Faculty and Staff Directory

Office Personnel 

Mrs. Nancy Benfer,  Principal & Chief Executive Officer
nbenfer@my.bdms.org

Mrs. Melissa Broe, Director of Admissions & Operations
mbroe@my.bdms.org    

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

Mr. Garett Pagano, Facilities & Operations Coordinator
gpagano@my.bdms.org

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

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

School Nurse - Newburgh Employee:

Teacher of Exceptional Students - Newburgh Employee:

Speech Pathologist - Newburgh Employee

Classroom Teachers 

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

Kindergarten
Mrs. Colleen Middlemiss, cmiddlemiss@my.bdms.org
Mrs. Catherine McLoughlin, cmmcloughlin@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 Religion
Ms. Nayely Gutierrez, ngutierrez@my.bdms.org

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

Grade 6-8 Spanish 
Carolyn Rodolis, crodolis@my.bdms.org

Specials 

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

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

Music
John Newhall, jnewhall@my.bdms.org