Category Archives: Staff Profiles

*Counselor* By: BHS Staff Profiles  November 17, 2023 Chosen for this week’s Staff Spotlight is Ms. Hannah Bencivenni. This is currently Ms. Bencivenni’s third year in Brooklyn. Before she came here, she went straight from college to graduate school. A couple of things she likes to do in her free time are taking different workoutContinue reading “Staff Spotlight: Ms. Bencivenni”

*Preschool Teacher* By: BHS Staff Profiles  November 10, 2023 Chosen for this week’s Staff Spotlight is Miss Jessica Super. This is currently Miss Super’s third year in the Brooklyn City School District. In her free time, she likes to spend a lot of time with her family, do yoga, and take tap dance classes. AContinue reading “Staff Spotlight: Miss Super”

 *7th Grade ELA Teacher* By: BHS Staff Profiles  November 3, 2023 Chosen for this week’s Staff Spotlight is Mr. John Grigson. This is Mr. Grigson’s first year in the Brooklyn City School District, and he has been a great addition. What he is most likely doing in his free time is hiking with family, watchingContinue reading “Staff Spotlight: Mr. Grigson”

*Physical Education Teacher* By: BHS Staff Profiles  October 27, 2023 Chosen for this week’s Staff Spotlight is Mrs. Denise Sinko. This is currently year 30 for her in the Brooklyn City School District. Previously, she worked at Saint Leo’s in Parma for eight years. Some hobbies that she enjoys doing in her free time areContinue reading “Staff Spotlight: Mrs. Sinko”

*Director of Pupil Services* By: BHS Staff Profiles  October 20, 2023 Chosen for this week’s Staff Spotlight is Mrs. Paula Jones. This is currently Mrs. Jones’s eighth year in the Brooklyn City School District. Overall, she has spent 31 years in education. Mrs. Jones can be found cooking, shooting pool, or watching scary movies inContinue reading “Staff Spotlight: Mrs. Jones”

*Science/Math Teacher* By: BHS Staff Profiles  October 13, 2023 Chosen for this week’s Staff Spotlight is Ms. Michele McQueen. This is currently year 27 in Ms. McQueen’s teaching career. Before she came here to Brooklyn, she was a substitute teacher for three years. What she enjoys in her free time is spending a lot ofContinue reading “Staff Spotlight: Ms. McQueen”

*Intervention Specialist* By: BHS Staff Profiles  October 6, 2023 Chosen for this week’s Staff Spotlight is Ms. Jennifer Hengsteler. She has been an intervention specialist for 30 years in the Brooklyn City School District. What Ms. Hengsteler likes to do in her free time is bike, kayak, hike, and learn sign language. Something interesting aboutContinue reading “Staff Spotlight: Ms. Hengsteler”

*Speech Pathologist* By: BHS Staff Profiles  September 29, 2023 Chosen for this week’s Staff Spotlight is Mrs. Lindsay Ettelson. She has been a Speech Pathologist since 2008, and she has worked in the Brooklyn City School District for the last 11 years. Prior to Brooklyn, Mrs. Ettelson worked in the Chicago Public Schools. Something sheContinue reading “Staff Spotlight: Mrs. Ettelson”

*Brooklyn School Assistant Principal* By: BHS Staff Profiles  September 22, 2023  Chosen for this week’s Staff Spotlight is Mr. Marcello DeAngelis. This is his very first year as the Assistant Principal in the Brooklyn School. He grew up in Parma and graduated from Valley Forge in 2001. He received a degree in Early Childhood EducationContinue reading “Staff Spotlight: Mr. DeAngelis”

*School Psychologist* By: BHS Staff Profiles  September 8, 2023 Chosen for this week’s Staff Spotlight is Mrs. Kayla Armaro. This is Mrs. Armaro’s very first year of working her career job after graduating from college; it also happens that she is spending her first year here with us in the Brooklyn City School District. WhenContinue reading “Staff Spotlight: Mrs. Armaro”

*BHS Assistant Principal* By: BHS Staff Profiles  September 1, 2023 Chosen for this year’s first Staff Spotlight is Miss Katie Harkelroad. This is Miss Harkelroad’s first year in the Brooklyn City School District. She used to work at Vermilion High School for nine years, where she started as an intervention specialist. She then coordinated aContinue reading “Staff Spotlight: Miss Harkelroad”