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Faculty and Staff

Administration

Howard Haas

Head of School

hhaas@hbha.edu

913-
327-8176

Rabbi Avi Weinstein

Head of Jewish Studies

aweinstein@hbha.edu

913-
327-8199

Gayle Gray

Principal

ggray@hbha.edu

913-
327-8167

Martha Atlas

Director of Development

matlas@hbha.edu

913-
327-8156

Austin Benton

Athletic Director

abenton@hbha.edu

913-
327-8162

Todd Clauer

College Guidance

tclauer@hbha.edu

913-
327-8178

Julie Hardeman

Director of Counseling and Student Development

jhardeman@hbha.edu

913-
327-8154

Gary Hedberg

Chief Financial Officer

ghedberg@hbha.edu

913-
327-8153

Laura Hewitt

Director of Testing and Teacher Development

lhewitt@hbha.edu

913-
327-8158

Netta Krashin

Director of Student Services

nkrashin@hbha.edu

913-
327-4645

Shane Lingle

Director of Information Services

slingle@hbha.edu

913-
327-8157

Elisa Pener Campus Health Coordinator epener@hbha.edu 913-
327-8189

Tamara Lawson Schuster

Director of Admissions

tschuster@hbha.edu

913-
327-8135

Support Staff

Jean Bratt

Middle and Upper School Administrative Assistant

jbratt@hbha.edu

913-
327-8159

Pat Caldwell

Lower School Administrative Assistant

pcaldwell@hbha.edu

913-
327-8152

Mary Kolich

Assistant to the CFO

mkolich@hbha.edu

913-
327-8198

Ellen Wolf

Executive Assistant to the Head of School

ewolf@hbha.edu

913-
327-8160

Student Services

Missy Goldenberg

General Studies Resource

mgoldenberg@hbha.edu

913-327-8150, ext. 14480

Vickie Sisco

Gifted Facilitator, LAUNCH

vsisco@hbha.edu

913-
327-8242

Faculty-Lower School

Kindergarten

 

 

 

Nicole Hollingsworth

General Studies

nhollingsworth@hbha.edu

913-327-8150, ext. 14386

Bracha Schulgasser  Jewish Studies

bschulgasser@hbha.edu 913-327-8150, ext.
14383

Nira Solomon

Jewish Studies

nsolomon@hbha.edu

913-327-8150, ext. 14482

First Grade

 

 

 

Jane Girson    
   
General Studies
jgirson@hbha.edu 913-327-8150, ext. 14268

Jenny Safir

General Studies

jsafir@hbha.edu

913-327-8150, ext. 14392

Esther Sokoloff
Jewish Studies

esokoloff@hbha.edu 913-327-8150, ext. 14305

Civia White

Jewish Studies

cwhite@hbha.edu

913-327-8150, ext. 18174

Second Grade

 

 

 

Marsha Cowan

General Studies

mcowan@hbha.edu

913-327-8150, ext. 14486

Leah Nash-Heiligman         
   

Hebrew

lnashheiligman@hbha.edu

913-327-8150, ext. 14310

Shelley Rissien
Jewish Studies

srissien@hbha.edu 913-327-8150, ext. 14499

Third Grade

 

 

 

Hayden Galler

General Studies

hgaller@hbha.edu

913-327-8150, ext. 14301

Leah Nash-Heiligman Hebrew

lnashheiligman@hbha.edu 913-327-8150, ext. 14310
Shelley Rissien
  
Jewish Studies

srissien@hbha.edu 913-327-8150, ext. 14499

Fourth Grade

 

 

 

Jessica Kyanka

General Studies

jkyanka@hbha.edu

913-327-8150, ext. 14313

Leah Nash-Heiligman       Hebrew

lnashheiligman@hbha.edu    913-327-8150, ext. 14310
Shelly Rissien Jewish Studies

srissien@hbha.edu 913-327-8150, ext. 14499
Fifth Grade
Nancy Franks General Studies
nfranks@hbha.edu 913-327-8150, ext. 14492

Chanie Sosover

Jewish Studies

csosover@hbha.edu

913-327-8150, ext. 14381

Faculty- Middle and Upper School

English

 

 

 

Mike Bannen

 

mbannen@hbha.edu

913-327-8150, ext. 14382

Cynthia Knight

Department Chair

cknight@hbha.edu

913-327-8150, ext. 14389

Hebrew

 

 

 

Danny Altshull

 

daltshull@hbha.edu

913-327-8150, ext. 14485

Edna Meltzer

Department Chair

emeltzer@hbha.edu

913-327-8150, ext. 18295

Jewish Studies

 

 

 

Michal Cahlon

Department Chair

mcahlon@hbha.edu

913-327-8150, ext. 14302

Rabbi Berel Sosover

 

bsosover@hbha.edu

913-327-8150, ext. 14381

Mathematics

 

 

 

Todd Clauer

Department Chair

tclauer@hbha.edu

913-
327-8178

Laura Hewitt

 

lhewitt@hbha.edu

913-
327-8158

Julie Pellman

 

jpellman@hbha.edu

913-327-8150, ext. 14495

Science

 

 

 

Toby Brosnahan 

 

tbrosnahan@hbha.edu

913-327-8150, ext. 14395

Cody Welton

Department Chair 

cwelton@hbha.edu

913-327-8150, ext. 14488

Social Studies

 

 

 

Laura Siebers

 

lsiebers@hbha.edu

913-327-8150, ext. 14394

James Wilcox

Department Chair

jwilcox@hbha.edu

913-327-8150, ext. 14309

Specialists

 

 

 

Lynda Alspaugh

Computer

lalspaugh@hbha.edu

913-327-8150, ext. 14481

Austin Benton

PE

abenton@hbha.edu

913-
327-8162

Myrna Braverman

Music Accompanist

mbraverman@hbha.edu

913-327-8150, ext. 14303

Lisa Ryan        

PE

lryan@hbha.edu

913-327-8150, ext. 14300

Devra Lerner

Music

dlerner@hbhal.edu

913-327-8150, ext. 14303

Kelly Reichman

Art

kreichman@hbha.edu

913-327-8150, ext. 14487

Civia White

Library

cwhite@hbha.edu

913-
327-8174

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5801 W. 115th Street, Overland Park KS 66211    Phone: 913-327-8150