Pace Charter School of Hamilton
2014 National Blue Ribbon School
 

Administration

Chief School Administrator and
Middle School Principal		 Deborah Pontoriero dpontoriero@pace.charter.k12.nj.us
Administrative Assistant
to the CSA		 Kethy Ordonez kordonez@pace.charter.k12.nj.us
Special Education Supervisor,
Food Service Director		 Jill Bond jbond@pace.charter.k12.nj.us
Dean of Students Lisa Wojtczuk-Gervasi lwojtczukgervasi@pace.charter.k12.nj.us 
Secretary,
Middle School		 Stephanie Ordonez sordonez@pace.charter.k12.nj.us
Secretary,
Middle School		 Claudia Abad-Martinez cabadmartinez@pace.charter.k12.nj.us
Principal,
Lower School		 Wendy Smith wsmith@pace.charter.k12.nj.us
Supervisor,
Lower School		 Erin Nero enero@pace.charter.k12.nj.us
Secretary,
Lower School		 Cindy Barrera-Gudiel cbarreragudiel@pace.charter.k12.nj.us

Principal,
Intermediate School and
School Saefety Specialist

 Jill Drumn jdrumn@pace.charter.k12.nj.us

Supervisor
Intermediate School

 Melissa Rickey mrickey@pace.charter.k12.nj.us
Office Administrator,
Intermediate School		 Ingrid Trotman itrotman@pace.charter.k12.nj.us
Secretary,
Intermediate School		 Roxanne Lucarini rlucarini@pace.charter.k12.nj.us
Secretary,
Intermediate School		 Xiomara Jaquez xjaquez@pace.charter.k12.nj.us
Facilities Manager Mauricio Diaz mdiaz@pace.charter.k12.nj.us

Lower School Staff

Title Name Email
Kindergarten Teacher (KA) Laura Gates lgates@pace.charter.k12.nj.us
Kindergarten Teacher (KB) Joia DiGregorio jdigregorio@pace.charter.k12.nj.us
Kindergarten Teacher (KC) Jennifer Seals jseals@pace.charter.k12.nj.us
Kindergarten Assistant Joanna Jantz jjantz@pace.charter.k12.nj.us
Kindergarten Assistant Saida Rodriguez srodriguez@pace.charter.k12.nj.us
Kindergarten Assistant Earline Lagumen elagumen@pace.charter.k12.nj.us
1st Grade Teacher (1A) Lidia Soto lsoto@pace.charter.k12.nj.us
1st Grade Teacher (1B) Kristen Podgurski kpodgurski@pace.charter.k12.nj
1st Grade Teacher (1C) Sara Worek sworek@pace.charter.k12.nj.us
1st Grade Assistant Dunia Espinoza despinoza@pace.charter.k12.nj.us
1st Grade Assistant Lisa Massaro lmassaro@pace.charter.k12.nj.us
2nd Grade Teacher (2A) Nicole Migliaccio nmigliaccio@pace.charter.k12.nj.us
2nd Grade Teacher (2B) Ava Nicolo anicolo@pace.charter.k12.nj.us
2nd Grade Teacher (2C) Lindsay Klesney lklesney@pace.charter.k12.nj.us
1st Grade Basic
Skills Teacher		 Hallie Cokeley hcokeley@pace.charter.k12.nj.us
2st Grade Basic
Skills Teacher		 Debbie Paragone dparagone@pace.charter.k12.nj.us
STEM Teacher Sarah Dintinger sdintinger@pace.charter.k12.nj.us
Art Teacher Wendy DeAngelis wdeangelis@pace.charter.k12.nj.us
Music Teacher Nicole Knudson nknudson@pace.charter.k12.nj.us
Physical Education
Teacher		 Ashley Averack aaverack@pace.charter.k12.nj.us
Lower School LTS Arabella Scelza Ascelza@pace.charter.k12.nj.us
School Counselor Sierra Lombardo slombardo@pace.charter.k12.nj.us
Nurse Kristy Houvig khouvig@pace.charter.k12.nj.us
Custodian Julia Fontanez jfontanez@pace.charter.k12.nj.us
Facilities Freddie Young fyoung@pace.charter.k12.nj.us

