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New Dawn Charter High School
Staff Directory
At New Dawn Charter Schools we value, above all, our relationships with students, parents, and guardians. In addition to our core academic, internship, and college programs, we are proud to focus on our students social and emotional needs by providing every one with a Mentor in the building. Each of our faculty and staff members are mentors to our students. If you are looking to reach a teacher, administrator, or mentor, please feel free to contact them from this list or through our learning management system Jupiter Ed.
New Dawn Charter High School Administration and Teachers
New Dawn Charter Schools Leadership and Administrative Team
Dr. Sara Asmussen, Chief Executive Officer: sasmussen@ndchsbrooklyn.org
Mr. Steve Ramkissoon, Chief Financial Officer: sramkissoon@ndchsbrooklyn.org
Mr. Jose Obregon, Chief Operations Officer: jobregon@ndchsbrooklyn.org
Ms. Dominique Fuentes, Chief Human Resources Officer: dfuentes@ndchsbrooklyn.org
Dr. Lisa DiGaudio, Chief Academic Officer: ldigaudio@ndchsqueens.org
Ms. Donna Lobato, Chief Compliance Officer for Student Services: dlobato@ndchsbrooklyn.org
Mrs. Nazli Flores, Chief Strategic Officer for College and Career Readiness: nflores@ndchsbrooklyn.org
Mr. Philip Weiden, Grant Manager: pweiden@ndchsbrooklyn.org
Ms. Emily Predmore, Data Specialist: epredmore@ndchsqueens.org
Mr. Ashish Abraham, Marketing and Recruitment Specialist: aabraham@ndchsqueens.org
Ms. Annick Aska, College and Career Readiness Manager: aaska@ndchsbrooklyn.org
For more information about the individuals listed above, click here.
Ms. Janisha Crawley, Principal
Mr. Rudolph Asher, Dean of School
Counseling Department
Ms. Diamond Onomake, School Counselor: donomake@ndchsbrooklyn.org
Mr. Mohammed Rahman, School Counselor: mrahman@ndchsqueens.org
Ms. Catherine Shimabuku-Orbe, School Counselor : cshimabukuorbe@ndchsbrooklyn.org
Ms. Maleeka Spragion, Behavior Specialist : mspragion@ndchsbrooklyn.org
ELA Department
Ms. Lisa Dickler Awano, Development Specialist of Method for Writing the Research Paper, ELA Teacher and Social Justice Teacher:
Mr. Richard Seibert, ELA Teacher: rseibert@ndchsbrooklyn.org
ENL and Special Education Department
Ms. Nyddia Lugo, ENL Teacher: nlugo@ndchsbrooklyn.org
Ms. Lisa Miller, ENL Teacher: lmiller@ndchsbrooklyn.org
Ms. Diane Ramjit, Special Education Coordinator: dramjit@ndchsbrooklyn.org
Ms. Hana Sharhan, Special Education Teacher: hsharhan@ndchsbrooklyn.org
Ms. Courtney Tolliver, Special Education Teacher: ctolliver@ndchsbrooklyn.org
Ms. Josephine Welsh, Special Education Teacher: jwelsh@ndchsbrooklyn.org
Internship and College/Career Readiness Department
Ms. Annick Aska, College and Career Readiness Coordinator: aaska@ndchsbrooklyn.org
Mr. Todd Bryant, Chef, CTE Culinary Program : tbryant@ndchsbrooklyn.org
Ms. Alliyah Dookie, College and Career Readiness Coordinator: adookie@ndchsbrooklyn.org
Ms. Ashley Hall, Chef, CTE Culinary Program: ahall@ndchsbrooklyn.org
Ms. Daneil Chambers , Internship Writing Teacher: dchambers@ndchsbrooklyn.org
Mr. Scott Milliken, Guidance Counselor: smilliken@ndchsbrooklyn.org
Math Department
Mr. David Gorkhover, Algebra and Geometry Teacher: dgorkhover@ndchsbrooklyn.org
Mr. Vadim Manevich, Algebra and Personal Finance Teacher: vmanevich@ndchsbrooklyn.org
Science Department
Ms. Kyshaya Adams: kadams@ndchsbrooklyn.org
Ms. Danielle Tennant: dtennant@ndchsbrooklyn.org
Social Studies Department
Mr. Robert Cervone, Global History and Economics: rcervone@ndchsbrooklyn.org
Mr. Marcus Fennell, US History and Civics: mfennell@ndchsbrooklyn.org
Ms. Stephanie Siegel, Global History: ssiegel@ndchsbrooklyn.org
Specials Department
Ms. Suzanne Goldenberg, Art Teacher: sgoldenberg@ndchsbrooklyn.org
Mr. Willie Jackson, PE: wjackson@ndchsbrooklyn.org
Support Staff
Ms. Dionna El, Outreach Worker: del@ndchsbrooklyn.org
Ms. Kim Fields, Parent Coordinator: kfields@ndchsbrooklyn.org