Contact the school
Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public School
15 Mulligan Drive
South Hadley, MA 01075
Phone: (413) 552-1580
Fax: (413) 552-1594
State Mandated Positions
| Homeless Education Liason |
Brent Nielsen, Director of Student Services |
| Records Access Officer |
Marcy Conner, CFO |
| Verification of Graduation |
Lisa Clark, SiS Data Manager |
| ADMINISTRATION | ||
| Conner, Marcy | Chief Financial Officer | mconner@pvpa.org |
| Davis, Laura | Director of Arts and Academics | ldavis@pvpa.org |
| Figueroa-Starr, Leigh-Ellen | Dean of School Culture | lfigueroa@pvpa.org |
| Kenen, Marc | Executive Director | mkenen@pvpa.org |
| Kulas, John | Facilities Manager | jkulas@pvpa.org |
| Nielsen, Brent | Director of Student Services | bnielsen@pvpa.org |
| Steinitz, Zevey | Director of Teacher Development | zsteinitz@pvpa.org |
| Vreeland, Thom | Technology Director | tvreeland@pvpa.org |
| ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF | ||
| Banton, Angela | Breakfast/Lunch Delivery | abanton@pvpa.org |
| Cappello, Lisa | Marketing Coordinator | lcappello@pvpa.org |
| Clark, Lisa | SIS Data Manager | lclark@pvpa.org |
| Crosby, Beth | Academic Support Admin Assistant | ecrosby@pvpa.org |
| Earnest-Higgins, Danyelle | Accounting & HR Assistant | dearnesthiggins@pvpa.org |
| Fournier, Chris | Community Outreach and Alumni Director | cfournier@pvpa.org |
| Franz, Wendy | Main Office Admin Assistant | wfranz@pvpa.org |
| Haley, Jackie | Assessment Coordinator | jhaley@pvpa.org |
| JacksonJones, Chelsea | Main Office Admin Assistant | chelseaj@pvpa.org |
| Melemed, Amanda | Admissions & Outreach Coordinator | amelemed@pvpa.org |
| padgett, tina | Production Manager | tpadgett@pvpa.org |
| Perez, Antonio | After-School Security | aperez@pvpa.org |
| Clark, Austin | Library Media Specialist | austinclark@pvpa.org |
| STUDENT SUPPORT TEAM | ||
| Allen, Kate | School Counselor, Department Leader | kallen@pvpa.org |
| Colwell, Mary | School Nurse | mcolwell@pvpa.org |
| Holmes, Mya | School Psychologist | mholmes@pvpa.org |
| Rivera, Maritza | Adjustment Counselor | mrivera@pvpa.org |
| Schwab, Dana | School Counselor | dschwab@pvpa.org |
| Taylor, Kyle | School Counselor | ktaylor@pvpa.org |
| Tilley-Gyado, Terna | Adjustment Counselor | ttilleygyado@pvpa.org |
| ACADEMIC SUPPORT TEACHERS | ||
| Bjorkman, Loris | Academic Support, Department Leader | lbjorkman@pvpa.org |
| Dwyer, Sarah | Academic Support | sdwyer@pvpa.org |
| Franz, Jared | Therapeutic Paraprofessional | jfranz@pvpa.org |
| Heidenreich, Anna | Academic Support | aheidenreich@pvpa.org |
| Heiple, Emil | Academic Support | eheiple@pvpa.org |
| Kosloski, Kayla | Therapeutic Paraprofessional | kkosloski@pvpa.org |
| Materka, Shannon | Support Teacher | smaterka@pvpa.org |
| Osherow, Adam | Apprentice Teacher | aosherow@pvpa.org |
| Purdon, Ben | Therapeutic Paraprofessional | bpurdon@pvpa.org |
| Reed, Karen | Apprentice Teacher | kreed@pvpa.org |
| Sardella, Jennifer | Apprentice Teacher | jsardella@pvpa.org |
| Searles, Madeline | Apprentice Teacher | msearles@pvpa.org |
| Unruh, Kathy | Academic Support | kunruh@pvpa.org |
| Wood, Nate | Apprentice Teacher | nwood@pvpa.org |
| ACADEMICS TEACHERS | ||
| Kayser, Karin | English Language Arts | kkayser@pvpa.org |
| Miller, Alyson | English Language Arts | amiller@pvpa.org |
| Welch, Molly | English Language Arts | mwelch@pvpa.org |
| McClung, Melissa | English Language Arts | mmcclung@pvpa.org |
| Cox, Jim | History/Social Science | jcox@pvpa.org |
| Huggett, Gary | History/Social Science, Department Leader | ghuggett@pvpa.org |
| King, Matthew | History/Social Science | mking@pvpa.org |
| Agron, Joseph | Mathematics, Department Leader | jagron@pvpa.org |
| Grabowski, Joey | Mathematics | jgrabowski@pvpa.org |
| Mello, Kenneth | Mathematics | kmello@pvpa.org |
| Pfeiffer, Mike | Mathematics | mpfeiffer@pvpa.org |
| Wright, Elmo | Mathematics | ewright@pvpa.org |
| Decherd, Will | Middle School Team / Science | wdecherd@pvpa.org |
| Furr, Anna | Middle School Team / Humanities | afurr@pvpa.org |
| Linehan, Erin | Middle School Team / Math | elinehan@pvpa.org |
| Marini, Roxane | Middle School Team / Humanities | rmarini@pvpa.org |
| McCarthy, John | Middle School Team / Science | jmccarthy@pvpa.org |
| Oshinsky, Rachel | Middle School Team / Humanities | roshinsky@pvpa.org |
| Pearl, Haley | Middle School Team / Humanities, ELA Department Leader, Advisory Coordinator | hpearl@pvpa.org |
| Boulay, Caitlin | Science | cboulay@pvpa.org |
| Murphy, Megan | Science, Department Leader | mmurphy@pvpa.org |
| Pfeiffer, Mike | Science | mpfeiffer@pvpa.org |
| Verney-Fink, Abby | Science | averneyfink@pvpa.org |
| Borrero, Elsa | World Language | eborrero@pvpa.org |
| Duran, David | World Language | dduran@pvpa.org |
| Figueroa-Starr, Sasha | World Language, Department Leader | sstarr@pvpa.org |
| Fradkin, Ava | World Language | afradkin@pvpa.org |
| ARTS TEACHERS | ||
| Baker, Ron | Dance | rbaker@pvpa.org |
| Kaba, Alpha "Bisko" | Dance | akaba@pvpa.org |
| Santorelli, Felice | Dance, Department Leader | fsantorelli@pvpa.org |
| Silbaugh, Brenden | Dance | bsilbaugh@pvpa.org |
| King, Matthew | Music | mking@pvpa.org |
| Levi, Mara | Music, Department Leader | mlevi@pvpa.org |
| Newton, Frank | Music | fnewton@pvpa.org |
| Roy, Rahul | Music | rroy@pvpa.org |
| Streker, Jon | Theater | jstreker@pvpa.org |
| Onopa, Jen | Theater | jonopa@pvpa.org |
| Rodríguez, Jorge | Theater, Department Leader | jrodriguez@pvpa.org |
| Bloomfield, Petula | VATT | pbloomfield@pvpa.org |
| Bridge, Carl | VATT | cbridge@pvpa.org |
| Bridge, Martin | VATT, Department Leader | mbridge@pvpa.org |
| Cowan, Matt | VATT | mcowan@pvpa.org |
| McClung, Melissa | VATT | mmcclung@pvpa.org |
| padgett, tina | VATT | tpadgett@pvpa.org |
| Reuter, Lauren | VATT | lreuter@pvpa.org |