High School Directory
Dr. Maritza Paul
mpaul@academielafayette.org
Principal
Marie Beach
mbeach@academielafayette.org
Vice Principal
Lena Houfaidi
lehoufaidi@academielafayette.org
Building Manager
Johana Calderon
jcalderon@academielafayette.org
Front Desk
Katy Wilson
kwilson@academielafayette.org
IB Coordinator
Arts
Rory Behrens
rbehrens@academielafayette.org
Music – Choir
Giuseppe Gallo Balma
ggallobalma@academielafayette.org
Music – Instrumental
Chandra Ramey
cramey@academielafayette.org
Visual Arts
Design
Parul Bhatia
pbhatia@academielafayette.org
Karen Huber
khuber@academielafayette.org
Individuals and Societies
Christy Dabalos
cdabalos@academielafayette.org
Rachel Moser
rmoser@academielafayette.org
Language Acquisition
Dr. Evelyng Astudillo
eastudillo@academielafayette.org
Sarah Teklu
steklu@academielafayette.org
Eline Verbeke
everbeke@academielafayette.org
Xiaolei Xu
xxu@academielafayette.org
Language and Literature
Kate Absher
kabsher@academielafayette.org
Hope La Sota
hlasota@academielafayette.org
Jay Pitts-Zevin
jpittszevin@academielafayette.org
Mathematics
Dr. Bill Kalahurka
bkalahurka@academielafayette.org
Sekou Sonko
ssonko@academielafayette.org
Armand Tsafack
atsafack@academielafayette.org
Physical Education and Health
Mamadou Dieng
mdieng@academielafayette.org
Sciences
Aliou Diallo
adiallo@academielafayette.org
Gretchen Hubinger
ghubinger@academielafayette.org
Dr. Rita-Marie Raach
rraach@academielafayette.org
Health & Social Services
Adam Nachum
anachum@academielafayette.org
Social Worker
Homeless Liaison, Foster Care Point of Contact
Liz Seely
lseely@academielafayette.org
College and Career Coordinator
Julia Leamon, MSN, RN
jleamon@academielafayette.org
Nurse
Student Support Services
Keith Christensen
kchristensen@academielafayette.org
Title I Coordinator
Thalia Day
tday@academielafayette.org
English Language Learner Teacher
Molly Kolarik
mkolarik@academielafayette.org
Speech
Beth Rimel
brimel@academielafayette.org
Special Education
