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Ms.Rodriguez
Ms.Carrasco
Ms.Monforte
Mr.Garcia 
Mr.Garcia
Ms.Malavez
Ms.Gonzalez
Ms.Gonzalez
My name is Migdalia Gonzalez. I am the Parent Coordinator at Explorations Academy HS. I have been a Parent Coordinator since 2003. I am a mom, grandmother, and great-grandmother, I have a bachelor's degree in Business. I enjoy reading, music, dancing, arts & crafts. I am also in the process of starting my own baking business. Welcome to our school!
Ms.Stevenson
Ms.Stevenson
Ms.Jimenez
 
Ms.Perez
 
Mr.Vividor
 
Ms.Devitt
Ms.Devitt 
 
 
Mr.Ba
Mr.Ba
Mr.Ba is from Senegal, West Africa. He got my first bachelor degree in Physics and Chemistry from Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar (Senegal) in 1988. He then taught physics and mathematics in Abidjan (Ivory Coast) for a year and in Paris (France) for another year.
Mr.Ba then moved to the United States in 1991 where he taught mathematics at the French American School in Los Angeles. He then got a bachelor degree in business administration (option finance) and went on to get a master in applied mathematics at California State University Los Angeles.
He then joined the Los Angeles Unified School district to teach mathematics at Hollywood performing arts High School for 20 years. He also taught mathematics as an adjunct at Pasadena City College for seven years.
After a brief early retirement in 2017. Mr.Ba came to New York in 2019 and has since been teaching mathematics at Explorations Academy High School and Stated that he is happy to be here.
 
 
Mr.Burton
Mr.Burton
 
 
Ms.Wynn
Ms.Wynn
 
 
Mr.Bisgrove
Mr.Bisgrove
 
 
Ms.Payano
Ms.Payano
 
Ms.Rothenbucher
 

Mr.Eck

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M.S., Secondary Education,  Wagner College, 

B.A.,  History, College of Staten Island

Mr. Eck joined the Explorations Academy High School Team in 2008.  Prior to joining Explorations Academy, Mr. Eck was Department Chairperson of Social Studies for South Plantation High School, located in Plantation, Florida.  While working at South Plantation high School, Mr. Eck focused on teaching the History and Mechanics of the United Nations. Upon returning to New York in 2008, Mr. Eck began to teach at Explorations Academy.  Mr. Eck has taught Global History, US History, Government, and Introduction to Law at Expo. Mr. Eck’s philosophy is that all students can offer knowledge during instruction. Most lessons are focused on student generated questions.  This leads to a class where all students feel welcome, needed, and appreciated. He maintains an atmosphere of order and mutual respect in his classroom by communicating expectations directly and clearly from the outset of the school year.  As a graduate of a New York City high school, Mr. Eck is proud to be teaching in the school system he is a graduate of and his motto through-out his career has always been SASSI which is an acronym for Students Achieving Social Studies Instruction. 

 

 

Dr.Edwards

Mr.Edwards

 

Ms.Jimenez

Mr.Jimenez

I love my subject and teaching on the high school level. I feel like that we can connect everything happening in the present to things that have happened in the past. I hope to spread my love for history to my students. 

Ms. Adams 
 
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As an Educator I find great joy in being part of the community and I involve myself in each of the Spirit themed days that we have. I have been teacher Science for greater than 10 years! This is my career and my passion. I have taught 6th grade to 12th AP Biology. When students get the Ah-Ha moments it brings me great joy! 
Best, Keva Adams
 
Ms.Rios
 
Ms.Rios
 
 
Mr.Barreto
Mr.Barreto
Mr. Barreto is a proud City University of New York graduate.  When I arrived from Colombia, I did not know English and was very fortunate to start my college education at Eugenio Maria de Hostos Community College, where they allowed me to earn college credit in Spanish, while learning English. I loved the English language and took every English course Hostos had to offer. After earning my A.A.S. from Hostos, I enrolled at City College of New York, where I earned a BS and MS in Biology. I had the honor of being mentored by Dr. Rochelle Buffenstein, Ph.D., who encouraged me to apply to the CUNY Ph.D. program, where I was accepted into the Ethology Ph.D. degree. While doing graduate work I met, Principal Susana Hernandez, who encouraged me to come to her school because of the needed for male, Hispanic, bilingual science teachers as role models in her school: Explorations Academy High School. I took a hiatus from my doctorate work and planned to teach in a public school for one year.  Well, that was 12 years ago, I am still a proud teacher at Explorations Academy HS. 
 
Ms.Simpson
Ms.Simpson
 
Ms.Oduro
Ms.Oduro
Mr.Colon
Ms.Pena
Ms.Pena
Ms.Graham
Ms.Rodriguez
 
Ms.Sierra
Ms.Sierra
 I was a teacher in Dominican Republic for 25 years. My experience was in Elementary School with 1 and 4 grades, and in Middle School with 7 and 8 grades.
I arrived in New York on June 6, 2008.  I started to learn english in the GED program  and in 2011 I went to the CUNY Language Immersion Program (CLIP) . I did not know what to do. Well, I went back to school to continue teaching. I love kids and education is my passion. I finished college in December 2016. But, it was in May 2017 when I graduated with Honor from City College of New York. I started working by creating a Spanish  GED program to help students who stopped the school to obtain an equivalent to High School Degree. This is my fourth year working in High School as a Spanish teacher. 
During my CLIP program experience, a teacher asked me to write a personal story. I wrote “A Time I was Frightened”. This story was selected and published for NYU and NYU GALLATIN school of individualized study: The Literacy Review, volume nine 2011
I describe myself as an enterprising woman who does not surrender before adversity.
Ms.Arias
Ms.Nin
Mr.Francois
Mr.Allison
Mr.Allison
Mr. Allison has worked as a physical education and health teacher at Explorations Academy since 2008. He has been the Athletic Director for the campus since 2013. He believes all students should have the opportunity to have a quality physical education program in which students can learn life skills and fitness knowledge that can be utilized for the rest of their lives. Mr. Allison has also coached for the PSAL in various sports: Girls Varsity Volleyball, Boys Varsity Basketball, and Boys Varsity Baseball.
 
Mr.Serrano
Mr.Serrano
Mr.Serrano attended Long Island University-C.W. Post for my bachelor's degree and I attended SUNY Stony Brook for my master's degree. He has been working here at Explorations Academy for 14 years since September of 2007.
Mr.Honigsfeld
Mr.Honigsfeld
Ms.Tracie
Ms.Rodriguez
Ms.Soto
Mr.Douge
Ms.Rivera
Ms.Morillo
Ms.Rodriguez