Melissa Kubin first joined Avenues in 2012 as a head teacher in an English section of first grade, a role in which she remained for three years. In 2015, she became the head of first grade. This fall, we are happy to welcome her back as an associate head of grade two.
Melissa Kubin first joined Avenues in 2012 as a head teacher in an English section of first grade, a role in which she remained for three years. In 2015, she became the head of first grade. This fall, we are happy to welcome her back as an associate head of grade two.
Jordan Mahome first joined Avenues in fall 2013 as an upper grades English teacher. He was already familiar with many older students from directing Oliver!, the Upper Division musical performed the prior spring. After spending three years away, Jordan returns to theater this fall as a drama teacher for grades six through eight.
Nelsa Cotte will join Avenues as a head teacher in the Spanish immersion program for pre-kindergarten. In the immersion classes, nursery through grade one, children spend half their day in a class conducted in English and half in a class conducted in either Spanish or Mandarin Chinese.
Angela Ji Xu first joined Avenues in fall 2012 as the head teacher in a Chinese section of kindergarten (in the immersion classes, nursery through grade three, children spend half their day in a class conducted in English and half in a class conducted in either Spanish or Mandarin Chinese). In fall 2014, she went on to become the immersion coordinator for Chinese teachers in the Early Learning Center (nursery through kindergarten) and Lower Division (first through fifth grade).