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VCS Executive Leadership Team

Dr. Tam Smith
Executive Director
tsmith@vanguardclassical.org

Keria McCafferty
West Principal
kmccafferty@vanguardclassical.org
(303) 228-5380

Kara Clark
East Principal

kclark@vanguardclassical.org

Karen Secor
Business & Operations Director

ksecor@vanguardclassical.org

VCS Administration

Morgan King
West Assistant Principal
morganking@vanguardclassical.org
Lisa Gamel
East Dean of Culture
lgamel@vanguardclassical.org
Katy Gauthier
East K-6 Instructional Coach/ELD Coordinator
kgauthier@vanguardclassical.org
Sean Bakersky
East 7-12 Instructional Coach/GT Coordinator
sbakersky@vanguardclassical.org

Business Offices

Office Staff

Gina Twombly
East Enrollment Coordinator
gtwombly@vanguardclassical.org
Wendy Holtz
Business & Operations Administrator
Front Office Manager
wholtz@vanguardclassical.org
Esmeralda Aguilar
East Administrative Assistant
eaguilar@vanguardclassical.org
Nathan Bryant
IT Coordinator
nbryant@vanguardclassical.org
Joey McCrea
IT Assistant
jmccrea@vanguardclassical.org
Ryan Seaman
Maintenance
rseaman@vanguardclassical.org
Marylou Galvan
East Administrative Assistant
mgalvan@vanguardclassical.org
Itzhelt Cordero
West Administrative Coordinator
icordero@vanguardclassical.org
Yesenia Valenzuela
West
Administrative Assistant
yvalenzuela@vanguardclassical.org

Health & Special Service


East Registered Nurse

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Palmer Monroe
East Social Worker
pmonroe@vanguardclassical.org
Molly Sheridan
West/East School Psychologist
msheridan@vanguardclassical.org
Hollis Laverty
West Speech Language
Pathologist
hlaverty@vanguardclassical.org
 Amber Menne
West Registered Nurse
aamenne@vanguardclassical.org
Brenna Sterling
West Social Worker
bsterling@vanguardclassical.org

VCS East Teaching & Support Staff

East K-5 Teachers

Apryle Hayes
2-A
ahayes@vanguardclassical.org
Emme Short
K-5 Music
eshort@vanguardclassical.org
Cheryene Mc Guire
K-5 Technology
cmcguire@vanguardclassical.org
Grace Sherak
K-5 Art
gsherak@vanguardclassical.org

East 6-8 Teachers

Rain Hawkins
6-8 ELA
ahawkins1@vanguardclassical.org
Jack Elmer
6-8 History
jelmer@vanguardclassical.org
Korinn Mallory
6-8 Science
kmallory@vanguardclassical.org
Nancy Smith
6-8 Math
nsmith@vanguardclassical.org
Jenny Young
6-8 Math
jyoung@vanguardclassical.org
Zach Williams
6-8 History
zwilliams@vanguardclassical.org

East 9-12 Teachers

Lizzie Louis
9-12 English
llouis@vanguardclassical.org
Abby Faulkner
9-12 Math
afaulkner@vanguardclassical.org
Joshua Kreunen
9-12 Math
jkreunen@vanguardclassical.org
Martin Gloege
9-12 English
mgloege@vanguardclassical.org
Kayla Champagne
9-12 Science
kchampagne@vanguardclassical.org
Sean Solomon
9-12 Science
ssolomon1@vanguardclassical.org
John Woodring
9-12 Social Studies
jwoodring@vanguardclassical.org
Edward Wilson
9-12 Social Studies
ewilson@vanguardclassical.org

East 7-12 Elective Teachers

Ari Sharfstein
6-12 Vocal Music
asharfstein@vanguardclassical.org
Serei Reifman
7-12 Art
sreifman@vanguardclassical.org
Dewayne Robinson
7-12 PE & Journalism
drobinson@vanguardclassical.org
Lukas Nicholson
6-12 Latin
lnicholson@vanguardclassical.org
Christian Huang
6-12 Band/Orchestra
shuang@vanguardclassical.org
Esther Morales
7-12 Spanish
mmorales@vanguardclassical.org
Tracy Morrison
7-12 Health
tmorrison@vanguardclassical.org

East Student Services

Jill Kim
Reading Specialist
jkim@vanguardclassical.org
Erin Gold
GT Coordinator
egold@vanguardclassical.org
Jeannie Easton
ESS Coordinator
jeaston@vanguardclassical.org
James Hime
9-12 ELD
jhime@vanguardclassical.org

