Faculty & Staff

Meet the Team

Meet the faculty and staff at TCPS, a diverse group of talented, bold, and creative individuals, passionate about children and education, who join together for the common purpose of nurturing this thriving community of learning and the traditions and students within.

  • Portrait of Head of School, a smiling woman with long light brown hair wearing a light gray top with red embroidery and a gold necklace with a pendant, in front of a blue background.

    Rachel Szalay

    Head of School

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  • Portrait of a smiling woman with long brown hair, wearing hoop earrings and a pink v-neck blouse against a blue background

    Schuyler Rainey Twyman

    Director of Enrollment
    & Marketing

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  • Portrait of a woman with shoulder length blond hair, wearing a black v-neck tee shirt and a beige cardigan and a necklace with a small pendant against a dappled blue background

    Kate Felter

    Director of Business
    Operations

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  • portrait of a smiling young woman with a mottled blue background screen with long wavy dark brown hair and a double chain necklace around her neck wearing a brown squareneck blouse with black polka dots

    Arianna Garcia

    Kindergarten
    Teacher

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  • Portrait of a teacher, a smiling young woman with long blonde hair wearing a necklace and a dark colored blouse against a light blue background.

    Mary Dew

    Grade 1
    Teacher

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  • Headshot of a teacher, a woman with curly shoulder length red hair, wearing a sleeveless blue top, smiling against a blue background.

    Jenni Van Tuyl

    Grade 2
    Teacher

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  • Portrait of a smiling man with a full white beard wearing a patterned floral blue, yellow and white Hawaiian collard button down shirt, against a patterned light blue with clouds background

    Dee Mecham

    Math Teacher (Grades 6-8)
    & Middle School Electives

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  • Portrait of a smiling man with short dark brown hair wearing a gray tee-shirt against a light blue background

    Marvin Santiago

    Physical Education Teacher (Grades K-8)
    & Middle School Electives

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  • Portrait of a smiling young woman with long dark brown braids wearing a light brown top with a necklace against a light blue background

    Melissa Smith

    English & Language Arts (ELA) Teacher (Grades 6-8),
    Middle School Electives & Middle School Lead

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  • Portrait of a smiling young woman with long wavy dark brown hair against a mottled blue background

    Cristina Garcia

    Spanish Teacher (Grades K-8)
    & Middle School Electives

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  • Portrait of a teacher, a woman with shoulder-length brown hair and glasses, smiling at the camera, wearing a white embroidered top with a blue abstract background.

    Kia Gelinas

    History & Social Sciences (Grades 6 - 8)
    & Middle School Electives

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  • Portrait of a smiling woman wearing glasses with long dark blonde hair wearing a floral patterned blue and white blouse against a patterned light blue with clouds background

    Kaitlyn Sauer

    Science Teacher (Grades 2-8)
    & Middle School Electives

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  • Portrait of a teacher, a woman with shoulder-length brown hair and glasses, smiling at the camera, wearing a white embroidered top with a blue abstract background.

    Vickie Jenkins

    Music Teacher, Extended Care,
    & Program Support

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  • Portrait of a smiling young woman with curly dark brown hair wearing a red button up blouse, teacher at The Child's Primary School

    Gesuri Nava

    On-site Substitute Teacher,
    Extended Care Supervisor & Program Support

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  • Portrait of a smiling young woman with long wavy dark brown hair, wearing a black blouse

    Reta Georges

    Administrative Assistant

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  • Portrait of a smiling woman with shoulder length brown hair wearing a collared blue shirt

    Liza Clifton

    Learning Specialist (K - 8)

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