Staff

Melvin Bond II

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B.S., Business Administration w/concentration in Human Resources, Frostburg State University; M.B.A., University of Phoenix

Mr. Bond is a native of Baltimore and has matriculated through the Baltimore City Public School System and chosen to dedicate his passion for youth success through education. He loves being a school leader, role model, and most of all a husband and father. His hobbies are spending time with family, coaching, writing, and mentoring youth.

Helene Coccagna

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BA, Bryn Mawr College; PhD, Johns Hopkins University

Benjamin Craig

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BA, Sonoma State University; MA, Texas A&M University; PhD, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

Kia Ferguson

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Jenna Kadota

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B.A. in Political Science and History, with a focus in education, Bennington College

Chantel Kimball

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Devon Levine

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Lindsey Melchior

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B.A., Philosophy, Goucher College; M.Ed., School Counseling, Loyola University Maryland

Gwendolyn Mountcastle

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B.S., Criminal Justice, Coppin State University; M.S., Human Services Administration, University of Baltimore

Asia Nelson

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Stacy Ruhling

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Jake Schmitt

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Morgan Showalter

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B.F.A., The Maryland Institute, College of Art; M.S., The Johns Hopkins University

Mr. Showalter joins the Bard Baltimore leadership team after serving as the school’s academic interventionist. Mr. Showalter has almost twenty years of experience in K-12 education in a variety of educational environments including a K-8 school in Chicago’s West Side, a British senior school in Greece, a high school for emotionally disturbed adolescents, and for eight years with high schools the Baltimore City Public Schools. Mr. Showalter had the honor of being appointed by the Baltimore Teachers Union as the only teacher on the Maryland Commission on Innovation and Excellence in Education, also known as the Kirwan Commission. In 2021 the recommendations of the Commission became the landmark legislation known as The Blueprint for Maryland’s Future.

Lyn Townes

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B.F.A. in Ceramics from Towson University; M.F. A. in Studio Art from Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 

Lyn graduated from PAFA (Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts) with a MFA in Studio Art and a BFA in Ceramics from Towson University. Lyn believes that every child/young adult deserves the opportunity to succeed. She believes that test scores and past behaviors aren’t always the absolute indicator of a child’s/young adult success. If they are willing to put in the hard work, Lyn is willing to invest and support them wholly on their journey to academic and social success.

Rachel Wasserman

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BA, Psychology, Columbia University; M.S.L.S, LMS Concentration, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

Rachel Wasserman serves BHSEC Baltimore as the school’s library media specialist. Ms. Wasserman is a Baltimore native, and among her goals for the library is to increase students’ information literacy and research skills, and also to encourage students to read for pleasure. In addition, Ms. Wasserman maintains the school archives, co-coordinates the Deans’ Hour speaker series, and organizes the Research Symposium in which students present their own work. Please check out the school library website! In her free time, Ms. Wasserman enjoys running, sewing, travel, making home videos and book trailers, and playing with her dog Brucie Springsteen.

Whitney Webre

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