Our Staff

Emily Leicham Principal leichame@sfusd.edu

Karla Alvord - Assistant Principal alvordk@sfusd.edu

Carmi Kuivenhoven secretary kuivenhovenc@sfusd.edu

Arwa Alkobadia secretary alkobadia@sfusd.edu

Cecilia Bowman secretary bowmanc@sfusd.edu

Meredith Bransfield - (Gr. 6) bransfieldm@sfusd.edu

Shelby Maikisch - (Gr. 7) steinfelds1@sfusd.edu

Jannete Acosta - (Gr. 8) acostaj1@sfusd.edu

Meghan Graber - School Social Worker graberm@sfusd.edu

Leilani Bell  - School Nurse belll@sfusd.edu

Abigail Cappa - Psychologist cappaa@sfusd.edu

Jessica Hernandez  - Community Health Outreach Worker hernandezvasquezj@sfusd.edu

Maria Orozco - Parent Liaison orozcom@sfusd.edu

Brian Lau - laub@sfusd.edu

Phuong Van - vanp@sfusd.edu

Bill Watson Payne - watsonpayneiiiw@sfusd.edu

Reed Barnes - barnesr@sfusd.edu

Ren Adler - adlerl@sfusd.edu 

List of para-educators & Beacon staff here. 

Alanna Merchant (Gr. 6 & 7) merchanta@sfusd.edu

Elizabeth Whiteside (Gr. 6 & 8) whitesidee@sfusd.edu

Emilie Hayward-Allen (Gr. 7 & 8) hayward-allene@sfusd.edu

Kyle Chi (Gr. 6 & 8) chik@sfusd.edu

Kyra Ghosh (Gr. 7 & 7th/8th Health) ghoshk1@sfusd.edu

Roberta Bleiweiss (Gr. 6 & 8) bleiweissr@sfusd.edu

Katherine Whittaker Collins (English Language Development) whittakerk@sfusd.edu

David Kirsch (Gr. 6 & 7) kirschd@sfusd.edu

Thomas Kirvin (Gr. 8 & AVID) kirvint@sfusd.edu 

Aisling Prange (Gr. 7 & Advanced Literacy) prangea@sfusd.edu

Amanda Sand (Gr. 6th & Advanced Literacy) sanda1@sfusd.edu 

David Watson (Grades 6 & 8)  watsond@sfusd.edu

Jesse Walker (Grade 6) walkerj2@sfusd.edu

Vinh Vuong (Grade 7) vuongv@sfusd.edu

Jon Oberto (Grades 7 & 8) obertoj@sfusd.edu

Digital Media Arts, Student Leadership, & Yearbook

Patrick Ng - ngp1@sfusd.edu

Home Arts  

Jojo McCarver - mccarverj@sfusd.edu

Art

Dana Vallarino - vallarinod@sfusd.edu

Lorraine Deschamps - deschampsl@sfusd.edu

Band & Orchestra 

Tae Hwang - hwangt@sfusd.edu

Computer Science

Rena Frantz - frantzr@sfusd.edu

Mandarin

Yue (Jane) Wang - wangy2@sfusd.edu

Spanish

Eimmy LopezBaca lopezbacae@sfusd.edu

Health 

Heidi Galleni - gallenih@sfusd.edu

Joani Reich - (Gr. 7 & 8) reichj@sfusd.edu

Ada Chen - (Gr. 6 & 7) chena9@sfusd.edu  

Morris White - (Gr. 6 & 8) whitem2@sfusd.edu  

Etoria Cheeks - (Gr. 7 & Acceleration) cheekse@sfusd.edu

Jessica Siquig (Gr. 8 & Acceleration)  siquigj@sfusd.edu

Melanie Buntichai (Math Teacher) buntichaim@sfusd.edu 

Brian Chang - changb@sfusd.edu

Andrew Furia - furiaa@sfusd.edu

Emily Thanh - thanhe1@sfusd.edu 

Vanessa Hutchinson-Szekely - hutchinson-szekelyv@sfusd.edu