Teaching Staff
Mathematics
"It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer"
- Albert Einstein
Mrs. Roman - Math 801,802, 803
Quote: "You must be the change that you wish to see in the world." Gandhi
Email: kroman@ms224bx.org
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Mrs. DeLos Santos ESL Math - 677,777, 877
Quote: ❝If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own language, that goes to his heart.❞ ‒ Nelson Mandela
Email: cdelossantos@ms224bx.org
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Special Education
Mr. Lopez - IEP Teacher
"Some people look at things as they are and ask why. Others look at things as they could be and ask why not."
Hometown: Hampton Bays, NY
College: New York Institute of Technology- BA Financing and Accounting
Favorite Book: A Peoples History of the United States, Howard Zinn
Ms. Compton - Speech
"With God all things are possible." ~Matthew 19:26
Favorite Book: Love Language by Gary Chapman
College: Long Island University- Brooklyn Campus
Hometown: Grenada, West Indies
Science
Ms Santana 701, 702, 703, 704, 777
Quote: "The important thing is to never stop questioning."-Albert Einstein
Email: vsantana@ms224bx.org
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College: Grad. School: Relay Graduate School of Education
Humanities
For Social Studies we are using NYC's Passport Curriculum. Sixth Grade will learn the about ancient civilizations around the world and how political structures came into being.
ELA Units of Study: Students will continue to improve their reading and writing skills.
ALL STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO READ AT LEAST 30 MINUTES A NIGHT, AND KEEP TRACK OF IT IN A READING LOG.
Students will read at least 3 Novels: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan,; Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Curtis; and Dragon Wings Lawrence Yep
Ms. Robinson 7th Grade Social Studies
Quote: “It is our choices that show us what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”- JK Rowling
Email: probinson@ms224bx.org
College/major: Rutgers University
Graduate School: Relay Graduate School of Education
Favorite Book: The Tempest By William Shakespeare
Google Classroom :
Ms. Cozza ELA 603 and Social Studies, 804 ELA
College: New York University BFA , Hunter College MSA
Hometown: Bronx, New York
Favorite Book: The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
email: MCozza@ms224bx.org
Goggle Classroom :
603: https://classroom.google.com/u/0/c/MjI3MjQ1NTIyNVpa
703: https://classroom.google.com/u/0/c/MjI3MjUwNDU2Nlpa
Ms. Cummings 604/702/703 ELA
Quote: All students have the ability to learn.
College: Mercy College
Hometown: Houston, TX
Favorite Book: Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane
email: mcummings@ms224bx.org
Google Classroom :
Ms. Estrella 801/877 ELA 7th, Grade Spanish
Quote: "People will forget what you said. People will forget what you did. But, people will never forget how you made them feel." - Maya Angelou
College: New York University
Hometown: Washington Heights
Favorite Book: Freak The Almighty by Rodman Philbrick
email: eestrella@ms224bx.org
Google Classroom :
Mr. Pérez
8th Grade - Spanish,
ESL
Quote: "È molto più facile essere un eroe che un galantuomo. Eroi si può essere ogni tanto, galantuomo sempre."
-L. Pirandello
College: Brooklyn College- B.A Mercy College- M.A.
email: aperez@ms224bx.org
Google Classroom:
801 - https://classroom.google.com/u/1/c/NzM0NDc3MzA5N1pa
802 - https://classroom.google.com/u/1/c/NzM0NDI1NjQzMlpa
ART
Technology
Ms. Stoessel
Quote: "Together may we give our children the roots to grow and the wings to fly."
Email: istoessel@ms224bx.org
College: Mercy College and Polytechnic University
Hometown: Queens and The Bronx, NY
Google Classroom : https://classroom.google.com/u/0/h
Physical Education
Mr. Cortazzo
Quote: "Don't talk about it, be about it." - Bob Burns
Email: mcortaz@schools.nyc.gov
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Favorite Book: Eight Men Out: "The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series" by Eliot Asinof