Faculty & Staff
Maine Teachers & Faculty Serve Students, Families & Community
MeANS teachers and staff are some of the most committed, caring and engaged Maine teachers around. They work with very small class sizes, giving attention to individual students on campus and during home visits.

Campus
MeANS Staff | Position | |
Matthew Newberg | mnewberg@maineacademy.org | Head of School |
Patrick Henyan | phenyan@maineacademy.org | Assistant Head of School |
Evan Coleman | ecoleman@maineacademy.org | Director of Curriculum and Instruction |
Elise Gudde | egudde@maineacademy.org | 9/10 Science Teacher |
Kasey Carrier | kcarrier@maineacademy.org | 9/10 Math Teacher |
Jim Poindexter | jpoindexter@maineacademy.org | 9/10 English Teacher |
Kelsi Fortin | kfortin@maineacademy.org | 9/10 Social Studies Teacher |
Rand Smith | rsmith@maineacademy.org | 11/12 Science Teacher |
Vincent Russel | vrussell@maineacademy.org | 11/12 Social Studies Teacher |
Jill Lee | jlee@maineacademy.org | 11/12 Math Teacher |
Frank Parrinello | fparrinello@maineacademy.org | 11/12 English Teacher |
Jeff Chase | jchase@maineacademy.org | Agricultural Specialist |
Isabelle King | iking@maineacademy.org | Title I ELA Teacher |
Mary Littlefield | mlittlefield@maineacademy.org | SE ELA Teacher |
Shawn Fanjoy | sfanjoy@maineacademy.org | SE Math Teacher |
Sonja Hersey | shersey@maineacademy.org | SE Ed Tech |
Zeke Chapman | zchapman@maineacademy.org | 11/12 Ed. Tech. |
Grace Hilmer | ghilmer@maineacademy.org | School Social Worker |
Joyce Ryan | jryan@maineacademy.org | Office Manager |
Paula Taylor | ptaylor@maineacademy.org | Transportation Coordinator |
Sean Getchell | sgetchell@maineacademy.org | Custodian |
Katrina Guptill | kguptill@gwh.org | Food Service – Cafeteria |
Eric Ciborowski | eciborowski@gwh.org | IT Director |
Ashley Hyde | ahyde@maineacademy.org | Business Manager |
Danni Best | ecoleman@maineacademy.org | Alumni Affairs and Admin Support |
Bonnie Violette | bviolette@maineacademy.org | Director of Special Education |
Jessica Mitchell | jmitchell@maineacademy.org | School Nurse |
Ann Ervin | aervin@maineacademy.org | School Psychologist |
Hannah Perry | hperry@maineacademy.org | School Psychologist Intern |
Gwyn Petersen | gpetersen@maineacademy.org | Marketing and Outreach Specialist |
Tad Hagner | thagner@maineacademy.org | Agricultural Assistant |
Threshold
Dennison, Becky | rdennison@maineacademy.org | Dean of Threshold |
Bickford, Mahlon | mbickford@maineacademy.org | Lead Teacher |
Grant-Widen, Becky | rgrant@maineacademy.org | Lead Teacher |
Heifets, Solomon | sheifets@maineacademy.org | Lead Teacher |
O’Toole, Erica | eotoole@maineacademy.org | Lead Teacher |
Rothschild, Ana | jrothschild@maineacademy.org | Lead Teacher |
Schott, Karin | kschott@maineacademy.org | Lead Teacher |
Christiensen Fletcher, Caleb | cchristiensen@maineacademy.org | Lead Teacher |
Hewett, Katie | khewett@maineacademy.org | Lead Teacher |
Parisier, Emanuel | eparisier@maineacademy.org | Threshold Consultant |