Faculty and Staff

Belonging at the Lycée is a shared commitment. Guided by the Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging, the team works closely with faculty, staff, and students to foster a more inclusive and connected school culture. Through initiatives that support identity, voice, and cross-cultural understanding, the DEIB team—alongside coordinators, advisors, and the Assistant Director for Student Belonging—helps advance our mission through collaborative leadership and reflection.

Our Team:

Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging: Dr. Angela Gittens
Assistant Director of Student Belonging: Julien Relmy, with a focus on student engagement and Initiatives
Department Coordinator of Engagement and Belonging: Eric Cielenou, Assistant Director of Athletics
Department Coordinator of Engagement and Belonging: Farida Meddah, Spanish Teacher and Advisor
Eight advisors of student-led groups for the Secondary's Coalition of Affinity & Alliance Groups

Faculty Grants

Research grants are awarded annually to faculty and staff with the goals of advancing community-wide learning and understanding and of deepening our efforts to make our school learning environment equitable and inclusive for all students and community members.

Grants have been awarded to:

Sylvain Charles, Secondary history-geography teacher, to develop an action plan that supports greater inclusion, protects and supports all members of the community as they develop and express their experiences of gender
Bernadette Robine, Primary teacher, to research neurodiversity in the classroom and help students gain a better understanding of how their brains work while learning, to explore and define personal strategies for learning, and to improve their self-confidence
Portia Morrell, Secondary computer science teacher and faculty advisor to our student DEIB clubs, to build stronger connections between our DEIB activities among students, faculty, staff, parents, and alumni
Cassandre Milard, Primary specialized support teacher, to help faculty and staff create more inclusive classroom environments with their students
Maud Leger and Zhora Tsouri, Secondary librarians, to bring a greater diversity of perspectives into our Primary and Secondary library collections
Dr. Arthur Plaza, Dean of Professional Learning and Innovation, to research and develop curricula in justice, equity, diversity and inclusion.
Rachel Stepanek, Primary school teacher, to create a learning guide for teachers on how to enter into conversations about diversity, equity and inclusion with Primary-school age students.