Portland Middle School Staff Directory

Meg Bailey

School Social Worker

mbailey@portlandct.us

Jamie DeRose

Guidance Counselor

jderose@portlandct.us

Maritsa Ellam

Administrative Assistant

mellam@portlandct.us

Heather Kowalewski

Administrative Assistant

hkowalewski@portlandct.us

Jeffrey Marino

Dean of Students/Athletic Director

jmarino@portlandct.us

Michael Searson

Principal

msearson@portlandct.us

Kim Baldwin

Social Studies

kbaldwin@portlandct.us

Joshua Cardella

ELA

jcardella@portlandct.us

Maya Diaz

Special Education

mdiaz@portlandct.us

Melissa Starkowski

Science

mstarkowski@portlandct.us

Jennifer Bell

Math

jbell@portlandct.us

Caroline Kennedy

ELA

ckennedy@portlandct.us

Katherine Hunter

Special Education

khunter@portlandct.us

Suzanne McDougall

Science

smcdougall@portlandct.us

Alan Stekloff

Social Studies; Team Leader

astekloff@portlandct.us

Stephen Bengston

Physical Education

sbengston@portlandct.us

Melanie Gold

Spanish

mgold@portlandct.us 

Stefanie Junker

French; Spanish

sjunker@portlandct.us

Jonathan Hilgendorf

Music; Band

jhilgendorf@portlandct.us

Karen Lutkus 

Family & Consumer Science

klutkus@portlandct.us

Elisha Millerd

Library Media Specialist

emillerd@portlandct.us

Corey Toussaint 

Technology Education; TEAM Leader

ctoussaint@portlandct.us

Sam Tucker

Music; Chorus

stucker@portlandct.us

Tony Bartell

Paraprofessional (Harbor)

tbartell@portlandct.us

Matthew Donahue

Paraprofessional (Life Skills)

mdonahue@portlandct.us

Joseph Prince

Social Worker (Harbor)

jprince@portlandct.us 

Julia Santangelo

Paraprofessional 

jsantangelo@portlandct.us

Elizabeth Wilde

Math Interventionist

ewilde@portlandct.us