Academic Departments
ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS
Meet Our Instructional Leadership Team
Melissa Fully
Dean of ELD & Literacy
Ashley West
PBL Coordinator
Jennifer Rodriguez
Dean of Education Pathway
Dr. Christopher Rozeville
Director of STEM
Robyn Collignon
Director of SPED
Hiba Ahmed
Director of Humanities
Trevor Gardner
Co-Head of School, Instruction
Every Class, Every Teacher
ARISE teachers build rigorous, culturally relevant, college-prep courses that meet the UC and CSU A-G requirements. Our five departments sit in two divisions, STEM and Humanities. Explore what students take and who teaches it.
STEM
Director of STEM: Dr. Christopher Rozeville, chris@arisehighschool.org
Math
Lead: Dr. Christopher RozevilleThree to four years of math for every student, with an honors integrated track that leads to Dual Enrollment Calculus.
Science
Home of our Public Health Pathway coursesLab science grounded in our community, from Biology and Community Health in 10th grade to chemistry, physics, computer science, and college genomics.
Humanities
Director of Humanities: Hiba Ahmed, hiba@arisehighschool.org
Language
Lead: Hiba AhmedFour years of culturally relevant English built on reading, writing, and the 5 Cs, plus English Language Development, Spanish, and Spanish for heritage speakers.
Art and Electives
Lead: Izzie NixonStudents start with Integrated Art and can keep building their craft in visual art and music.
The Team Behind Our Teaching
Our Instructional Leadership Team coaches teachers, designs professional learning, and keeps every course aligned to our Instructional Core.
Social Science
Ethnic Studies to Senior SeminarA four-year sequence that starts with who we are and builds toward changing our community: Ethnic Studies, World Cultures, U.S. History, and Government.