Intermediate School Staff

Title Name Email  
3rd Grade Teacher (3A)  Kaitlyn Vaccarelle    kvaccarelle@pace.charter.k12.nj.us  
3rd Grade Teacher (3B)  Audra Barnes  abarnes@pace.charter.k12.nj.us   
3rd Grade Teacher (3C) Erin Weigand eweigand@pace.charter.k12.nj.us  
4th Grade Teacher (4A) Victoria Roehr vroehr@pace.charter.k12.nj.us  
4th Grade Teacher (4B) Meghan Shaw mshaw@pace.charter.k12.nj.us  
4th Grade Teacher (4C) Stephanie Rogers srogers@pace.charter.k12.nj.us  
5th Grade Teacher (5A) Elizabeth Ruggiero eruggiero@pace.charter.k12.nj.us  
5th Grade Teacher (5B) Kaitlyn Kleinkauf kkleinkauf@pace.charter.k12.nj.us  
5th Grade Teacher (5C) Michele Maloney mmaloney@pace.charter.k12.nj.us  
6th Grade Teacher (6A) Pauline Balasic pbalasic@pace.charter.k12.nj.us  
6th Grade Teacher (6B) Samantha Cooney scooney@pace.charter.k12.nj.us  
6th Grade Teacher (6C) Victoria Smith vsmith@pace.charter.k12.nj.us  
Basic Skills Teacher Mary Mamenko mmamenko@pace.charter.k12.nj.us  
Basic Skills Teacher Matthew Sasko msasko@pace.charter.k12.nj.us  
Basic Skills Teacher Cecilia Vacca cvacca@pace.charter.k12.nj.us  
Basic Skills Teacher Katie Wu kwu@pace.charter.k12.nj.us  
Paraprofessional Teacher Turquoise Gaynor tgaynor@pace.charter.k12.nj.us  
Paraprofessional Teacher Ashley Roehr aroehr@pace.charter.k12.nj.us  
STEAM Teacher Meredith Harrison mharrison@pace.charter.k12.nj.us  
Physical Education and Health Teacher Ashley Averack aaverack@pace.charter.k12.nj.us  
Music Teacher Nicole Knudson nknudson@pace.charter.k12.nj.us  
Art Teacher Wendy DeAngelis wdeangelis@pace.charter.k12.nj.us  
School Counselor Sierra Lombardo slombardo@pace.charter.k12.nj.us  
Nurse Kristy Houvig khouvig@pace.charter.k12.nj.us  
Custodian Benzar Lagumen blagumen@pace.charter.k12.nj.us  
Custodian Alba Valentin-Cruz avalentincruz@pace.charter.k12.nj.us  

 

Middle School Staff

Title Name Email
7th Grade ELA Teacher Gillian Findley gfindley@pace.charter.k12.nj.us
8th Grade ELA Teacher Anaya Wells awells@pace.charter.k12.nj.us
7th and 8th Grade
Math Teacher		 Alan Marmur amarmur@pace.charter.k12.nj.us
7th and 8th Grade
Math Teacher		 JoAnna Castellano jcastellano@pace.charter.k12.nj.us
7th and 8th Grade
Basic Skills Teacher		 Elizabeth Simpkins esimpkins@pace.charter.k12.nj.us
Science and
STEAM Teacher		 Matt Buttich mbuttich@pace.charter.k12.nj.us
Social Studies Teacher Kyle Kudatzky kkudatzky@pace.charter.k12.nj.us
Technology Teacher Natasha Unson nunson@pace.charter.k12.nj.us
Art Teacher Jamie Smith jsmith@pace.charter.k12.nj.us
Physical Education
Teacher		 Matthew Esposti mesposti@pace.charter.k12.nj.us
Nurse Lisa Hurtado lhurtado@pace.charter.k12.nj.us