Meet our Faculty & Staff
Anna Schulz
Lower School Music Teacher
What words of wisdom would you pass to your childhood self?
Be happy that mom signed you up for piano lessons! You're gonna thank her later.
What is your favorite city and why?
I fell in love with Boston, Massachusetts on a cold February evening after the most incredible choral performance I had ever been a part of.
Carole Glantzow Zboray
Middle School Science Department Chair
What's your proudest moment as a teacher?
One of my proudest moments was when a former 8th grade Science student, who is now a cardiac surgeon, came to speak to my current 8th graders.
What inspires you?
Selfless acts inspire me. Seeing people do things simply because it is the "right thing to do," not because it is "expected" or someone is watching or because of potential "rewards."
Tim Cohen
Upper School History Teacher, International Dean
What's the silliest thing you are passionate about?
International Talk Like a Pirate Day (every September 19th, matey!)
What's your teaching philosophy?
I want my students to make connections - whether it's comparing different eras or cultures, seeing how our perceptions of the past have shaped their own lives, or a thousand other things. History is more than just a jumble of names and facts; it's a living organism that each of us is continually helping to create even as we seek to understand it.
Nandini Dutta
World Language Department Head
Who is your hero (and why)?
My father. The best human I have ever known. And pretty sure will ever know.
What is your favorite city and why?
London, England. Ancient, modern, history, politics, art, architecture, food, politics: London has everything! Best city ever!
Wendy Jankowski
Kindergarten Teacher
What's your proudest moment as a teacher?
When a parent tells me their child has become more self-confident and more willing to try hard things as a result of being in my and my co-teacher's class. Awesome moment!
What's your teaching philosophy?
Kids don't care how much you know until they know how much you care. I strive with my amazing co-teacher to create an environment in which a child feels they are loved and cared for, as well as challenged and supported. At the kindergarten level, we want children to learn to love school, to know making mistakes is ok, to empathize with and care for our fellow classmates and that "we can do hard things!"
Pablito Lake
Upper School Computer Education Chair, Upper School Math Teacher
What's your proudest moment as a teacher?
Seeing students improve.
What's your teaching philosophy?
Give everyone a chance to be successful.
Dr. Circe Dunnell
Upper School Visual Arts Teacher
What's your teaching philosophy?
I am not a teacher, I am a guide. As a guide, I try to provide my students with the tools to think and act for themselves, to promote learning, connection, and empathy.
What's your proudest moment as a teacher?
There isn't one moment, however, every time I communicate with a graduate and they tell me how important RPS was to their success in life, that is a wonder.
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Isaiah Seibert
B.A., Georgetown University
Tim Seminerio
Jeff Shanes
Harinder Singh
Michael Smith
Jeron Stephens
B.M., Rutgers University
Lyssandra Stephenson
M.M., University of Wisconsin - Madison
Mariana Stevenson
Akhir Stewart
B.A., Williams College
Genevieve Strycharz
Amaury Suarez Gomez
M.S., University of Havana
Ph.D., National Autonomous University of Mexico
Patria Sullivan
M.Ed., Lesley College
Devon Thomas
Namita Tolia
M.S., Stanford
M.Ed., Columbia Teachers College
Darshana Trivedi
Vivian Turk
Cora Turlish
Betty Twombly
Mark Tyree
Heather Vaccarino
Colleen Vinchur
Michelle Walker
Helen Williams
Carly Winn
B.S., Bellarmine University
Wendy Winograd
M.A., University of Pennsylvania
MSW, New York University
DSW, Rutgers University
David Wise
M.Ed., University of Georgia
Samantha Withum
Scot Wittman
M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art
Erica Wleklinski
B.S., University of Denver
Lynn Yeremian
Leichena Young
M.S.W., New York University
Joan Zanfardino
M.H.A., Wilkes University
You Zhou
B.A., Communication University of China
G. Cert., Rutgers University