Middle School (718) 274-2902

ADMINISTRATIONNameExt email
Executive Director Brian Ferguson 201 bferguson@owncs.org
Assistant Principal Lisa Edmiston 104 ledmiston@owncs.org
Guidance Counselor Kelly Whitney 105 kwhitney@owncs.org
Dean of Students Scott Brooks 101 sbrooks@owncs.org
Social Worker Joe Napolitano 236 jnapolitano@owncs.org
School Secretary Carol Bachynsky 107 cbachynsky@owncs.org
School Nurse Novlin Scarlett 122
Facilities Mr. Parks iparks@owncs.org
Director of Technology Robin Newman 202 rnewman@owncs.org
Systems Administrator Kevin Moradi 248 kmoradi@owncs.org
Technology Support Specialist Pax Whitfield 237 pwhitfield@owncs.org
ES Assistant Principal Dr. Richard Welles 232 rwelles@owncs.org
ES School Secretary Tabitha Daye 200 tdaye@owncs.org
Human Resources Tonia Williams 203 twilliams@owncs.org
Admissions Coordinator Lucille Ranchor 258 lranchor@owncs.org
Office Assistant George Timal 260 ptimal@owncs.org
Business Manager Karrine Montaque 207 kmontaque@owncs.org
Senior Accountant Caroline Smith 221 csmith@owncs.org
Junior Accountant Alvin Sandy 262 asandy@owncs.org
Director of Development Mark Crusante 206 mcrusante@owncs.org
Development Intern Damara Gonzalez 245 dgonzalez@owncs.org
Director of Special Projects Steve Zimmerman 243 szimmerman@owncs.org
Lunch Coordinator Juana Canton 102 jcanton@owncs.org
ACADEMIC STAFF
6, 7, 8 Grade
Literacy Coordinator Gina Patino 234 gpatino@owncs.org
Literacy Coordinator Belinda Bean 215 bbean@owncs.org
Special Education Director Carmen Noest 261 cnoest@owncs.org
Speech-Language Pathologist Cathy Roeder 253 croeder@owncs.org
Reading Specialist Alyssa Roher 106 aroher@owncs.org
Math Sofia Reis 109 sreis@owncs.org
Resource Room Daniel McSweeney 103 dmcsweeney@owncs.org
Mandarin Teacher Haiwen Lu 126 hlu@owncs.org
Spanish Teacher Heiddy Muller 128 hmuller@owncs.org
Music Teacher Christian McLeer 214 cmcleer@owncs.org
Film Teacher Marcus Turner 216 mturner@owncs.org
Art Teacher Karen Rosenberg 235 krosenberg@owncs.org
Physical Education Teacher Jayme Pabon 231 jpabon@owncs.org
Physical Education/Health Teacher Matthew Arcari 238 marcari@owncs.org
Teaching Assistant Christian Brown 121 cbrown@owncs.org
Teaching Assistant Matthew Schoenstein 120 mschoenstein@owncs.org
Sixth Grade
ELA Monica Guridis 110 mguridis@owncs.org
ELA Nate Pontious 114 npontious@owncs.org
Math Janice Hyland 109 jhyland@owncs.org
Science Jon Franks 111 jfranks@owncs.org
Social Studies Garett Peters 113 gpeters@owncs.org
Seventh Grade
ELA Eileen Lepetit 118 elepetit@owncs.org
ELA Nate Pontious 114 npontious@owncs.org
Math Abigail Simpson 123 asimpson@owncs.org
Science Christopher Weisman 108 cweisman@owncs.org
Social Studies Ron Widelec 117 rwidelec@owncs.org
Spanish Monica Ramos 116 mramos@owncs.org
Eighth Grade
ELA Michelle Tursellino 127 mtursellino@owncs.org
Math Madeline Turilli 115 mturilli@owncs.org
Science Adrienne Ortiz 112 aortiz@owncs.org
Social Studies John Cota 119 jcota@owncs.org
Spanish Monica Ramos 116 mramos@owncs.org



Elementary School (K-5)
36-12 35th Avenue
Astoria, NY 11106
Phone: (718) 392-3405
Fax: (718) 392-2840

Middle School (6-8)
31-20 37th Street
Astoria, NY 11103
Phone: (718) 274-2902
Fax: (718) 274-7146