social needs.

 

Our staff is comprised of highly trained professionals with extensive teaching experience in special education, school counseling, speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, and classroom and behavior management.

Leadership Team

LEADERSHIP TEAM

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CHARLES MANOS, MS, EdS, LMFT

Interim Head of School and

Director of Education

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HILLARY RUBIN-VENDITTO, MS,
LSSP

Middle School Division Leader

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STEPHANIE KRIEGSMAN, MPS
 

Assistant Director of Education and

Lower School Division Leader

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JENNA WYLIE, MS, CCC-SLP
 

High School Division Leader

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SUNAN JONES, BA
 

Director of Enrollment

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TEACHERS

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ERICA CASINELLI, MEd

Middle School Social Studies Teacher

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SHELDON GARTNER, MA

Music Teacher

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CAITLIN KEARNEY, MA

Middle School Math Teacher

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JAY KURITZKY, MST

Math Teacher

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DEVORAH LOWENSTEIN, MS

Orton-Gillingham Associate

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LIANA MAIALE, MS

Middle School English and Language Arts Teacher

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KRISTIN MORRELL, MS

High School English and Language Arts Teacher

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STEPHANIE REIN, EdD

Learning Specialist

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ADAM SLANSKY, MS

Lower School Teacher

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JANE TURNER, BA

Permanent Substitute Teacher

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MIRANDA FERGUS, MA

Art Teacher

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CYNTHIA GUIDOTTI, MAT

Physical Education & Health Teacher

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MICHAEL KELLY, MEd

High School Science Teacher

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MATTHEW KYEK, MA

English Teacher

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MICHAEL LUETJEN, BS

Technology Teacher

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ROBERT MOORE, MEd

High School Science Teacher

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MORGAN OLMSTEAD, MSEd

Instructional Coach

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SHAQUISHA ROGERS, MA

Lower School Teacher

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ERIN STEIMLE, MAT

Lead Math Teacher and High School Math Teacher

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JOHN WEAVER, BS

Middle School Science Teacher

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JOANNE GALLIE, MA Ed

Lead Teacher, English and Language Arts (ELA) and High School ELA Teacher

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KANAKO ITANO-MALSTROM, BA

Japanese Teacher

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ROBERT KELLY, BS

Math Teacher

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DONNA LOPEZ, MS

Culinary Arts Teacher

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CECILIA MADDEN, MA

High School Spanish and History Teacher

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KATE MORIN, MSEd

Lower School Teacher

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MARC PAPINI, MSEd

Lower School Teacher

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LINDSAY SCAVONE, MS

High School History Teacher

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CEZANNE STRATE, MST

Middle and High School Teacher

Teachers

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

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DEEPTHI GOPI, BE, MS

IT and PowerSchool Administrator

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BRENDA GROVER

Events and Administrative Coordinator

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LORI HYL

Administrative Coordinator

Administrative Staff
Social-Emotional Team

SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL TEAM

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KAITLAN BARRETT, MS

Senior Social-Emotional Coach

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KATHRYN CROSBY, MSW

High School Social Worker

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ASHLEY FIORITA, MS

College and Career Counselor

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MARIANA LÓPEZ, BA

Social-Emotional Coach

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BRITTNEY O'ROURKE, MS, MS

Senior Social-Emotional Coach

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SARAH BINIASZ, MEd

School Clinician

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PHIL DINOTO, BS

Social-Emotional Coach

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KEVIN GOURDINE, BSW

Social-Emotional Coach

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CHAD MESISCO, MEd

Social-Emotional Coach

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ONYX VELEZ, BS

Social-Emotional Coach

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KEARA CONWAY, PsyD

Clinical Psychologist

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MIA ELLIOTT, BA

Social-Emotional Coach

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JEFFREY HARRIS, MS, LCP

School Clinician

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WENDY MISLE, MS, RBT

Social-Emotional Coach

Nurse

NURSE

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JOANN NOVAK, RN

Nurse

Occupational Therapists

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS

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ALYSSA FINGER, MS, OTR/L

Occupational Therapist

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GABRIELLE LABELLA, MS, OTR/L

Occupational Therapist

Speech-Language Pathologists

SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS

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FRANCES POTEET, PhD

Speech-Language Pathologist

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AMANDA SCIOLA, MS, CCC-SLP

Speech-Language Pathologist

The Pinnacle School does not discriminate in any employment practice, education program, or educational activity on the basis of race, color, religious creed, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability (including, but not limited to, intellectual disability, past or present history of mental disorder, physical disability or learning disability), genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by CT state and/or federal nondiscrimination laws. The Pinnacle School is committed to a policy of equal opportunity/affirmative action for all qualified persons and equal access to Boy Scouts of America and other designated youth groups. Inquiries should be directed to Greenwich Education Group's Title IX Coordinators, Lewis Brey, Senior Director of Human Resources and Internal Counsel, lbrey@greenwichedgroup.com, or Jen Ryan, Human Resources and Benefits Manager, jryan@greenwichedgroup.com, 201 High Ridge Road, Stamford, CT 06905, 203-661-1609.

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