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STAFF DIRECTORY


ADMINISTRATION

Sara Panag
Principal
spanag@ps39.org

Kathryn Fitzgerald
Assistant Principal
kfitzgerald@ps39.org

MAIN OFFICE

Vacancy
Parent Coordinator

Karen Herskowitz
School Business Manager
kherskowitz@ps39.org

Nikki Kelly
School Secretary
nkelly@ps39.org

Bryant Capers
Community Assistant
bcapers@ps39.org

SCHOOL-BASED SUPPORT TEAM

SuGinia Jones
School Psychologist
sjones47@schools.nyc.gov

 Julia Stubbs
Family Worker
JStubbs@schools.nyc.gov 

Suzann Jacquez-Sanchez
School Social Worker
sjacquez@ps39.org

Halle Shane
Guidance Counselor
hshane@ps39.org
​

Maho Oida
Social Worker
moida@ps39.org

CLUSTER TEACHERS

Nick Deutsch
Music
ndeutsch@ps39.org

Paul Trust
Music
ptrust@ps39.org


Viktor Bereziouk
Science & Technology
vbereziouk@ps39.org

Eric Monte
Physical Education
emonte@ps39.org

Meredith McDevitt
Art
mmcdevitt@ps39.org

KINDERGARTEN

Elaine Flaherty
Classroom Teacher
eflaherty@ps39.org

Daniela Cammarata
Special Education Teacher - Kindergarten
​
dcammarata@ps39.org

Suzann Bassil
Classroom Teacher
sbassil@ps39.org

​Semara Calhoun
Classroom Teacher
scalhoun@ps39.org











FIRST GRADE

Phyllis Polverino
Classroom Teacher
ppolverino@ps39.org       

Rebecca Fishman
Classroom Teacher
rfishman@ps39.org

Christopher Strange
Special Education Teacher - Grade 1 
cstrange@ps39.org ​

Stephanie Reyes
Classroom Teacher
sreyes@ps39.org

SECOND GRADE

Kristine Digiuseppe
Classroom Teacher
kdigiuseppe@ps39.org

Lauren Young
Special Education Teacher - Grade 2
lyoung@ps39.org

​
Zehra Jaffri
Classroom Teacher
zjaffri@ps39.org

Maryann Hannan
Classroom Teacher
mhannan@ps39.org


THIRD GRADE

Soyoung Shin
Classroom Teacher
sshin@ps39.org

Carly Wacenske
Special Education Teacher- Grade 3
cchefalo@ps39.org

Ivy Martinez
Classroom Teacher
imartinez@ps39.org

Lolin Li
Classroom Teacher
lli@ps39.org

Malgorzata Drapala 
Classroom Teacher
 mdrapala@ps39.org

FOURTH GRADE

Sam Gao
Classroom Teacher
sgao@ps39.org


​Lisa Stone
Special Education Teacher - Grade 4
lstone@ps39.org

Lauren Lutrario
Classroom Teacher
llutrario@ps39.org

FIFTH GRADE

Matt Strong
Classroom Teacher
mstrong@ps39.org

Jamie Cohen

Special Education Teacher- Grade 5 
jcohen@ps39.org

Melissa Pereira
Classroom Teacher
mpereira@ps39.org

Katherine Ulanowsky
Classroom Teacher
kulanowsky@ps39.org

SERVICE PROVIDERS

Leslie Warren
Speech Therapist
lwarren@ps39.org

Andrea Vasil
Occupational Therapist 
​avasil@ps39.org
​
Chermin Forrester
School Nurse 

PARAPROFESSIONALS

Liz Sleeper
Paraprofessional                             
esleeper@ps39.org

SCHOOL AIDES

Carlton Romain
School Aide



CUSTODIAL STAFF

Dave Gronock
Head Custodian                            
ck039@schools.nyc.gov

Ed Jordan
Fireman

Indira Persaud
Custodian
 
 PS 39 THE HENRY BRISTOW SCHOOL | 417 6TH AVE, BROOKLYN, NY 11215 |PHONE: (718) 330-9310 | FAX: (718) 832-2010