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    Principal
      Sanjuan Mendoza Principal
    Assistant Principal
      Derek Kostelecky Assistant Principal
      Laura Valdez Assistant Principal
    MATHEMATICS
      Francesca Davila 8th Grade Math Teacher
      Brian Gallo ex: 26840 6th Grade Math
      Reyna Galopo ex: 26856 SPED Math
      Jenessa Mckillip ex: 66837 Math Inclusion
      Michelle Winklepleck ex: 26842 Math Teacher
    English LANGUAGE ARTS 
      Elena Creamer-Martinez ex: 26859 ELA 7/8 Teacher, AVID
      Rachel Henderson ex: 26825 Athletic Director ; ELD/ELA
      Nivia Hurtado ex: 26834 Bilingual Social Studies, Spanish Language Arts
      Melanie Johnson ex: 26872 ELD Teacher, AVID
      Hadar Maayan ex: 26821 Gifted Teacher, ELA
      Gina Newton-Yarber ex: 26895 Science, Literary Strategy
      Leila Pochop ex: 26852 SPED English Language Arts
    Social Studies
      Kenneth Fresquez ex: 26845 6th Grade Social Studies Teacher
      Jessica King ex: 26872 8th Grade Social Studies Teacher
      Michael Perry ex: 26851 7th Grade Social Studies Teacher
    Science
      Valerie Aguilar ex: 26809 SPED Science Teacher
      Emily Dame ex: 26898 8th Grade Science Teacher
      Kyle Waisanen ex: 26896 6th &7th Grade Science
    Electives
      Charles Anderson ex: 26892 Guitar
      Alexandria Cerna ex: 26855 Health Teacher
      Dennis Linton ex: 26858 Study Skills
      Carolyn Steplowski ex: 26888 VBMS Electives Chair, Choir
      Thomas Trujillo ex: 26873 PE Teacher
      Cassidy Velez ex: 26826 Technology/Yearbook
      Mason Yordy ex: 26887 Band/Orchestra
    Educational Assistants
      Nicholas Aragon Staff
      Bernadette Garcia Staff
      Joshua Savage Staff
      Evelyn Ventura Staff
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    Office Staff
      Annette Caine Staff
      Christy Romero Principal Secretary/Bookkeeper
    COUNSELING
      Elizabeth Fenton (505) 268-3833 ex: 26810 School Counselor
      Freida Trujillo ex: 26871 School Counselor
    SPECIAL EDUCATION
      Ray Rodriguez ex: 26808 Head Special Ed Teacher
      Amanda Carbajal ex: 26863 Community School Coordinator
    Nurse
      Hannah Brownell Nurse
      Nelida Padilla Staff
    Speech Language Pathologist

    Mary Beth Debevec

    mary.debevec@aps.edu

    Librarian
      Christopher Oglesby ex: 26875 Librarian
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    Van Buren Middle School

    700 Louisiana Blvd. SE
    Albuquerque, NM 87108

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    (505) 268-3833 Phone | (505) 260-6104 Fax

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    P.O. Box 25704
    Albuquerque, NM 87125-0704
     

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