Our team
Message from the school director
Greetings BVMS family and community!
All of us at Brownsville Ascend Middle School are deeply committed to ensuring that this year is stronger than ever before. We are working to ensure that every scholar is connected to their teachers and community, that every scholar is challenged academically, and that every scholar is supported socially and emotionally.
BVMS is a community that is dedicated to excellence and equity. We know that the only way of ensuring we strive – each and every day – towards these twin mandates is through partnership with you, our families. This year, more than ever, family-and-school partnerships will be one of the defining factors of students’ success. We look forward to continuing to partner with you into this next school year and beyond.
In partnership,
Lauren Kinrich
Our leadership team
School Director
Lauren Kinrich
lauren.kinrich@ascendlearning.org
Assistant Principal of Operations
Amanda Cunniff
amanda.cunniff@ascendlearning.org
Assistant Principal, Humanities and Culture
Portia Stanley
portia.stanley@ascendlearning.org
Assistant Principal, Science, Math and Culture
Cora Neville
cora.neville@ascendlearning.org
Our culture & clinicians team
Culture Associate, Grade 5
Shanelle Poole
shanelle.poole@ascendlearning.org
Culture Associate, Grades 6
Kwame Douglin
kwame.douglin@ascendlearning.org
Clinician, All Grades
Anhali Menon
anjali.menon@ascendlearning.org
Clinician, Grade 6 and 7
Calli Kaplan
calli.kaplan@ascendlearning.org
Culture Associate
Jamel Fuentes
jamel.fuentes@ascendlearning.org
Culture Associate, Grades 8
Dashun Duran
dashun.duran@ascendlearning.org
Clinician, Grade 5 and 8
Nell Ross
Student Services Coordinator
Renee Adetimirin
Our operations team
Operations Associate
Matthew Brown
matthew.brown@ascendlearning.org
Operations Manager
Christine Padilla
christine.padilla@ascendlearning.org
Culture at Ascend
Our teaching staff
Grade 5
Kendra Stevenson - English
kendra.stevenson@ascendlearning.org
Sarah-regine Dolne - English
sarahregine.dolne@ascendlearning.org
Savannah Rowe - Math
savonnah.rowe@ascendlearning.org
Orlando Rawls - Science
orlando.rawls@ascendlearning.org
Kevonnah Jenkins - Science Grade 5 and 6
kevonnah.jenkins@ascendlearning.org
Damali Caine - Social Studies
damali.caine@ascendlearning.org
Desiree Stewart - Social Studies
desiree.stewart@ascendlearning.org
Grade 6
Maurita Salkey - English
maurita.salkey@ascendlearning.org
Julia Rosenbaum - English
julia.rosenbaum@ascendlearning.org
Matts Michel - English and Special Education
matts.michel@ascendlearning.org
Prince Worrell - Math
prince.worrell@ascendlearning.org
Tameka Wilson - Math and Science
stephon.harris@ascendlearning.org
Kayhesha Gardner - Science
kayhesha.philizaire@ascendlearning.org
Alicia Neville - Social Studies
alicia.neville@ascendlearning.org
Bradley DeGarmo - Social Studies
bradley.degarmo@ascendlearning.org
Grade 7
Dana-Kae Walsh - English
danakae.walsh@ascendlearning.org
Kelvin Hernandez - English
kelvin.hernandez@ascendlearning.org
Nicole Turner - Math Grade 7 and 8
nicole.turner@ascendlearning.org
Rachael Sheridan - Science
rachael.sheridan@ascendlearning.org
Jarrett Waite - Science
jarrett.waite@ascendlearning.org
Ranae Overstreet - Social Studies
ranae.overstreet@ascendlearning.org
Veronica Rowan - Social Studies
Grade 8
Catianha Saint Jean - English
catianha.saintjean@ascendlearning.org
Justin Rodriguez - English
justin.rodriguez@ascendlearning.org
Leilani Leslie - Math
leilani.leslie@ascendlearning.org
Melissa Pierce - Math
melissa.pierce@ascendlearning.org
James Kelly - Science
james.kelly@ascendlearning.org
Santeria Rome - Science
santeria.rome@ascendlearning.org
Ian Ulmer - Social Studies
Sean Strausbaugh - Social Studies
sean.strausbaugh@ascendlearning.org
Specials team
Genciano Clotter - PE
genciano.clotter@ascendlearning.org
LaShauna Flowers - Dance
lashauna.flowers@ascendlearning.org
Paula Verdino - Capoeira
paula.verdino@ascendlearning.org
Ania-Lisa Etienne - Art