
Staff and Teacher Contacts

Culture Team
Culture Associate
Claribel Gomez
claribel.gomez@ascendlearning.org
Culture Associate
Lasasha Oyo
lasasha.oyo@ascendlearning.org
1st Grade Teachers
Lauren Jansen
lauren.jansen@ascendlearning.org
Denisse Rivas
denisse.rivas@ascendlearning.org
2nd Grade Teachers
Christina Parker
christina.parker@ascendlearning.org
Jamila Creswell
jamila.creswell@ascendlearning.org

Other resources
General resources
Plan for college!
Saving for college now can give your child a head start on the path to future success. Consider starting a 529 plan.
Apply for an idNYC card! It can be used as a library card, to open a bank account, to enter all ciity buildings, such as schools, and to access city services. The ID card comes with additional benefits including free membership to 40 cultural institutions and discounts on movie tickets, sporting events, health and fitness clubs and much more.
Visit the Brooklyn Public Library site for children with book recommendations, events, and more.
New York State Common Core aligned curriculum resources and information for parents and families.
Free, online educational resource, including over 100,000 practice problems, and over 6,000 micro lectures via video tutorials stored on YouTube teaching mathematics, history, physics, chemistry, biology, American civics, art history, economics, and computer science.