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The
interstages Story
Our Mission
Interstages provides opportunities
for early adolescents in low-income neighborhoods to discover
talents, develop and strengthen skills, and heighten self-awareness,
setting the stage for a successful transition into young adulthood.
Exclusive
focus on early adolescence
Interstages specifically
supports 6th-, 7th-, and 8th-graders as they navigate this challenging
stage and make decisions that can affect the rest of their lives.
Academic
personalization
Interstages not only helps
each student create and implement detailed academic plans but
also monitors and supports student progress toward personalized
goals.
Connecting
to history through arts
At Interstages, students
study the arts in historical and cultural context, so they begin
to connect to history and view arts as both social indicators
and tools for social change.
Interstages
Staff Bios
Noel
Tieszen, Co-Founder, Executive/Program Director,
Noel Tieszen is a former public school teacher and co-founder
of Interstages, Inc. She taught 7th- and 8th-grade English at
Kramer Middle School (DCPS) and 8th grade English, reading, creative
writing, and US history in Boston Public Schools. She holds B.A.
in Psychology from Oberlin College, a Masters in Education, and
licensure to teach secondary English and moderate special needs.
Ms. Tieszen has experience in tutoring, mentoring, and afterschool
programming. Most notably, she spent several years with the Boston-based
national afterschool program Citizen Schools, where she worked
in the program, development, human resources, evaluation, and
volunteer recruitment and training departments. Ms. Tieszen studied
voice and piano at Oberlin Conservatory and played clarinet and
percussion in her youth.
Dionne
N. Russell, Program Coordinator,
Dionne Russell is a graduate of Lincoln University, where she
received a Bachelor of Arts in English Education. She also holds
Teaching Certification in both Pennsylvania and Maryland. Over
the past ten years, she has worked extensively with youth, from
producing musical theatre shows with Hope Youth Corps, to choreographing
for an elementary school gymnastics team, to giving private vocal
lessons and working as a choir director with her church. She has
also established herself in the Anne Arundel County Public School
System, tutoring programs such as Sylvan Learning Systems and
even with Kaiser Permanente as an Actor Educator. Ms. Russell
is one of the newest members to the Interstages team.
Herb Scott, Co-Founder,
Board of Directors Co-Chair,
Herb Scott is a former public school teacher and co-founder of
Interstages, Inc. who has taught music at Kramer Middle and Barnard
Elementary Schools (both DCPS). He holds a music degree from Morehouse
College and is completing work on a Master of Music degree at
Catholic University. He served on the Board of Directors of DC
Boys Choir and is an accomplished soloist. He helped start CAUSE,
a group of Shepherd Park parents advocating on behalf of their
neighborhood public schools. He is the father of three, a realtor,
and an active community member.
Loren Bray, Teaching Associate,
Loren Bray is currently a musical theatre sophomore at Howard
University. She is a graduate of Duke Ellington School of the
Arts with both an academic diploma and an Arts diploma in Acting.
She has been singing professionally with her church choir since
the age of 6, and has performed in musicals and plays since the
age of 12. She has been a camp counselor at Capitol Hill Arts
Workshop as well as a volunteer with Cornerstone Community School.
Board
of Directors
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of Directors Application
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Member Agreement
Mr.
Herb Scott, Chairman
Agent, Brian Logan Real Estate
Ms.
Candace Fitch, JD, CMP, Vice Chair
Associate, Mallios & O'Brien
Mr.
Bashar Mardam-Bey, Treasurer
Vice President of Operations, MarketBridge
Ms.
Camelia C. Mazard, JD, MALD, Secretary
Partner, Doyle, Barlow & Mazard
Ms.
Noel Tieszen, M.Ed., Ex officio Member
Executive/Program Director, Interstages
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