
VCS Executive Leadership Team

Keria McCafferty
EastWest Principal
kmccafferty@vanguardclassical.org

Karen Secor
Executive Director
ksecor@vanguardclassical.org

Dr. Monique Jones
Director of Human Resources and Operations
mjones@vanguardclassical.org
mjones@vanguardclassical.org
VCS Administration

Sean Lewis
East Elementary Assistant Principal
sLewis@vanguardclassical.org
sLewis@vanguardclassical.org

Katy Gauthier
East Middle School Assistant Principal
kGauthier@vanguardclassical.org
kGauthier@vanguardclassical.org

Sean Bakersky
East High School Assistant Principal
sBakersky@vanguardclassical.org
sBakersky@vanguardclassical.org

Tawrence White
East Dean of Students
tWhite@vanguardclassical.org
tWhite@vanguardclassical.org

Jaime Pierce
East Dean of Students
jPierce@vanguardclassical.org
jPierce@vanguardclassical.org

Gardner DesRoberts
ESS Coordinator
gDesRoberts@vanguardclassical.org
gDesRoberts@vanguardclassical.org

Jillian Kim
Reading Specialist
jKim@vanguardclassical.org
jKim@vanguardclassical.org

Morgan King
West Assistant Principal
morganking@vanguardclassical.org
morganking@vanguardclassical.org

Karen Mortensen
West SPED Director
kMortensen@vanguardclassical.org
kMortensen@vanguardclassical.org

Andrea Southcott
West Literacy
asouthcott@vanguardclassical.org
asouthcott@vanguardclassical.org

Sabas Del Toro
West Dean of Culture
sdeltoro@vanguardclassical.org
sdeltoro@vanguardclassical.org
Business Offices
Office Staff

Wendy Holtz
Executive Assistant Human Resources and Operations
wholtz@vanguardclassical.org
wholtz@vanguardclassical.org

Nathan Bryant
IT Coordinator
nbryant@vanguardclassical.org
nbryant@vanguardclassical.org

Marylou Galvan
East Administrative Assistant
mgalvan@vanguardclassical.org
mgalvan@vanguardclassical.org

Gina Twombly
East Enrollment Coordinator
gtwombly@vanguardclassical.org
gtwombly@vanguardclassical.org

Itzhelt Cordero
West Principal’s Admin Assistant
icordero@vanguardclassical.org
icordero@vanguardclassical.org

Joey McCrea
IT Specialist
jmccrea@vanguardclassical.org
jmccrea@vanguardclassical.org

Rosa Vargas
West Enrollment Coordinator
rvargas@vanguardclassical.org
rvargas@vanguardclassical.org

Ericka Garcia
West Administrative Assistant
erickagarcia@vanguardclassical.org
erickagarcia@vanguardclassical.org
VCS East Teaching & Support Staff
East K-5 Teachers

Ryan Denning
Kindergarten
rdenning@vanguardclassical.org
rdenning@vanguardclassical.org

Carolyn Buckley
Kindergarten
cbuckley@vanguardclassical.org
cbuckley@vanguardclassical.org

Simone Turnipseed
Kindergarten
sturnipseed@vanguardclassical.org
sturnipseed@vanguardclassical.org

Maura May
Kindergarten EA
mMay@vanguardclassical.org
mMay@vanguardclassical.org

Tammie Johnson
1st Grade
tjohnson@vanguardclassical.org
tjohnson@vanguardclassical.org

Meheret Nardos
1st Grade EA
mNardos@vanguardclassical.org
mNardos@vanguardclassical.org

Apryle Bullock
1st Grade
abullock@vanguardclassical.org
abullock@vanguardclassical.org

Kari Ouellette
3rd Grade
kouellette@vanguardclassical.org
kouellette@vanguardclassical.org

Kinsley Molik
3rd Grade
kmolick@vanguardclassical.org
kmolick@vanguardclassical.org

Reagan Riendeau
3rd Grade
rRiendeau@vanguardclassical.org
rRiendeau@vanguardclassical.org

Patricia Perry
4th Grade
pPerry@vanguardclassical.org
pPerry@vanguardclassical.org

Jennifer Welch
4th Grade
jwelch@vanguardclassical.org
jwelch@vanguardclassical.org

Colton Briggs
5th Grade
cBriggs@vanguardclassical.org
cBriggs@vanguardclassical.org

Danielle Welch
5th Grade
dwelch@vanguardclassical.org
dwelch@vanguardclassical.org

Tiffany Christian
5th Grade
tchristian1@vanguardclassical.org
tchristian1@vanguardclassical.org

