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: TBD
Phone: 518-399-9141, ext. 84306  |  | Library Website

Guidance Main Office: Lorraine O’Donnell
Phone: 518-399-9141, ext. 84040 | lodonnell@bhbl.org

School Counselors: Kevin DeBonis |  Nancy Hyde  |  Samantha Grippo  | Anthony Umina |
Visit the Counseling Center

Social Workers:  TBD & Devan White 
Phones: (TBD) ext. 84031  | (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 LaRosa  | slarosa@bhbl.org  | Mrs. LaRosa’s Website
• Laurie McFarland  | lmcfarland@bhbl.org
• Michele Moynihan  | mmoynihan@bhbl.org

Math

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

Science

• Katie Duell  |  kduell@bhbl.org  | Mrs. Duell’s Website
• Kevin Long | klong@bhbl.org  | Mr. Long’s Website
• Tracy McCarthy |  tmccarthy@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

• Lisa Johnson  |  ljohnson@bhbl.org
• Jessica McDonnell  |  jmcdonnell@bhbl.org
• Cindy Thomas-Turgeon | cthomas-turgeon@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
• Ester Salasoo, ENL Teacher | esalasoo@bhbl.org
• Leejun Taylor, Mandarin  |  ltaylor@bhbl.org
• Qin Wu, Mandarin | qwu@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
• 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  | Mrs. Rask’s Website
• 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
• Kim Ward  |  kward@bhbl.org   | Miss Ward’s Website
• Jaclyn Weber  |  jweber@bhbl.org  | Mrs. Weber’s Website
• Bryan Yager  |  byager@bhbl.org

Support Staff – Teacher Aides & Assistants, Clerks & Monitors

• Melissa Armstrong  |  marmstrong@bhbl.org
• Brian Brink, Head Custodian  | bbrink@bhbl.org
• Kelly Chila  |  kchila@bhbl.org
• Laura Coniglione  |  lconiglione@bhbl.org
• Samantha Decelle | sdecelle@bhbl.org
• Cassandra Dickinson | cdickinson@bhbl.org
• Ruth Felano |  rfelano@bhbl.org
• Christine Formolo | cformolo@bhbl.org
• Patty Henderson  |  phenderson@bhbl.org
• Catherine Jensen   |  cjensen@bhbl.org
• Brenda Kenney | bkenney@bhbl.org
• Suzanne Lovejoy  |  slovejoy@bhbl.org
• Meggin Maneri | mmaneri@bhbl.org
• John Marine  |  jmarine@bhbl.org
• Dianna Marshall  |  dimarshall@bhbl.org
• Michelle Mausteller | mmausteller@bhbl.org
• Cindy Pape  |  cpape@bhbl.org
• Lisa Porter   |  lporter@bhbl.org
• Jennifer Sutliff   |  jsutliff@bhbl.org
• Michelle Turnbull | mturnbull@bhbl.org