Our Staff
Meet Our Leadership Team
Sam Howell – Principal
Gabriel Tuffs – Assistant Principal
Jane Arbasak – Farm Administrator
Shannon Adams – Counselor
Dr. Tiffany Turrentine – Race & Equity Coordinator
Rebecca Yacker – Dual Enrollment Coordinator
Lisa Blum – Agricultural Leader
Mary Creighton – Athletic Director
James Peterson – Roster Chair & Testing Coordinator
Theresa Maas-Anger – School Technology Coordinator
Najwa Smith – Career & Technical Education Industry Development Specialist
Michael Lynn and Amit Schwalb – Building Representatives
Alyssa Butler – Special Education Compliance Monitor (SPECM)
Faculty and Staff
| Staff member | Role | email (@philasd.org) |
|---|---|---|
| Adams, S. | Counselor | sadams |
| Arbasak, J | Farm Manager | jaarbasak |
| Basmajian, B | Nurse | bbasmajian |
| Bernardo, A | Teacher | abernardo |
| Butler, A | SPECM | arkrefski |
| Clarke, C | Building Engineer | Cclarke |
| Coutts, K | Counselor | kcoutts |
| Creighton, M | Teacher | mcreighton |
| Cripps-Caspar,S | Secretary | scripsscaspar |
| Cullen, E | Teacher | ecullen |
| Dinan-Sarnoski, M | Teacher | mdinansarnoski |
| Disque, J | Teacher | jdisque |
| Edouard, K | Climate manager | Kedouard |
| Foley, F | Teacher | fxfoley |
| Goldberg, L | Teacher | lgoldberg2 |
| Graham, A | Teacher | animartin |
| Guldin, M | Teacher | maguldin |
| Hennon, L | Teacher | lmhennon |
| Howell, S | Principal | showell |
| Keefer, J | Teacher | jkeefer |
| Koskela, G | Teacher | grkoskela |
| Lepkowski, J | Teacher | jlepkowski |
| Lorenz, L | Student Climate staff | llorenz |
| Love, S | Student Climate staff | slove |
| Luther, E | Teacher | eluther |
| Lynn, M | Teacher | mplynn |
| Maas-Anger, T | Teacher | tamaasanger |
| Mbura, J | teacher | jnmbura |
| McLaughlin, T | Computer Support Specialist | tmclaughlin(at)launchphilly.org |
| McNelis, M | Teacher | mmcnelis |
| Okamura, Y | Teacher | yokamura |
| Palmer, E | Teacher | edpalmer |
| Peterson, J | Teacher, Roster, Testing Coordinator | jdpeterson |
| Puntel, C | Teacher | cpuntel |
| Schuler, G | Teacher | gkschuler |
| Schwalb, A | Teacher | aschwalb |
| Smith, G | Teacher | gcsmith |
| Smith, N | Industry Development Specialist | nsmith3 |
| Stauffer, C | Teacher | cnstauffer |
| Steiner, J | Teacher | jksteiner |
| Stepnowski, W | Teacher | wwstepnowski |
| Thompson, M | Teacher, Dean | methompson |
| Tuffs, G | Assistant Principal | gtuffs |
| Turrentine, Dr. T | Teacher | tmturrentine |
| Wade, S | Teacher | swade |
| Yacker, R | Teacher | ryacker |