Maria Ramos
6-8 ELD
mramos@vanguardclassical.org

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Jewel Ashley
Speech Language Pathologist
jashley@vanguardclassical.org
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Lorene Nardell
Occupational Therapist
lnardell@vanguardclassical.org

East Support Staff

Maura May
Educational Assistant
mmay@vanguardclassical.org
Tara Canutt
Educational Assistant
tcanutt@vanguardclassical.org
Kathleen Farley
Educational Assistant
kfarley@vanguardclassical.org
Aurora Solis
Paraprofessional
asolis@vanguardclassical.org
Rachel Parker
Substitute
rparker@vanguardclassical.org
Tiauna Hale
Substitute
thale@vanguardclassical.org
Trevor Stone
Substitute
tstone@vanguardclassical.org

VCS West Teaching & Support Staff

West K-8 Teachers

Brenna Cron
Kindergarten
bcron@vanguardclassical.org
Olivia Cafone
Kindergarten
ocafone@vanguardclassical.org
Annie Leachman
1st Grade
aleachman@vanguardclassical.org
Aislinn Wright
1st Grade
awright@vanguardclassical.org
Courtney Hunt
2nd Grade
courtneyh@vanguardclassical.org
Becky Sandstedt
2nd Grade
bsandstedt@vanguardclassical.org
Amanda Engelhart
3rd Grade
aengelhart@vanguardclassical.org
Madison King
3rd Grade
mking@vanguardclassical.org
JP Gaspard
4th Grade
jgaspard@vanguardclassical.org
Robin Hawkins
4th Grade
rhawkins@vanguardclassical.org
Jessica Blake
5th Grade
jblake@vanguardclassical.org
Laurel Leicester
5th Grade
lleicester@vanguardclassical.org
Michael Brewer
6th Grade
mbrewer@vanguardclassical.org
Chas Buenteo
6th Grade
cbuenteo@vanguardclassical.org
Monique Parra
7th Grade
mparra@vanguardclassical.org
Abbigayle Roberts
7th Grade
mparra@vanguardclassical.org
Angie Bishop
8th Grade
abishop@vanguardclassical.org
Chrissy Kavas-Thorsen
8th Grade
ckavasthorsen@vanguardclassical.org
Lienne Catrambone
8th Grade
lcatrambone@vanguardclassical.org
Mandie Sebastiani
Technology
msebastiani@vanguardclassical.org
William Haneghan
Latin Teacher
whaneghan@vanguardclassical.org
Matthieu Caldwell 
PE Teacher
mcaldwell@vanguardclassical.org
Kelly Ettinger
GT/Interventionist
kettinger@vanguardclassical.org
Maria Jose Aguilar Betancourt
Art
maguilarbetancourt@vanguardclassical.org
Amy Sullenberger
English Language Development
asullenberger@vanguardclassical.org
Haley Luedike
K – 2nd Grade Special Education
hluedike@vanguardclassical.org
Makayla Sodia
Special Education
msodia@vanguardclassical.org
Erika Contreras
Special Education
econtreras@vanguardclassical.org

Support Staff

Molly Sheridan
School Psychologist
msheridan@vanguardclassical.org
Hollis Laverty
West Speech Language
Pathologist
hlaverty@vanguardclassical.org
Amber Menne
Registered Nurse
aamenne@vanguardclassical.org
Brenna Sterling
Social Worker
bsterling@vanguardclassical.org
Karen Mortensen
SPED Director
kmortensen@vanguardclassical.org
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Jenny Giraldo
West Speech Language
Pathologist
jgiraldo@vanguardclassical.org
Andrea Southcott
Literacy
asouthcott@vanguardclassical.org

Student Services

Sara Barry
Kindergarten EA
sbarry@vanguardclassical.org
Norma Escobedo
1st Grade EA
nescobedo@vanguardclassical.org
Sandra Pastar
1st Grade EA
spastar@vanguardclassical.org
Haylee Rauterkus
2nd Grade EA
hrauterkus@vanguardclassical.org
Mark Leeks
3rd Grade EA
mleeks@vanguardclassical.org
Alexis Sulyma
4th Grade EA
asulyma@vanguardclassical.org
Jynilda Grissett
5/6 Grade EA
jgrissett@vanguardclassical.org
Yasmin Guillen
Paraprofessional
yguillen@vanguardclassical.org
Liz Rispoli
Paraprofessional
erispoli@vanguardclassical.org