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Magnet Teachers

Below is a list of Magnet Teachers and a quick bio. Need to contact them? ​Click their email address to be linked to their EMAIL (or copy and paste). Group photo is from 2019-20.
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Cantlupe Guides the Environmental Magnet Program

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     Magnet Coordinator JoAnn Cantlupe has been guiding magnet programs for over 20 years, seven of those at South Plantation. Programs under her leadership have been nationally recognized by the Magnet Schools of America organization. During her 33-year teaching career, she has earned prestigious awards and grants for the schools she has guided including Broward County Environmental Educator of the Year in 2007.
                            
Coordinator Greeting
     Welcome to South Plantation School year 2020 -2021.  I am so thrilled you have chosen to be part of the Magnet program in either 9th, 10th, 11th or 12th grade.  I am excited to see some of you have accepted leadership roles in Student Government.  The Magnet staff will be finding ways to connect you to the environment and experts in the environmental world. Canvas is where it is at!  Everything you need will be found there.  I am here with your teachers, the school counseling department and administrators to help YOU. Hopefully soon we will be back in school live and field trips and project-based learning will resume.
                                                 JoAnn Cantlupe, Magnet Coordinator

Nancy Aleandre, B.A.

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​New York University 
English Literature
AICE English Language,
​General Paper (Cambridge)

AP English Literature
Nancy.Aleandre@browardschools.com
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​English Department Co-Chair

Robert Bailey, Ph. D.

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​University of South Florida
AICE Global Perspectives
(Cambridge)

Robert.Bailey@browardschools.com

​Rho Kappa National Social

Studies Honor Society
​Human Right Club Adviser

Jody Berman, Ph.D.

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University of New Hampshire

AICE Environmental
Management (Cambridge)

Jody.Berman@browardschools.com

​2019 Broward Environmental Teacher of the Year

​JoAnn Cantlupe, B.S.

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Slippery Rock University
Parks and Recreation,
Environmental Education

​FAU Teaching Certification
Joann.Cantlupe@browardschools.com
Magnet Coordinator
Broward County Environmental Teacher of the Year

Tracie Casserly, M.Ed.

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Florida Atlantic University
​Leadership, Mathematics
Honors Algebra 2
Tracie.Casserly@browardschools.com
Mathematics Department
​Co-Chair
​SPHS SAC Chair
1988 South Plantation Alumnus

Donna Cooper, M.A.

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Nova Southeastern
​Honors English 3
Donna.Cooper@browardschools.com

Class of 2023 Sponsor
Twilight Program
​SPHS SAC Member
​English Department Co-Chair

Holly Desmarais, M.E.L.P. 

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​Vermont Law School
Environmental Law & Policy

Animal Science
Marine Science 1

Holly.Desmarais@browardschools.com

​Nicolas Duarte, B.S.

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​Florida Atlantic University
AICE Marine Science Cambridge
​Honors Experimental Science 4
Nicholas.Duarte@browardschools.com

Paladin Society Advisor
1997 South Plantation Alumnus

Kaidi Fenrich, M. Ed.

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University of South Carolina
​Higher Education and
Student Affairs
Honors Chemistry 1

Kaidi.Fenrich@browardschools.com

Steven Halpern, B.S.E.E.

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SUNY Stony Brook University
​Electrical Engineering
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Physics and Honors Physics
Probability and Statistics
Steven.Halpern@browardschools.com


Astronaut Club Sponsor

​Carey Holder, B.S.

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​University of California Davis
AICE Biology,
​Honors Zoology
Carey.Holder@browardschools.com

Aquarium Club Advisor

Benjamin Leatherman, ​B.S.​

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Florida Gulf Coast University
Agricultural Science 1-4
​Benjamin.Leatherman@browardschools.com

Horticulture Club Sponsor
2007 SPHS Magnet Alumnus

Tara Kingcade, M.S.

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​Master's in Counseling
​Prairie View A&M University
Water Safety/HOPE
Physical Education

Tara.Kingcade@browardschools.com

Girls' Basketball Coach

Micah Mintz, M.A.

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University of Massachusetts
ABD (All But Dissertation)
Florida International University

AICE Global Perspectives Magnet
(Cambridge)

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Micah.Mintz@browardschools.com

Abraham Ng, M.S.

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​University of Chicago
Honors, Organic and
​AP Chemistry
Abraham.Ng@rowardschools.com

Jane Osley, ​M.E.

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Florida Atlantic University
Instructional Technology
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Geometry Honors Magnet
Jane.Osley@browardschools.com

1998 SPHS Magnet Alumnus

Ursula Williams, Ed.S

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​Nova Southeastern University
​E.S. Curriculum and 
Teaching
M.A. Public Administration
Alabama A & M
​B.A. political Science

Ursula.Williams@browardschools.com
Pre-AICE Geography

 Jennifer Willis, B.A.​

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​University of Akron (Ohio)
AICE English General Paper

​Jennifer.Willis@Browardschools.com
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​Matthew Zealy, B.S.

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University of Florida
Honors Experimental Science 1
Honors Experimental Science 4 

Matthew.Zealy@browardschools.com
ER Ambassador Advisor
2011 Broward Environmental
Teacher of the Year

1997 South Plantation Alumnus 
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Coordinator Pamela Krauss Guided the Magnet Program for Two Years

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     Environmental law attorney and professor, Pamela Krauss was with the program for 11 years, two as Magnet Coordinator.
     She led the school to seven consecutive Fairchild Challenge Championship titles and won Florida’s Serve to Preserve Green School Educator award She was Broward County Environmental Educator of the Year, won the City of Plantation’s P.L.A.N.T. award, was Broward's P3 Eco Challenge high school top educator. and went to Washington D.C. as an Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship Program for STEM Education. 
​     Krauss replaced Dr. Alyce Culpepper who established the magnet in 2002 and retired in 2012.

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