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With a wealth of experience, expertise and talent, our dream team is paving the way and building success for today, tomorrow, and the future
Our staff instills and embraces joy and excellence in our students by teaching character development with a culturally affirming curriculum to foster student’s growth. Our board consists of advisors and advocates for academic excellence, sharing our strengths to support our students, meet them here.
Senior Leadership Team (SLT)
Essence Prep’s SLT is the team that oversees the way our strategic plan and other guiding principles are put into action.
Akeem Brown
Superintendent
Superintendent Akeem Brown (he/him/his) has dedicated his career to serving students living within San Antonio’s Eastside. By founding Essence Prep, he seeks to provide scholars with the pathways to opportunities lacking in many areas of the city.
Mr. Brown ensures Essence Prep scholars will grapple with real-world issues and develop the skills necessary to be effective agents of change. Essence Prep adopts community-building traditions like morning circle meetings and weekly family gatherings and uses a “whole self” curriculum to teach social and emotional learning skills.
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Support Team
The support team is essential in ensuring our scholars are learning in a safe and supportive learning environment.
Mia Morris
School Counselor
Stephanie Magallan
Student Services Coordinator
Kim Saunders
PEIMS/Office Manager
Instructional Leadership Team (ILT)
Under the guidance of the CLO/Principal, the ILT improves instruction by focusing on scholars learning and achievement, as well as build teacher capacity through differentiated support.
Trishawn Clarke-Taylor
Assistant Principal of PK-2
Kevin Shandy
Director of Programs
Teachers
Developing our scholars as leading agents of change in their communities.
Kim Anderson
Kinder
ELAR & Social Studies
Lizbeth Gonzalez
Kinder
Math
Dejanique Derry
First Grade
Math & Science
Elizabeth Randle
Second Grade
ELAR
Miguel Preciado
Third Grade
Math
Maria Romo
Third Grade
ELAR
Sharmon Thompson
Fourth Grade
Rosalind Forte
Second Grade
Math & Science
Gracie Word
Fourth Grade
ELAR & Social Studies
Aquanetta Thompson
Fifth & Sixth
Marisa Renteria
Third – Fifth Grade
Testing Coordinator/Instructional Coach
Denise Mercado
Elementary Special Education Teacher
Cecilia Torres
Art Teacher
Donte Chatman
MS ELAR
Judith Guerrero
Paraprofessional
Coach Hubbard
Physical Education
Kirk Brown
Physical Education
Nanetta Richardson
School Aide
