Room Parents

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Rhoades Foundation Room Parent Liaisons: Sarah Arthur and Carrie Cappiello

Room Parent Handbook

School Volunteer Handbook

Rhoades School Master Calendar

Middle School Spirit Days

Middle School Activities

Lower School Spirit Days

Reimbursement Form

Teacher’s Favorite Things

For a current link to the Rhoades School Leadership & Faculty from the school website, click here.

This year, the foundation has collected the teacher’s favorite things electronically prior to school starting. Please use these links to pull any list you need, or would like to send out to parents in your grade.

Don’t forget the admin, staff, and specialty teachers!

Administration & Staff

Joanne Pate, Head of School

Leda Lester, Middle School Principal

Nicole Hazim, Preschool Principal

Ansuya Bose, Dean of Students

Priscilla Drew, Enrollment Director

Barbara Govea Garcia, PS School Front Office

Aaron Johnson, Extended Day

Amaya Aladross, Extended Day

Nicole Rollinson, Extended Day

Kim Kelley, IT

Victor Nunez, Middle School Facilities

Diane Price, Lower School Front Office

Nicole Rollinson, Extended Day Coordinator

Danene Schott, Business/Finance Office

Armondo Sessom, Lower School Facilities

Taylor Nakaoka, Lower School Office

Heba Rahena, Middle School Front Office

Michael Magner, Floater Teacher

Laura Andert, Substitute

Julie Stanley, Substitute

Ana Diaz, Substitute

Preschool Teachers

Roseanne McCann, Pre-K

Mariam Enayat, ?

Christel Francois, 2s and 3s

Carla Thomas, Pre-K

Danielle Rogel, Pre-K

Middle School Teachers

Mary Bologna, Math

Siobhan Crews, Theatre

Nick Dei, PE

Bob Ellison, Math

Ron Florentine, Music

Kris Gray, Spanish

Roxanne Hunker, Science

Jeff Major, STEM

Paul Ruppert, Math

Wendy Schramm, Social Studies, ELA, Film

Julie Watts, Social Studies

Jessica Stein, ELA

Lower School Teachers

Taylor (Sally) Salmons, TK

Kimberly Cirillo, Kinder

Mary Ruppert, Kinder

Sheryl McLellan, 1st Grade

Cate Ward, 1st Grade

Miranda Garcia, 2nd Grade

Paige Wade, 2nd Grade

Julie Gunter, 3rd Grade

Melissa Mirza, 3rd Grade

Katie Atkinson, 4th Grade

Anne Madsen, 4th Grade

Syd Molenkamp, 5th Grade

Alya Samad, 5th Grade

Specialty Teachers

Maggie DiGrazia, Art

Ron Florentine, 3rd-5th Music

Ev Lafferty, TK-3rd PE

Richard Miller, PK-2nd Music

Erika Magner, Spanish

Jeff Nolan, 4th-5th Science & PE

Kate Walsh, Technology & Engineering

Ching Lam, Mandarin

2025-2026 Room Parent Assignments

Rhoades Foundation Room Parent Liaisons: Sarah Arthur and Carrie Cappiello

Preschool Room 104 Ms. Roseanne & Ms. Carla: Ivory Porbeski

Preschool Room 103 Ms. Christelle: Lisa Goldberg

Preschool Room 101 Ms. Danielle: Catherine Jacobs

TK Salmons: Begum Benchimol & Neenah McCray

Kinder Ruppert: Kavitta Allem & Cassie Zimmer

Kinder Cirillo: Mallory Cheng & Kristi Tick

1st Grade Ward: Reepa Patel & Faviola Bakhtiari

1st Grade McLellan: Angie Ritchey & Athena Schmid

2nd Grade Garcia: Rekha Chaudhary & Ashley Sobek

2nd Grade Wade: Christin Laufik

3rd Grade Gunther: Joan Marie Coward & Reshma Gokaldas

3rd Grade Mirza: Shetal Patel Stewart & Ashley Sobek

4th Grade Atkinson: Jennifer Binn

4th Grade Madsen: Emily Boniface & Maria Hitraya-Low

5th Grade Molenkamp: Melissa McCulloch

5th Grade Samad: Christina Daley & Robyn Holmquist

6th Grade: Gillian Khawar

7th Grade: Zehra Rizvi-Sayed

8th Grade: Carrie Cappiello

2025-2026 Specialty Teacher Appreciation Assignments

TK: Mr. Miller (TK-2nd Music)

Kinder: Mrs. DiGrazia (Art)

1st: Mrs. Walsh (Tech)

2nd: Mrs. Magner (Spanish) & Mrs. Lam (Mandarin)

3rd: Mrs. Lafferty (TK-3rd PE)

4th: Mr. Florentine (3rd – 5th Music)

5th: Mr. Nolan (4th and 5th Science & PE)

This is your place to find out all the details of Teacher Appreciation Week!

Teacher Appreciation Week

May 4-8, 2026

Check back often for all the details!

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Tentative Schedule:

Monday: Door Reveals!

Tuesday: Bring a flower for your teacher.

Wednesday:

Thursday: Wear your teacher’s favorite color.

Friday:

Details:

Door Decorations!

This year, we are offering up to a $30 per door reimbursement for room parents. Please use this link to request your reimbursement.

Reimbursement requests are due by May 30, 2026.

Lower School & Preschool Room Parents:

Please decorate your own teacher’s door, and coordinate with other Room Parents from your grade to decorate the door of your assigned specialty teacher.

Middle School Parents:

Please create a poster board honoring your favorite middle school teacher or staff member. Some examples of these are below in the photo gallery. Use this link to claim your door!