Staff of Excellence

IRWIN BAILEY
Principal
B.S.Ch.E. Degree, Howard University
M.A.R. Degree, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School

HOWARD GOPIE
Instructor, Grade 1
B.S. Degree, University of the Baltimore

ZENOBIA BAILEY
Instructor, Grade 2-3
B.A. Degree, Howard University
M.A. Degree, University of Iowa

DEBORAH BLAKE
Instructor, Grade 4-5
B.A. Degree, Sojourner Douglas College

DENISE DESHIELD
Instructor, Grades 6-7
B.A. Degree, University of Maryland/College Park

PATRICIA McCULLUM
Instructor, Literature/History/Grammar Grade 8-9
B.A. Degree, University of the District of Columbia
MDiv. Degree, Union Theological Seminary

PHIL BURRELL
Instructor, Math/Sciences, Grades 10-11
B.A. Degree, North Carolina Central University

GARY COLETRANE
Artist in Residence Set Designer Composer

DATIYA HAMLIN
Instructor, Languages: Latin/Greek
B.A. Degree, Howard University

ANIKA McKINNEY
Curriculum Specialist
Director, Music, Arts, & Drama
B.A. Degree, Howard University
M.A. Degree, New York University
M.A. Degree, Howard University