Faculty and Staff Directory

Office Personnel 

Mrs. Nancy Benfer,  Principal
nbenfer@my.bdms.org

Mrs. Melissa Broe, Assistant Principal
mbroe@my.bdms.org    

Mr. Garett Pagano, Administrative School Services Coordinator
gpagano@my.bdms.org

Mr. Eddie Muschio, IT Coordinator
emuschio@my.bdms.org    

Dr. Sonya Abbye Taylor, Director of Professional Development and Curriculum
sonya.abbyetaylor@msmc.edu       

Sr. Lucy Povilonis, OP, Dean of Climate and Culture
lpovilonis@my.bdms.org                               

Mrs. Kelley Cardoso-Cruz, MSW, ADAPP Counselor
kcardoso-cruz@adapp.org

School Nurse Teacher - Newburgh Employee: Nurse Gretchen Quill
gquill@necsd.net

Teacher of Exceptional Students - Newburgh Employee: Ms. Sasha Silverman
ssilverman@necsd.net

Speech Pathologist - Newburgh Employee: Ms. Ruba Lugo

Classroom Teachers 

UPK
Mrs. Colleen Middlemiss, cmiddlemiss@my.bdms.org
Mrs. Catherine McLoughlin, cmmcloughlin@my.bdms.org

Pre-Kindergarten
Mrs. Maryann D'Angelo, mdangelo@my.bdms.org

Kindergarten
Ms. Madison Garan, mgaran@my.bdms.org
Mrs. Megan Lahar, mlahar@my.bdms.org

Grade 1
Mrs. Jennifer LoPresti, jlopresti@my.bdms.org

Grade 2
Kelly Raich kraich@my.bdms.org

Grade 3
Ms. Madison Reilly, mreilly@my.bdms.org

Grade 4
Ms. April Rosscup, arosscup@my.bdms.org

Grade 5
Ms. Jennifer Weber,  jweber@my.bdms.org

Middle School (Grades 6-8)

Grade 6 
Mrs. Aspasia Vasilakos, kvasilakos@my.bdms.org

Grade 7-8 Science and Math
Mr. Ethan Hamilton, ehamilton@my.bdms.org

Grade 7-8 ELA, Grade 7/8 Religion, Grade 8 Spanish
Ms. Nayely Gutierrez, ngutierrez@my.bdms.org

Grade 6-8 Social Studies, 7/8 Religion
Mr. Matthew VanDeree, mvanderee@my.bdms.org

Grade 6-7 Spanish 

Specials 

STEAM
Mr. Raymond Berry, rberry@my.bdms.org

Physical Education
Aaron Czarnecki, aczarnecki@my.bdms.org

Music
John Newhall, jnewhall@my.bdms.org

Technology
Eddie Muschio, emuschio@my.bdms.org