Faculty & Staff - Maine Academy of Natural Sciences

Doray

William Doray joined the military straight out of high school and served 15 years in the military with his last duty station being in Alaska. When he was discharged, he returned to Maine and attended the University of Maine Farmington, graduating in 2018 with a Bachelor’s in History graduating Magna Cum Laude and minoring in Political Science and International & Global Studies. He then Attended the University of Maine graduating in 2019 with a Master of Arts in Teaching.

During his time in college, he taught Social Studies as a sub. In 2019, he served as an Educational Technician III at Mt Blue Middle School. He also spend a year as a Law Enforcement Officer. For the last 5 years, he has taught the ACTS drug program at the Franklin County Correctional Facility. Will is still employed by the Chesterville Fire and Rescue, a volunteer Fire department in Franklin County. Will is currently employed as the 11th & 12th grade Social Studies teacher.

Solomon has been teaching at the MeANS since 2016, and has served in a variety of roles at the school. He graduated from the honors college at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 2012 and earned his Master’s degree in Education there in 2013. Before teaching at MeANS, Solomon served in and then supervised an AmeriCorps program in Somerset and Franklin counties, and was a farm apprentice at 3 Level Farm in South China, Maine. When he is not teaching English, working with students on the One-Acre Farm, or fixing computers, he works alongside his neighbors at 3 Level and Dig Deep Farms, skis, writes and plays music, and otherwise lives the good life with his partner Danielle, child Clara, and dog Homer.

MeANS Staff	Email	Class Phone Rm	Position
Carrier, Kasey	kcarrier@meansacademy.org	238-4123 M203	9/10 Math Teacher
Chenier, Zach	zchenier@meansacademy.org	238-4124 M001	9/10 SC ET III
Heifets, Solomon	sheifets@meansacademy.org	238-4119 M202	9/10 ELA Teacher
Russel, Vincent	vrussell@meansacademy.org	238-4115 M104	9/10 SS Teacher
French, Hope	hhaskell@meansacademy.org	238-4103 A204	9/10 SE Teacher
Littlefield, Mary	mlittlefield@meansacademy.org	238-4104 M001	11/12 SE Teacher
Hersey, Sonja	shersey@meansacademy.org	238-4108 A203	11/12 SE ET III
Doray, Will	wdoray@meansacademy.org	238-4121 M103	11/12 SS Teacher
Smith, Rand	rsmith@meansacademy.org	238-4113 M102	11/12 SC Teacher
Parrinello, Frank	fparrinello@meansacademy.org	238-4117 M204	11/12 ELA Teacher
Hilmer, Grace	ghilmer@meansacademy.org	238-4112	504/Community Outreach
Taylor, Paula	ptaylor@meansacademy.org	238-4105 M201	Transportation Coord
Getchell, Sean	sgetchell@meansacademy.org	314-5086 M000	Custodian
Skrabak, Abigail	askrabak@meansacademy.org	238-4100 A104	Office Manager
Rogers, Jeri	jrogers@meansacademy.org	238-4114	School Social Worker
Coleman, Evan	ecoleman@meansacademy.org		Curriculum Coordinator
Sullivan, Christine	csullivan@meansacademy.org	238-4106 A104	Director of Special Education
Best, Danni	dbest@meansacademy.org	238-4101 A104	Dean of Students
Dennison, Becky	rdennison@meansacademy.org	238-4131 M004	Dean of Threshold
Newberg, Matthew	mnewberg@meansacademy.org	238-4102 A104	Head of School
Sandy, Lisa	lsandy@gwh.org	238-4034 Prescott	Campus Life
Guptill, Katrina	kguptill@gwh.org	238-4005 Prescott	Food Service – Cafeteria
Hinckley-Gordon, Michael	mhinckley-gordon@gwh.org	238-4098 Prescott	Campus Life
Schaedle, Luke	lschaedle@gwh.org	238-4011 Visitor Ctr.	Technology/Server