Administrative and Office Staff

Name
Position
Email
Leah Dickey
Principal
ldickey@pps.net
Regina Sun
Assistant Principal
rsun@pps.net
Spencer Crum
Assistant Principal
scrum@pps.net
Shannon Buffington
Principal's Administrative Assistant
sbuffington@pps.net
Naima Issak
School Administrative Assistant
nissak@pps.net
Olga Carter
School Nurse
@mesd.k12.or.us
Kelly Forrester
School Health Assistant
kforrest@mesd.k12.or.us

Teaching Staff

Name
Position
Email
Claire Flanagan
6th Math
cflanagan@pps.net
Colin Cardwell
6th Social Studies
ccardwell@pps.net
Heather Cooper
6th Language Arts
hcooper@pps.net
Mikael Benson
7th-8th Math
mbenson1@pps.net
Georgie Steeves
8th Science
asteeves@pps.net
Ron Huff
7th-8th Social Studies
rhuff@pps.net
Matthew Brandt-Lazar
7th Language Arts
mbrandtlazar@pps.net
Conni Brenner
7th-8th AVID/Leadership
cbrenner@pps.net
Min Lee
ESL Teacher
mlee@pps.net
Joel Ford
Choir/Band
jford2@pps.net
Daniela Mitchell
Art
dmitchell@pps.net
Rustin Marchello
Health/Physical Education
rmarchello@pps.net
Taylor Walker
8th Social Studies
tawalker@pps.net
Natalia Anishchenko
ESL Teacher
nataliaa@pps.net
Karen Kempster
6th AVID
kkempste@pps.net
David Hakam
LA/SS MIP
dhakam@pps.net
Adrianne Everton
LA/SS MIP
abee@pps.net
Allegra Rainbow
7th Science
arainbow@pps.net
Ciara Williams
7th Math
cwilliams2@pps.net
Amanda Coggins
8th Language Arts
acoggins@pps.net
Lisandra Mesa Falcon
Spanish/STEAM
lmesafalcon@pps.net
Kolby Jernigan
Health/Physical Education
kjernigan@pps.net
Zach Vestal
6th/7th Math
zvestal@pps.net
Martin Lindenmeyer
6th Science
mlindenmeyer@pps.net
Cheryl McClure
Physical Education
cmcclure@pps.net
Charlie Dupper
6th Language Arts/Theater
cdupper@pps.net
Muaz Hijazin
Science/Math
muhijazin@pps.net

Specialists Staff

Name
Position
Email
Michelle McMillan
Counselor 8th grade, 7th grade last names L-Z
mmcmillan@pps.net
Cate Lopez
Speech Pathologist
clopez1@pps.net
Herk Ward
Campus Safety Associate
hward1@pps.net
Melissa Lesniak
School Psychologist
mlesniak@pps.net
Ruth Howard
Counselor 6th grade, 7th grade last names A-K
rhoward@pps.net
Theresa Turner
Instructional Coach
tturner@pps.net
Valerie Peacock
Library/Media Specialist
vpeacock@pps.net
Okechukwu Nwerem
Restorative Justice
onwerem@pps.net
Karen Kempster
Math Instructional Specialist
kkempste@pps.net
Amy Liu
Instructional Specialist
yeliu@pps.net
Donna Morden
SpEd Learning Class Support
dmorden@pps.net
Sam Whitelow
SpEd Learning Class Support
swhitelaw@pps.net
Halla Williams
Social Worker
halwilliams@pps.net
Oriana Korol
Social Worker
okorol@pps.net

Education Support Staff

Name
Position
Email
TBD
EA-ESL
@pps.net
Kari Shawen
Library Assistant
kshawen@pps.net

SUN School & Community Partners

Name
Position
Email
Andrew Perry
SUN Community Site Manager
andrewp@irco.org
Susan Yoon
Multnomah County Mental Health
susan.yoon@multco.us

Facilities Support Staff

Name
Position
Email
Tino Mendez
Head Custodian
tmendez@pps.net
Philip Yu
Night Custodian
pyu@pps.net
Nga Nguyen
Nutrition Services Lead
nnguyen1@pps.net