Staff Directory & Teacher Websites

O’Rourke Middle School Main Office

173 Lakehill Road
Burnt Hills, NY 12027
Main Office: 518-399-9141, ext. 84000   Fax: 518-384-2588
Attendance Office: 518-399-9141, ext. 84002

Principal: Colleen Wolff
Phone: 518-399-9141, ext. 84001  |  cwolff@bhbl.org

Assistant Principal: Robert Duell
Phone: 518-399-9141, ext. 84000  |  rduell@bhbl.org

Attendance Office:  Joelle Brady 
Phone: 518-399-9141, ext. 84002 | oms@bhbl.org

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Principal’s Secretary: Judy Doepel
Phone: 518-399-9141, ext. 84001  |  jdoepel@bhbl.org

Main Office Secretaries: Judy Doepel & Lorraine O’Donnell (PM)
Phone: 518-399-9141, ext. 84000 and ext. 84001  | oms@bhbl.org 

Librarian: Lori Bennett 
Phone: 518-399-9141, ext. 84306  | lbennett@bhbl.org | Library Website

Guidance Main Office: Michelle Turnbull
Phone: 518-399-9141, ext. 84040 | mturnbull@bhbl.org

School Counselors: Kevin DeBonis |  Nancy Hyde  |  Samantha Grippo  | Anthony Umina

Social Workers:  Heidi Peterson & Devan White 
Phones: (Heidi) ext. 84031 | hpeterson@bhbl.org  | (Devan) ext. 84037 |  dwhite@bhbl.org

Psychologist: Jackie Somerville
Phone:518-399-9141, ext. 84039  |  jsomerville@bhbl.org

Nurse: Laura Jewell
Phone: 518-399-9141, ext. 84035  |  ljewell@bhbl.org

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Middle School Teaching Directory & Websites

6th Grade Teachers

• Shauna Bryk  |  sbryk@bhbl.org
• Claire Carpenter | ccarpenter@bhbl.org
• Melinda Crowley | mcrowley@bhbl.org
• Monica Hills | mhills@bhbl.org  | Mrs. Hills’ Website
• Kate Mastrella | kmastrella@bhbl.org
• Lauren Mattison  |  lmattison@bhbl.org
• Peter North  | pnorth@bhbl.org
• Cheryl Rasmussen  |  crasmussen@bhbl.org
• Kristin Trapini  | ktrapini@bhbl.org
• Valerie Wadsworth  | vwadsworth@bhbl.org
• Dolores Weaver  |  dweaver@bhbl.org

English Language Arts

• Eric Devine  |  edevine@bhbl.org
• Sue Politano  | spolitano@bhbl.org  | Ms. Politano’s Website
• Dave Marvin | dmarvin@bhbl.org
• Laurie McFarland  | lmcfarland@bhbl.org
• Michele Moynihan  | mmoynihan@bhbl.org

Math

• Jennifer Capello | jcapello@bhbl.org
• Susan Gestwick  | sgestwick@bhbl.org
• Kodi Kibler  |  kkibler@bhbl.org  |  Mrs. Kibler’s Website
• Tom Metz |  tmetz@bhbl.org
• Dana Ronca | dronca@bhbl.org
• Karen Tezanos  |  ktezanos@bhbl.org

Science

• Christa Catalfamo | ccatalfamo@ bhbl.org
• Katie Duell  |  kduell@bhbl.org  | Mrs. Duell’s Website
• Kevin Long | klong@bhbl.org  | Mr. Long’s Website
• Tracy McCarthy |  tmccarthy@bhbl.org
• Erin Milsom | emilsom@bhbl.org

Social Studies

• Nichole Azotea | nazotea@bhbl.org
• Todd Bucci | tbucci@bhbl.org
• Andrew Lancaster | alancaster@bhbl.org
• Kim Sprenger  |  ksprenger@bhbl.org
• Carmen Tarlo |  ctarlo@bhbl.org   |  Mr. Tarlo’s Website

Health

• Lindsay Armbruster  |  larmbruster@bhbl.org
• Edmund Rohrmeier | erohrmeier@bhbl.org

Art

• Mercede Buhner | mbuhner@bhbl.org
• Lisa Johnson  |  ljohnson@bhbl.org
• Jessica McDonnell  |  jmcdonnell@bhbl.org

World Languages

• Suzanne Rayome, World Language Department Head & French  | srayome@bhbl.org
• Julie DeMarco,  Spanish  | jdemarco@bhbl.org
• Jennifer Dinkel, Spanish | jdinkel@bhbl.org
• Angelique Horvath, French | ahorvath@bhbl.org
• Caitlin Nirsberger, French | cnirsberger@bhbl.org
• Cole Palen, German | cpalen@bhbl.org
• Tiffany Phelps, German | tphelps@bhbl.org
• Leejun Taylor, Mandarin  |  ltaylor@bhbl.org
• Qin Wu, Mandarin | qwubruni@bhbl.org

Physical Education

• Gary Bynon  |  gbynon@bhbl.org
• Colleen Froschauer  |  cfroschauer@bhbl.org
• Geoff Leggieri  |  gleggieri@bhbl.org

Technology

• Margaret Kelliher  |  mkelliher@bhbl.org
• Nik Lombardi | nlombardi@bhbl.org
• Nick Morocco  |  nmorocco@bhbl.org

Family & Consumer Sciences (FACS)

• Melissa Capobianco   |  mcapobianco@bhbl.org
• Mauranda Comley  |  mcomley@bhbl.org
• Nicole Passante  |  npassante@bhbl.org

Music

• Wayne Costner, Music & Chorus  |  wcostner@bhbl.org
• Susan Rask, Band  |  srask@bhbl.org
• Rob Soricelli, Music & Chorus  |  rsoricelli@bhbl.org
• Brian Tetlak, Band  |  btetlak@bhbl.org
• Heather Walker, Orchestra  |  hwalker@bhbl.org

Special Education (SPED) & Skills

• Brett Adams | |badams@bhbl.org
• Caitlin Aldridge | caldridge@bhbl.org
• Kim Brunson |kbrunson@bhbl.org
• Carrie Giufre  | cgiufre@bhbl.org
• Karen Kersch   |  kkersch@bhbl.org
  
• Michelle Martin  | mmartin@bhbl.org
• Matthew Mascelli  |  mmascelli@bhbl.org
• Michele Reilly | mreilly@bhbl.org
• Kim Ward  |  kward@bhbl.org   | Miss Ward’s Website
• Jaclyn Weber  |  jweber@bhbl.org  | Mrs. Weber’s Website
• Bryan Yager  |  byager@bhbl.org