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MEET THE TEAM

Dr. Justina Jenkins, Ph.D. Head of School — Dr. Justina Jenkins, Ph.D.
Head of School

Ashanti Williams Head of Business Development & Operations — Ashanti Williams
Head of Business Development & Operations

Tiera Gilyard Head of Curriculum & Instruction — Tiera Gilyard
Head of Curriculum & Instruction

Karen Gosby Head of Student Affairs & Instructional Coach Mentor — Karen Gosby
Head of Student Affairs & Instructional Coach Mentor

Tyler Jefferson Director of Spiritual Formation — Tyler Jefferson
Director of Spiritual Formation

Michael Handley Director of Finance — Michael Handley
Director of Finance

Tarsha Anderson Human Resources Coordinator — Tarsha Anderson
Human Resources Coordinator

Kenzie Cimpl Director of Development — Kenzie Cimpl
Director of Development

Crosby Ramirez Associate Director of Community Relations — Crosby Ramirez
Associate Director of Community Relations

Taylor Day Development & Marketing Specialist — Taylor Day
Development & Marketing Specialist

Rachel Walker
School Events & Parent Engagement Coordinator

Yessica Sustaita Admissions Coordinator — Yessica Sustaita
Admissions Coordinator

Nikki Handley Executive Assistant — Nikki Handley
Executive Assistant

Andrea Brock School Office Coordinator — Andrea Brock
School Office Coordinator

Cecilia Perez Director of Facilities & Operations — Cecilia Perez
Director of Facilities & Operations

Anessa Baker Elementary Academic Intervention Specialist — Anessa Baker
Elementary Academic Intervention Specialist

Mayra Contreras Pre-K Academic Intervention Specialist — Mayra Contreras
Pre-K Academic Intervention Specialist

Alicia Thomas Restorative Practices Coach — Alicia Thomas
Restorative Practices Coach

Sarah Siburt Director of Fine Arts and Innovative Programming — Sarah Siburt
Director of Fine Arts and Innovative Programming

Aneesha Lee Director of Early Learning — Aneesha Lee
Director of Early Learning

Tiara Freeman Artistic Expression Teacher — Tiara Freeman
Artistic Expression Teacher

Aliska Walker 6th Grade Teacher — Aliska Walker
6th Grade Teacher

Shanola Grey-Slayden 4th & 5th Grade Teacher, ELA — Shanola Grey-Slayden
4th & 5th Grade Teacher, ELA

Rikki Williams 3rd Grade Teacher — Rikki Williams
3rd Grade Teacher

Allyse Sympson 2nd Grade Teacher — Allyse Sympson
2nd Grade Teacher

Kaitlyn Robinson- Wasswa 2nd Grade Teacher — Kaitlyn Robinson- Wasswa
2nd Grade Teacher

Lesly Sanchez 1st Grade Teacher — Lesly Sanchez
1st Grade Teacher

Stephanie Velasquez Kindergarten Teacher — Stephanie Velasquez
Kindergarten Teacher

Kacie Winkfield Kindergarten Teacher — Kacie Winkfield
Kindergarten Teacher

Kendall Carter Pre-K4 Teacher — Kendall Carter
Pre-K4 Teacher

Mailine Labrador Pre-K4 Teacher — Mailine Labrador
Pre-K4 Teacher

Ashlee Williams Pre-K3 Teacher — Ashlee Williams
Pre-K3 Teacher

Laine Williams Middle School Lab Teacher Assistant — Laine Williams
Middle School Lab Teacher Assistant

Quinettra Standifer Elementary Teacher Assistant — Quinettra Standifer
Elementary Teacher Assistant

Samantha Rivera Pre-K Teacher Assistant, Meal Program Coordinator — Samantha Rivera
Pre-K Teacher Assistant, Meal Program Coordinator

Shauntaria Jones Pre-K Teacher Assistant — Shauntaria Jones
Pre-K Teacher Assistant

Aaron Slayden Athletic Director — Aaron Slayden
Athletic Director

Nelson Flanagan Assistant Athletic Director — Nelson Flanagan
Assistant Athletic Director

Mario Sustaita, Sr. Facilities Manager — Mario Sustaita, Sr.
Facilities Manager

Yolanda Perez Facilities Support — Yolanda Perez
Facilities Support

Frieda Flanagan After School Coordinator, Elementary Sub — Frieda Flanagan
After School Coordinator, Elementary Sub

