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Meet the Teams

Leadership Team

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Karen Venable-Croft

Executive Director
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Shayne Swift

Director of Programs and Community Engagement
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Shamira O’Neal

Principal & Director of Academics
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Nadia McCrimmon

Director of Athletics
PE Teacher
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Molly Green

Special Education Teacher & Coordinator
GGA Staff_ Cynthia Pope

Cynthia Pope

Operations Manager

Academic Team

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Lydia Kang

Instructional Coach
English and IB English
Lang A Teacher
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Sonija Parson

Instructional Coach
World Languages Teacher
Donnuel Sinclair

Donnuel Sinclair

Instructional Coach
Math Teacher
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Natanael Colon-Emeric

World History Teacher and IB PPS Teacher
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Eleanor Corcoran

World History Teacher
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Diamond Flowers

Engineering Teacher
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Nicole Gainyard

English Teacher
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Yifei Huang

World Language Teacher
22-23 GGA Staff & Board Shakyla Johnson

Shakyla Johnson

Science
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Michele Miller

Biology Teacher
22-23 GGA Staff & Board Alicia Pinkett

Alicia Pinkett

Art and IB Art Teacher
22-23 GGA Staff & Board Starr Rhee

Starr Rhee

US History Teacher
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Donnuel Sinclair

Math Teacher & Instructional Coach
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Angel Strong-Archer

Music and Business Teacher

Operations Team

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Gwen Brown Wheeler

Enrollment Specialist
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Frederick Kenner

Operations Assistant
GGA Staff_ Julie Shepperson

Julie Shepperson

Admissions Coordinator

Special Education Team

22-23 GGA Staff & Board Nichelle Bennett

Nichelle Bennett

Dedicated Aide
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Jamilex Casanova

Paraprofessional
22-23 GGA Staff & Board Margaret Ford

Margaret Ford

Dedicated Aide
22-23 GGA Staff & Board Karen Galeas

Karen Galeas

Paraprofessional
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Mary Holsinger

Paraprofessional
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Laura Ressler

Special Education Specialist
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Patricia Samuels

Special Education Teacher

CARE & Student Services Team

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Trisha Boyd

Dean of Students
22-23 GGA Staff & Board Angela Franklin

Angela Franklin

School Based Behavior Therapist
22-23 GGA Staff & Board Danielle Galloway

Danielle Galloway

College and Career Counselor
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Olivia Laguerre

School Social Worker, LCSW-C
GGA Staff_ Danika Robison

Danika Robison

Service Learning and Special Projects Manager
22-23 GGA Staff & Board Jackie Sylvain

Jackie Sylvain

Restorative Intervention Specialist - LMSW