Our Story
Bronx Prep is Democracy Prep’s first New York campus outside of Harlem. Over its nearly 14 years of operation, Bronx Prep Charter School has developed a reputation as a widely respected institution serving a high-needs pocket of New York City. Concerned that it was not doing all it could to prepare underserved middle and high school students for higher education, community involvement, and lifelong success through a structured environment of high expectations, the Bronx Prep Board of Trustees chose Democracy Prep to manage the school for the 2014-15 school year and has continued managing in the 2015-2016 year.
PRINCIPAL
Lourdes Flores
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
Cassius Gil
GRADES SERVED
9 – 12
CURRENT ENROLLMENT
348 Scholars
The DREAM Team
Emmanuel George
Executive Director
Lourdes Flores
Principal
Cassius Gil
Assistant Principal
Starr Levy
Algebra I
Virginia Peña
Algebra I & Geometry
Nancy Martinez
Algebra II
Sharifa Powell
Pre-Calculus
Samantha Abel
Writing I
Marina Palenyy
Writing II
Anne Murphy
Writing III
Jude Hollins
Writing IV
Jogene Castillo
Literature I
Dexter White
Literature II
Rabi Wright
Literature III
Erin Yonkee
Literature IV
Eun Jung Kim
Korean
Ellen Choi
Korean II
Donna Paolucci
Spanish
Luba Ostashevsky
Chemistry
Bernard Bazemore
Biology
Eileen Morano
Physiology
Kevin Aaron
Global History I
Marielle Colucci
Government & Economics
Adam Meyeroff
U.S. History
Joseph Alvarado
Arts Director
Dominic Aliffi
Band
Celly Placenti
Dance
Jessica Reynoso
PE
Miranda Small
Art
Melissa Clarke
ACT
Dana Pegram
ACT
Kristan Justice
ACT
Isolene Roberts
ACT
Marquist Ware
ACT
Samontha Joseph
School Counselor
Shenequa Pierre
Head of Academics
Priscilla Blas
DREAM Coach
Christopher Rones
Dream Coach
Andre Cook
Head Dean
Meredith Brown
Librarian
Tony Boler
Operations & Technology Associate
Christopher Crespo
Custodian
Jocelyn Alvarez
Cafeteria Assistant
Amanda Greer
Ops & Data Associate
Aleshia Kellman
Registrar
Shela Kochar
HS Operations Managers
Natalie Madera
Operations Associate
Michael Ortiz
Custodian
Miguela Pineda
Receptionist
Francisco Mercedes
Security Guard
Nelson Rodriguez
Family Support Specialist
Samantha Schultz
Operations Manager
Dennis Pooler
College Counselor
Gary Henderson
College Counselor
Brittany McCrae
College Counselor
DPNY Board of Directors
Dr. Robert North
Chair, Harlem Hospital
Josh Pristaw
Vice Chair, GTIS Partners
Brian Berger
Vice Chair, Glocap Search
Doug Snyder
Vice Chair, Starboard Value, L.P.
Roger Berg
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
Katie Duffy
Democracy Prep Public Schools
Linda Bell
Barnard College
Trevor Gibbons
Joele Franke, Wilkinson, Brimmer, Katcher
Sean Windsor
BDO
Jamal Epps
J.P. Morgan Chase
Ken Weiller
EVA Capital Management, LP
Alastair Wood
Citigroup
Brittany Mullings
Compass
Steven Gordon
Newmark Grubb Knight Frank
Gregory Weston
Winston & Strawn LLP
The Democracy Prep New York Board of Trustees will hold its regular meetings and executive committee during the 2017-18 school year on the following dates:
Tuesday, July 11, 2017, 8 a.m. (125 Park Ave, New York, NY 10017)
September 13, 2017, 8:00 a.m., 1767 Park Ave., 5th Floor, New York, NY 10035
October 10, 2017, 8:00 a.m., location TBD
November 15, 2017, 6:30 p.m., 207 West 133 St., New York, NY 10030
January 17, 2018, 6:30 p.m., 240 East 123rd St., New York, NY 10035
Click to download BPCS Board Meeting Minutes – 2016-17
Download Annual Report 16-17
To contact the DPNY Board, please email Boardoftrustees@DemocracyPrep.org