Since our last day of school, we have staffing updates to share, including that we have filled the school nurse, athletic director, and 6th grade Language Arts positions, and now principal! Our new principal, Mr. Biese will be actively onboarding with Mr. Strawbridge throughout the summer, as he is also in process of moving his family from San Diego. Following are further details. Please contact the front office with any questions.

 

• Front Office Coverage. Mrs. Fernandez will be moving from part-time to full-time in the school office, giving the office robust coverage to respond to parent and student needs through the entirety of office and school hours.

• Preschool Director. Mrs. Davis will work to support the PK3 and PK4 classrooms while also devoting more time to her Preschool Director responsibilities, such as licensing staffing, learning support, and faculty training.  Mrs. Mandile will assume the full time lead teacher role in the PK 3 room.  

• Welcome Sr. Sara! We are blessed to have another sister from the Missionary Sisters of St. Charles Borromeo joining Nativity, Sr. Sara. Sr. Sara will work as aid to the 3rd through 5th grade teachers while also providing additional learning support to the students in those grades.

• Seeking Art Teacher. We are actively seeking a full-time Art Teacher; please continue to refer qualified candidates.

• 3-5 Spanish. We will continue to offer Spanish as a special for 3-5 students, 2 days/week. In addition to her administrative duties, Sr. Marilu will now be teaching Spanish to the Intermediate grades. 

• K-5 Music. Ms. Leger has added additional hours to Ms. Leger’s work schedule thus making herself more available for concerts, mass, and other music related duties.  

• Kindergarten Support. An additional classroom assistant has been added to the kindergarten team. Between Mrs. Suppes and Mrs. Aksamit, Kindergarten will now have 5 days of classroom support.

• Counseling Reduced. We will have a new school counselor from St. Raphael Counseling. Unfortunately, we were notified in April that our cost to have a counselor four days a week more than doubled our original forecast. As of this writing, we have confirmed our new counselor will be on campus twice a week. We recognize the importance of our students' mental and emotional support, and are working with St. Raphael to see if a third day is possible. 

• Librarian Being Finalized. As of this date, we are finalizing a contract with a new librarian.

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2025-2026 Faculty and Staff

*New faculty member

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Administration and Office Staff:

*Mr. Anthony Biese, Principal

Sr. Marilu Arbesu, Assistant Principal

Mrs. Nicholette Davis, Preschool Director

Mrs. Rosina Stavast, Learning Support Coordinator

Mrs. Elizabeth Devaney, Communications and Development Director

Mrs. Shannon Spinuzzi, Registrar and Office Manager

Mrs. Yvonne Fernandez, School Receptionist

Mr. Jim DuBey, Technology Director

*Mr. Aaron Mikita, Athletic Director

*Mrs. Dawn Kollmorgen, Nurse 

                        

Classroom Teachers

PK-5th Grade:

Mrs. Emanuela Mandile, Preschool 3 Lead Teacher

Mrs. Tracey Dennig, Preschool 4 Lead Teacher

Mrs. Emily Ten Eyck, Kindergarten

Mrs. Jennifer McAnally, Kindergarten

Mrs. Brittaney Everson, 1st Grade

*Ms. Jenny Childs, 1st Grade

Mrs. Leigh Woods, 2nd Grade

Mrs. Lauren Augustine, 2nd Grade

Mrs. Karen Michalski, 3rd Grade

Mrs. Paige Barr, 3rd Grade

*Ms. Angela Rice 4th Grade

Mrs. Melissa Logan, 4th Grade

Mrs. Andrea Cipoletti, 5th Grade

Mrs. Theresa Donahue, 5th Grade

 

Middle School:

Mrs. Jody Gunter, Science and 6th Grade Homeroom

*Mr. Joseph Rice, Language Arts and 6th Grade Homeroom

Mrs. Marcela Estevez, Spanish and 7th Grade Homeroom

Mr. Michael Pastor, History and 7th Grade Homeroom

Mrs. Jennifer Wagner, Literature and 8th Grade Homeroom

Father Accursio Ciaccio, Theology and 8th Grade Homeroom

Dr. Valeria Curto Math

*Mrs. Courtney Martin, Math
 

Specials:

Ms. Elizabeth Leger, K-5 Music

Sr. Mariagrazia Cipriani, Middle School Music

Mrs. Yvonne Hayes, P.E.

Mr. Steven Roche, Middle School Technology

 

Student Support:

Mrs. Hildegarda Fejka, PS Assistant

Ms. Genevieve Salem, PS Assistant

Mrs. Joan Ermisch, PS Assistant and Extended Care

Mrs. Pam Beaver, PS Assistant

Mrs. Ashley Suppes, Kindergarten Assistant

Mrs. Myra Aksamit, Kindergarten Assistant

Mrs. Susan Martinsen, 1st Grade Assistant

*Mrs. Elizabeth Ten Eyck, 2nd Grade Assistant

*Sister Sara Rampa, 3rd through 5th Grade Assistant and Learning Support

Mr. Michael Wrzos, Learning Interventionist