About Us

"Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand." -Chinese Proverb The falculty and staff at Ethan Allen are dedicated and caring individuals that work together to ensure the success of each student.

Falculty and Staff

Kindergarten

• 108   Ms. Turner
• 109   Ms. Link
• 110   Ms. Bierlin-Cerasi

First Grade

• G1    Ms. Conn/ Ms. Franchine
• 105  Ms. Davis
• 106  Ms. Fortunato
• 107  Ms. Parkhill

Second Grade

• 102 Ms. Ciara
• 103 Mr. Muholland
• 104 Ms. Cook
• G2  Ms. Childers

Third Grade

• P1   Ms. Sauermelch
• P2   Ms. Prosopio
• P3   Ms. Canuso
• 101  Ms. Kuriakose

Fourth Grade

• 206  Ms. Macdonald
• 207  Ms. Michalczyk
• 208  Ms. Palentine
• 209  Ms. Bartash

Fifth Grade

• 201  Ms. Black
• 202  Ms. Laptiste
• 204  Ms. Price
• 205  Ms. Johnson

Sixth Grade

• 301  Mr. Binder
• 302  Ms. Craig
• 303  Ms. Griffith
• 304  Ms. Ortiz

Seventh Grade

• 305  Mr. Lebofsky
• 306  Mr. Cordell
• 307  Ms. Brown

Eigth Grade

• 308  Ms. Smith
• 309  Ms. Brown
• 310  Ms. Miller

SEL Team

• 214  Ms. Brady
• 214  Ms. Trainor
• 214  Ms. Sabir
• 214  Ms. Loftus
• G3   Ms. Leach
• G3   Ms. Luroe
• G4   Mr.  Luroe

ESOL Team

• 311  Ms. Katz
• 311  Ms. Millman
• 311  Ms. Vinerova
• 311  Ms. Eisenberg
• 311  Ms. Nafus
• 311  Ms. Peragallo

Prep Team

• 203  Ms. Edger
• 203  Ms. Hillman
• 203  Ms. McDonough
• 203  Ms. Crawford
• 210  Ms. Smith
• Gym  Mr. Picarello
• Gym  Mr. T

School Psychologist

• 212  Ms. Lappi
• 212  Ms. Painter

Counselor

• 211  Ms. Rose
• 211  Ms. Booth

School Nurse

• 217  Ms. Lebourne
• 217  Ms. Wilson

SBTL Team

• 210  Mr. Wolfgang
• 210  Mr. Miller

Climate Manager

• 215  Mr. Century

Administrative Assistant

• Off  Ms. Frazier
• Off  Ms. Brooks

Assistant Principals

• 315  Ms. Spraggans
• 315  Dr. Martin

Principal

• Off  Dr. Houston

 

History of Ethan Allen

The Man Behind the Name

Ethan Allen was born on January 21, 1738 in Litchfield, Connecticut.  Litchfiled, Connecticut was only considered a colony.  Allen grew up on the frontier and learned about farming.  He was given an education growing up with some philosophical studies.  As he became a young man he showed great potential in becoming a strong leader.  Allen became a strong political leader and helped formed the state of Vermont.  He also helped formed and lead the Green Mountain Boys.  This group of soldiers came to the aid of the colonists during the American Revolutionary War.  The Green Mountain Boys under the command of Ethan Allen helped seized Fort Ticonderoga.  However, later on The Green Mountain Boys were captured by the British and held prisoners on the HMS Gaspee.  Commander Allen was relased in a prisoner exchange in 1778.  Upon returning from capture, Ethan Allen continured to work and fight for the colonies and for freedom.  He became a continental solider until the end of the Revolutionary War.  After the war, Ethan Allen wrote and published a book about his experiences during the war and his imprisonment.  He also helped in producing and writing philosophical treatieses and documents realting to the politics of Vermont’s formation.  Besides having a political career, Allen had successful farming operations, an iearly iron work in Connecticut, and land speculations in Vermont.  On February 11, 1789  at the age of fifty-one Ethan Allen passed away in Burlington, Vermont.  His grave is located at Greenmount Cememtery in Burlington, Vermont.

Ethan Allen the Building

Ethan Allen Elementary School broke ground in the year 1929 and was completed in 1930.  It was designed by Irewn T. Charine using an Art Deco Style.  Ethan Allen Elementary School was added to the National Registar of Historic Places in the year 1988.  It fit the criteria of having the “distinctive characteristics of the building by architecture and construction including having great artistic value or being  a work of a master”.   www.focus.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/88002227