The faculty and School Staff of A. Philip Randolph Career Academy are dedicated to the success of all of our students.

Meet Our Leadership Team

• Dr. Michelle Burns, Principal (mburns2@philasd.org)
• Ms. Tamiko Wright-Stanley, Assistant Principal (tstanley@philasd.org)
• Mr. Thomas McLaughlin, Roster Chair (thmclaughlin@philasd.org)
• Mrs. Miriam Silverman, School-Based Teacher Leader (msilverman@philasd.org)
• Mr. Akil Butler, Climate Manager (aubutler@philasd.org)

Career and Technical Teachers

• Auto Collision Repair Technology
  • Mr. Dwayne Hooks, Auto Collision (dhooks@philasd.org)
• Construction Technology
  • Mr. James Esposito (jeesposito@philasd.org)
• Culinary Arts
  • Chef Michael Bell (mebell@philasd.org)
  • Chef Majorie Kloss (mkloss@philasd.org)
• EMT/Fire Academy
  • Lieutenant Giovanni Crooks (giovanni.crooks@phila.gov)
  • Lieutenant Karin Wallace ()
  • Lieutenant Carroll (larry.carroll@phila.gov)
• Health Related Technology
  • Ms. Shareesa Frink-Hayes (sfrinkhayes@philasd.org)

Academics

• Art
  • Ms. Tara Capobianco, Art (tcapobianco@philasd.org)
• English
  • Ms. Donielle Jones, English 2  (djones8@philasd.org)
  • Ms. Jyzmyne Brooks, English 1  (jymbrooks@philasd.org)
  • Ms. Brian Pickett, English 4 and Contemporary Issues (bpickett2@philasd.org)
  • Ms. Karen Reina, English 2, (kreina@philasd.org)
• Math
  • Mr. Anatol Kondili, Algebra I (akondili@philasd.org)
  • Mr. Tuong Lam, Alegbra I & II (tlam@philasd.org)
  • Dr. Johannes Ogajo, Algebra I(joogajo@philasd.org)
• Science
  • Ms. Annah Mwaria, Chemistry (awndirangu@philasd.org)
  • Mr. Wayne Gotlieb, Biology (wgotlieb@philasd.org)
• Social Studies
  • Mr. Adam Fein, African American History (afein@philasd.org)
  • Mr. Beryl Cohen, World History (bacohen@philasd.org )
  • Mr. Timothy Woods, American History, Political Science (tiwoods@philasd.org ) woodssocialscience.blogspot.com
• Language
  • Ms. Hae Chung, Spanish (hschung@philasd.org )
  • Ms. Heba Abdelkreem, Arabic (habdelkreem@philasd.org)
• Physical Education and Health
  • Mr. Rashan Boyd, Physical Education, Health (rrboyd@philasd.org)
• Special Education Liaison
  • Ms. Rachel Gourley (rgourley@philasd.org )
• Special Education Teachers
  • Ms. Nyiah Alderman (nalderman@philasd.org)
  • Ms. Melanie Brown (mrbrown@philasd.org)
  • Ms. Joanne Firestone (jfirestone@philasd.org)
  • Ms. Sade Frink (sfrink@philasd.org)
  • Ms. Denise Lawley Bacher (dlawleybacher@philasd.org)
  • Ms. Charity Lynch-Harris (clynchharris@philasd.org)
  • Ms. Brenda Mims (bmims@philasd.org)
  • Ms. Jenel Odom (jodom@philasd.org)
  • Mr. Brandon Simmons (bsimmons@philasd.org)
  • Mr. Stephen Smith (ssmith2@philasd.org)
• Special Education Assistants
  • Ms. Dawn Abdul-Rahman
  • Ms. Fahteemah Alderman
  • Ms. Denessa Burrell
  • Ms. Yvette Chriswell
  • Ms. Janice Hopkins
  • Ms. Orien Jacobs
  • Ms. Quadesha Laws
  • Mr. Diamir Williams
• School Improvement Support Liaison
  • Ms. Jacqueline Lavender (jlavender@philasd.org)

Support Staff

• Counselor
  • Ms. Vandrea Ferreira (vferreira@philasd.org)
• Nurse
  • Ms. Lakeesha Cain (lcain@philasd.org)
• Police Staff
  • Officer Ronald Leslie
• Secretary
  • Ms. Kevra Price(kprice3@philasd.org)
• STEP Clinical Coordinator
  • Ms. Lacresia Elliot (ltelliott@philasd.org)
• Student Climate Support
  • Ms. Carolyn Murphy
  • Ms. Jahne’E Allen-Cole
  • Ms. Melinda Best
  • Ms. Marymah Lyles
  • Ms. Nicole Mccoy
  • Ms. Malikah Pearson
  • Ms. Selena Plez
  • Ms. Breanna Vinson
  • Ms. Keyana Wilson
• Technology Department
  • Tara Capobianco, Webmaster
  • Karen Reina, School Technology Coordinator