Grace Sherak
K-5 Art
gsherak@vanguardclassical.org
gsherak@vanguardclassical.org

Emme Short
K-5 Music
eshort@vanguardclassical.org
eshort@vanguardclassical.org

Cheryene McGuire
K-5 STEM
cmcguire@vanguardclassical.org
cmcguire@vanguardclassical.org
East 6-12 Teachers

Rachael Parker
6-8 ELA
rparker@vanguardclassical.org
rparker@vanguardclassical.org

Wesley Samuels
6th History/Enrichment
wSamuels@vanguardclassical.org
wSamuels@vanguardclassical.org

Tracy Flint
6th Math/Science
tflint@vanguardclassical.org
tflint@vanguardclassical.org

Paul Hastings
7th Math
pHastings@vanguardclassical.org
pHastings@vanguardclassical.org

Marc Goldenberg
7/8 History
mGoldenberg@vanguardclassical.org
mGoldenberg@vanguardclassical.org

Nancy Smith
8th Math
nsmith@vanguardclassical.org
nsmith@vanguardclassical.org

Kayla Champagne
9-12 Science/Biology
kChampagne@vanguardclassical.org
kChampagne@vanguardclassical.org

Lisa Eytel
9-12 Science/Chem
lEytel@vanguardclassical.org
lEytel@vanguardclassical.org

Dorothy Harper
9-12 ELA
dHarper@vanguardclassical.org
dHarper@vanguardclassical.org

Josh Turner
9-12 Health/AD
JoshTurner@vanguardclassical.org
JoshTurner@vanguardclassical.org

John Woodring
9-12 History
jWoodring@vanguardclassical.org
jWoodring@vanguardclassical.org

Edward Wilson
9-12 History
eWilson@vanguardclassical.org
eWilson@vanguardclassical.org

James Hime
9-12 ELD
jHime@vanguardclassical.org
jHime@vanguardclassical.org

Christian Huang
7-12 Instr. Music
sHuang@vanguardclassical.org
sHuang@vanguardclassical.org

Ari Sharfstein
7-12 Vocal Music
aSharfstein@vanguardclassical.org
aSharfstein@vanguardclassical.org

Bill Haneghan
6-12 Latin
wHaneghan@vanguardclassical.org
wHaneghan@vanguardclassical.org

Dayana Acuna Sossa
7-12 Spanish
dacunasossa@vanguardclassical.org
dacunasossa@vanguardclassical.org

Kristie Scott
9-12 SPED Teacher
kScott@vanguardclassical.org
kScott@vanguardclassical.org
East Student Services

Pamela Polke
Family Liason
pPolke@vanguardclassical.org
pPolke@vanguardclassical.org

Alyssa Campbell
GT Coordinator
aCampbell@vanguardclassical.org
aCampbell@vanguardclassical.org

Carisma Williams
Social Worker
cWilliams@vanguardclassical.org
cWilliams@vanguardclassical.org
East Support Staff

Tara Canutt
In House Substitute
tCanutt@vanguardclassical.org
tCanutt@vanguardclassical.org

Nurun Nahar
In House Substitute
nNahar@vanguardclassical.org
nNahar@vanguardclassical.org

Dalton Alexander White
In House Substitute
dalexander@vanguardclassical.org
dalexander@vanguardclassical.org

Angel Ramirez
In House Substitute
aramirez@vanguardclassical.org
aramirez@vanguardclassical.org

Sophia Ellis
In House Substitute
sEllis@vanguardclassical.org
sEllis@vanguardclassical.org

Lucyan Corchado
Campus Monitor
lCorchado@vanguardclassical.org
lCorchado@vanguardclassical.org

Randi Gates-Hawthorne
Recess Monitor
rgateshawthorne@vanguardclassical.org
rgateshawthorne@vanguardclassical.org
VCS West Teaching & Support Staff
West K-8 Teachers

Brenna Cron
Kindergarten
bcron@vanguardclassical.org
bcron@vanguardclassical.org

Olivia Cafone
Kindergarten
ocafone@vanguardclassical.org
ocafone@vanguardclassical.org

Annie Leachman
1st Grade
aleachman@vanguardclassical.org
aleachman@vanguardclassical.org

Aislinn Wright
1st Grade
awright@vanguardclassical.org
awright@vanguardclassical.org

Courtney Hunt
2nd Grade
courtneyh@vanguardclassical.org
courtneyh@vanguardclassical.org

Becky Sandstedt
2nd Grade
bsandstedt@vanguardclassical.org
bsandstedt@vanguardclassical.org

