OWN 2

OWN 2 Howard Beach
- Kindergarten - 5th Grade
- 135-25 79th Street
- Howard Beach, NY 11414
- Phone: (347) 390-3290
- SPED Liaison
- Heather Buonomo
SPED Coordinator
- hbuonomo@owncs.org
- (917) 966-6166
- For Admissions Information Contact
- Terence Mclean
Admissions Coordinator
- admissions2@owncs.org
- (718) 902-6436
- Experience a VIRTUAL TOUR of our school
Our World Neighborhood Charter School 2, in Howard Beach is located right at the border of Brooklyn & Queens. It takes pride in bridging two communities. We are proud to serve a rich, culturally, and ethnically, diverse community. We truly embrace the concept of a liberal arts education. In addition to a solid academic foundation of Math, ELA, Science, and Social Studies which students study from K through 5th Grade, our students begin Kindergarten and continue through 5th grade with Art, Health, Music, Physical Education and Spanish.
The most fascinating thing about OWN 2 is the joy that is shared between students on a daily basis. Students are always eager and willing to learn when they come to school each day.
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Nicholai Aarons
- 5th Grade Teacher
- naarons@owncs.org
- (347) 390-3290
Kelvin Abraham
- 5th Grade Teacher
- kabraham@owncs.org
- (347) 390-3290
Adeola Akinola
- Teaching Assistant
- aakinola@owncs.org
- (347) 390-3290
Jeraldine Allen-Dorcin
- 5th Grade Teacher
- jallen-dorcin@owncs.org
- (347) 390-3290
Tricia Barrett
- 4th Grade Teacher
- tbarrett@owncs.org
- (347) 390-3290
Crystal Braithwaite
- 2nd Grade Teacher
- cbraithwaite@owncs.org
- (347) 390-3290
Heather Buonomo
- SPED Coordinator
- (347) 390-3290
Giuseppe Callegati
- Physical Education Teacher
- gcallegati@owncs.org
- (347) 390-3290
Alexander Diaz
- Resident Teacher
- adiaz@owncs.org
- (347) 390-3290
Tania Fanfan
- 4th Grade Teacher
- tfanfan@owncs.org
- (347) 390-3290
Kristyna Foglia
- 1st Grade Teacher
- kfoglia@owncs.org
- (347) 390-3290
Helena Gunther
- Resident Teacher
- hgunther@owncs.org
- (347) 390-3290
Nikki Hanrahan
- 3rd Grade Teacher
- nhanrahan@owncs.org
Shana Hayes
- Kindergarten Teacher
- shayes@owncs.org
- (347) 390-3290
Shaina Henry
- 2nd Grade Teacher
- shenry@owncs.org
- (347) 390-3290
Renee Hynes
- ELA Instructional Coach
- rhynes@owncs.org
- (347) 390-3290
Zimmadia Imam
- Science Teacher
- zimam@owncs.org
- (347) 390-3290
Melissa Jagroop
- Kindergarten Teaching Assistant
- (347) 390-3290
Shaki Jannat
- Guidance Counselor
- sjannat@owncs.org
- (347) 390-3290
Alisha Jimenez
- 4th Grade Teacher
- ajimenez@owncs.org
- (347) 390-3290
William Koske
- 4th Grade Teacher
- wkoske@owncs.org
- (347) 390-3290
Oma Manbahal
- Kindergarten Teacher
- omanbahal@owncs.org
- (347) 390-3290
Abeni Mason-Draffen
- 1st Grade Teacher
- amasondraffen@owncs.org
- (347) 390-3290
Amy Mazzola
- 1st Grade Teacher
- amazzola@owncs.org
- (347) 390-3290
Nicole McIntyre
- Kindergarten Teacher
- nmcIntyre@owncs.org
- (347) 390-3290
Terrance McLean
- Teaching Assistant
- tmclean@owncs.org
- (347) 390-3290
Irena Michalcik
- Music Teacher
- imichalcik@owncs.org
- (347) 390-3290
Omar Noel
- 3rd Grade Teacher
- onoel@owncs.org
- (347) 390-3290
Nabiha Noshin Taluder
- Teaching Assistant
- nnoshintaluder@owncs.org
- (347) 390-3290
David Palacio
- Art Teacher
- dpalacio@owncs.org
- (347) 390-3290
Habiba Phillip
- 1st Grade Teaching Assistant
- hphillip@owncs.org
- (347) 390-3290
Veronica Polanco
- Assistant Principal
- vpolanco@owncs.org
- (347) 390-3290
Meera Ram
- Kindergarten Teacher
- mram@owncs.org
- (347) 390-3290
Tashaya Reid
- Kindergarten Teaching Assistant
- treid@owncs.org
- (347) 390-3290
Nicole Richards
- 1st Grade Teacher
- nrichards@owncs.org
- (347) 390-3290
Rachel Robinson
- 1st Grade Teaching Assistant
- rrobinson@owncs.org
- (347) 390-3290
Gabrielle Silva
- 3rd Grade Teacher
- gsilva@owncs.org
- (347) 390-3290
Kwasie Thompson
- Spanish Teacher
- kthompson@owncs.org
- (347) 390-3290
Yaniree Valencia
- School Secretary
- yvalencia@owncs.org
- (347) 390-3290
Kamla Wallace
- Operations Manager
- kwallace@owncs.org
- (347) 390-3290
Rodney Wilkins
- Principal
- rwilkins@owncs.org
- (347) 390-3290
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