Brass City Charter School

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Barbara Ruggiero, Ph.D., a founder of Brass City Charter School whose varied career demonstrates a lifelong commitment to children’s academic success, comes most recently from Children’s Community School, where she acted as Executive Director/Principal, and before that from Chase Collegiate School. Dr. Ruggiero is a former licensed child psychologist and an experienced school leader with curricular, personnel, community relations, budget, management, and fundraising experience. She has a master’s degree from Harvard University and a doctorate from Boston University.  

Email: bruggiero@brasscitycharter.org

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

Nancy Landona, Chief Operating Officer, and co-founder of Brass City Charter School, has had a varied career in grant writing, volunteer coordination, bookkeeping, teaching, curriculum writing, and much more. She earned a degree in early childhood education from Southern CT State University and MEd in instructional design from Western Governor's University.
Email: nlandona@brasscitycharter.org

Heather Byron, Executive Assistant: Operations
Diane Wasilewski, Attendance Clerk / Operations Assistant

ADMINISTRATION

Jeanine Pocoski, Ed.D was the school's first principal, left for a few years during which she completed her doctorate in Educational Leadership, and returned as Principal of BCCS. During that time she remained connected to the school by serving on its board of directors. As Dr. Pocoski said herself, there was a part of her that never left. She is deeply committed to the mission of the school and has always appreciated just how special BCCS is.                                                                                                   Email: jpocoski@brasscitycharter.org

Kristin White, Head of Middle School, Grades 5-8, originally joined BCCS as a sixth-grade teacher. Kristin had spent many years at Westover School in positions which included teacher, Dean of Students, and Director of Admissions and has taught in both public and private schools in grades K - 12 during her career.  Ms. White has demonstrated a deep commitment to student growth and to establishing strong partnerships with parents. Students will benefit as she grows the upper school culture including the advisory program and the high school admissions process.
Email: kwhite@brasscitycharter.org

Danielle Gaynor, Director of Student Culture and Family Engagement,  oversees the social-emotional support program at BCCS. In addition, she promotes parental involvement in the life of the school. 
Email:dgaynor@brasscitycharter.org

Marilyn Buckle, Student Support
Latisha Crutchfield, Student Support
Kanisha Malloy, Student Support
Geoffrey Williams, Student Support

OFFICE COORDINATOR

Sylvia Montes: The first person who greets you when you visit the school, Ms. Sylvia is the best source of answers for any questions your family might have. She relays information between school personnel and parents both in the office and on the phone.
Email: smontes@brasscitycharter.org


PRE-K TEACHERS

Elese Montambault, emontambault@brasscitycharter.org
Parisa Amiri, Assistant Teacher

Roxanne Clarence, rclarence@brasscitycharter.org
Nadia Dennis, Assistant Teacher

Carla McBean, Floater

KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS

Emily Bees, Teacher, ebees@brasscitycharter.org
Melanie Stephens, Assistant Teacher

Jillian Pizzo, Teacher, jpizzo@brasscitycharter.org
Brittany Santos, Assistant Teacher

Allege Hill, Floater 

1ST GRADE TEACHERS

Melissa Gibran, Teacher, mgibran@brasscitycharter.org
Ruth Bach, Assistant Teacher

Sara Naber, Teacher, snaber@brasscitycharter.org
Lynn Wilczewski, Assistant Teacher


Olivia DeGennaro, Teacher, odegennaro@brasscitycharter.org 

Julia Longo, Teacher, jlongo@brasscitycharter.org
Gris Gutierrez-Barrientos, Assistant Teacher


Becca Bremer, bbremer@brasscitycharter.org


Miranda Malizia, mmalizia@brasscitycharter.or

Katherine Georgetti, kgeorgetti@brasscitycharter.org

Tina Monteleone, tmonteleone@brasscitycharter.org

Sandra Davy, ELA, sdavy@brasscitycharter.org

Joanna Vann, Math,  jvann@brasscitycharter.org

Alana Contreras, History, acontreras@brasscitycharter.org

Kevin Ugalde, Science, kugalde@brasscitycharter.orgJonathan Gotterer, History, jgotterer@brasscitycharter.org

Kristian Rose, Math, krose@brasscitycharter.org


Theo Nield, tnield@brasscitycharter.org
Dylan Riedl, dreidl@brasscitycharter.orgCourtney Bauknecht, cbauknecht@brasscitycharter.orgMarissa Morin, mmorin@brasscitycharter.org