JP Gaspard
3rd Grade
jgaspard@vanguardclassical.org
jgaspard@vanguardclassical.org

Nicole Torres Rey
3rd Grade
ntorresrey@vanguardclassical.org
ntorresrey@vanguardclassical.org

Robin Hawkins
4th Grade
rhawkins@vanguardclassical.org
rhawkins@vanguardclassical.org

Jamie Weideman
5th Grade
jweideman@vanguardclassical.org
jweideman@vanguardclassical.org

David Baldwin
5th Grade
dbaldwin@vanguardclassical.org
dbaldwin@vanguardclassical.org

Michael Brewer
6th Grade
mbrewer@vanguardclassical.org
mbrewer@vanguardclassical.org

Chas Buenteo
6th Grade
cbuenteo@vanguardclassical.org
cbuenteo@vanguardclassical.org

Monique Parra
7th Grade
mparra@vanguardclassical.org
mparra@vanguardclassical.org

Abbi Roberts
7th Grade
aroberts@vanguardclassical.org
aroberts@vanguardclassical.org

Lienne Catrambone
7th\8th Grade
lcatrambone@vanguardclassical.org
lcatrambone@vanguardclassical.org

Thomas Sauer
8th Grade
tsauer@vanguardclassical.org
tsauer@vanguardclassical.org

Mandie Sebastiani
Technology
msebastiani@vanguardclassical.org
msebastiani@vanguardclassical.org
West Support Staff

Norma Escobedo
Kindergarten EA
nescobedo@vanguardclassical.org
nescobedo@vanguardclassical.org

Idalia Escobedo
Kindergarten EA
iescobedo@vanguardclassical.org
iescobedo@vanguardclassical.org

Dani Fain
Paraprofessional
dfain@vanguardclassical.org
dfain@vanguardclassical.org

Liz Rispoli
Paraprofessional
erispoli@vanguardclassical.org
erispoli@vanguardclassical.org

Mark Leeks
1st EA
mleeks@vanguardclassical.org
mleeks@vanguardclassical.org

Sandra Pastar
Paraprofessional
spastar@vanguardclassical.org
spastar@vanguardclassical.org

Yasmin Guillen
Paraprofessional
yguillen@vanguardclassical.org
yguillen@vanguardclassical.org

Haylee Rauterkus
In-House Sub
hrauterkus@vanguardclassical.org
hrauterkus@vanguardclassical.org

Jynilda Grissett
In-House Sub
jgrissett@vanguardclassical.org
jgrissett@vanguardclassical.org

Alexis Sulyma
In-House Sub
asulyma@vanguardclassical.org
asulyma@vanguardclassical.org

Michael Elliston
In-House Sub
melliston@vanguardclassical.org
melliston@vanguardclassical.org

Daisy Macias
Lunch Monitor
dmacias@vanguardclassical.org
dmacias@vanguardclassical.org

Analee Guerrero
Lunch Monitor
aguerrero@vanguardclassical.org
aguerrero@vanguardclassical.org
West Student Services

Hollis Laverty
Speech Language Pathologist
hlaverty@vanguardclassical.org
hlaverty@vanguardclassical.org

Jenny Giraldo
Speech Language Pathologist
jgiraldo@vanguardclassical.org
jgiraldo@vanguardclassical.org

Erika Contreras
Special Education
econtreras@vanguardclassical.org
econtreras@vanguardclassical.org

Makayla Sodia
Special Education
msodia@vanguardclassical.org
msodia@vanguardclassical.org

Kelly Ettinger
GT\Interventionist
kettinger@vanguardclassical.org
kettinger@vanguardclassical.org

Amy Sullenberger
English Language Development
asullenberger@vanguardclassical.org
asullenberger@vanguardclassical.org

Halo Ali
English Language Development
hali@vanguardclassical.org
hali@vanguardclassical.org

Nicole Towne
Americorp Tutor
ntowne@vanguardclassical.org
ntowne@vanguardclassical.org

Gene Roseberry
Americorp Tutor
groseberry@vanguardclassical.org
groseberry@vanguardclassical.org

Ashley De Herrera
Americorp Tutor
adeherrera@vanguardclassical.org
adeherrera@vanguardclassical.org
West Health & Special Service

Brenna Sterling
Social Worker
bsterling@vanguardclassical.org
bsterling@vanguardclassical.org

Amber Menne
Registered Nurse
amenne@vanguardclassical.org
amenne@vanguardclassical.org

Emma Walsh
Therapist
ewalsh@vanguardclassical.org
ewalsh@vanguardclassical.org