Carolyn Elder Elementary After School Teacher, Elementary Sub — Carolyn Elder
Elementary After School Teacher, Elementary Sub

Shirley Watson Elementary After School Teacher, Pre-K & Elementary Sub — Shirley Watson
Elementary After School Teacher, Pre-K & Elementary Sub

Maranda Rogers After School Teacher — Maranda Rogers
After School Teacher

Gale Langley Elementary After School Teacher — Gale Langley
Elementary After School Teacher

Felicia Mathis After School Teacher — Felicia Mathis
After School Teacher

Alycia Young Pre-K After School Teacher — Alycia Young
Pre-K After School Teacher

Kim Osborne Instructional Coach — Kim Osborne
Instructional Coach

Vincent Kuykendall School Transportation Driver — Vincent Kuykendall
School Transportation Driver

Patrice Angwenyi After School Teacher — Patrice Angwenyi
After School Teacher

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This #GivingTuesday, let's come together to show some extra love for Rivertree students!

At Rivertree Academy, we are blessed to watch our students grow in knowledge, faith, and character every day. Your support helps us continue to create a nuturi

Happy Thanksgiving, Rivertree family! This year, we are incredibly grateful for the support we have received from the Fort Worth community as we celebrate our 10th school year and the opening of our new building. God has been gracious to us and the f

The RTA family all came together this morning for our annual Thanksgiving brunch & program. It’s always such a joy to see our students and families spending time together.

Thank you to Frost Bank for covering the cost of Ole South for our

It's in the ✨details✨

We're still thinking about how wonderful our Toast to Ten Years event was last month! Grateful doesn't even begin to describe how we feel about the community support we are continuing to receive from the event - thank you to al

Happy World Kindness Day! At Rivertree Academy, we teach our students how to LOVE WELL, empowering our students to grow in habits of kindness, forgiveness, respect, integrity, gentleness, and honor to demonstrate a love for Jesus and others. Our stud

Our All Pro Dads chapter met last Thursday for breakfast and a short lesson. All Pro Dads is all about giving dads and father figures the resources they need to be influential in the lives of their children. We are grateful for Officer David Nicholso

The results are in and our very first RTA student council president is Layla Sustaita 🎉 Congratulations, Layla!!

It’s not only Election Day for the United States— it’s also Election Day at Rivertree! Our 4th & 5th grade students are running for president of RTA’s first ever student council ✨

Last week in chapel, each candidate had a

Our students have been enjoying several hands-on projects this fall! We love finding fun projects for our students that interest them and engage them in new ways.

Here are our 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders learning about area and perimeter while constr

Happy Friday and Happy November, Rivertree friends! Check out our Pre-K4 students dissecting pumpkins to learn about the life cycle and parts of a pumpkin. As you can see, it was an interesting experience for them to feel a new texture and see what t

We had a wonderful evening celebrating A Toast to Ten Years last Wednesday! Thank you to all who celebrated with us by praying, attending, or donating. We were blown away by your support - we surpassed our fundraising goal and gained many new volunte

Our students enjoyed some pumpkin decorating with their mentors last Friday 🎃Thank you to our volunteers who pour their time and talents into our mentoring program!

Thank you to all who attended our Toast to Ten Years last night! What a wonderful evening celebrating the impact that Rivertree Academy has had on the Lake Como community over the last ten years. We are so proud of all that we have accomplished! Here

Last year, we came together for another Dinner Under the Stars, celebrating the great things happening at Rivertree Academy. Tomorrow night, we are excited to get together once again for our Toast to Ten Years event, where we will be reflecting on ou

We're back from Fall Break and ready to tackle the rest of the semester! We have much to look forward to over the next few months - including seeing our new building's final touches being placed. Partner with us as we finish out our Capital Campaign

Join us for coffee and a special private tour of the new school lead by our Head of School, Dr. Justina Jenkins. Due to construction site guidelines, tours will be in groups of 5 or less and RSVP is required. We will meet at the Bonnell campus then w

A HUGE thank you to the seniors from @aseschool who joined us this morning for their day of service. Our students enjoyed having them in their classrooms, and they were a big help to our teachers. Thank you for joining us!

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