Tony Ballard Middle School Principal tballard@rma.edu 540-636-5417 Graduate Professional Studies Certificate in Administration and Supervision from Shenandoah University M.S. Ed., Walden University B.S., SUNY Oneonta A.A., Herkimer County Community College R-MA Mentor When Tony Ballard became the assistant lacrosse coach at R-MA in the spring of 2015, he had little reason to suspect it would lead to a teaching po Read more about Tony Ballard Mariola Cuffe Middle School Assistant Principal mcuffe@rma.edu 540-631-3817 M.Ed., University of Toledo B.Ed., University of Toledo Middle School Assistant Principal and Teacher Courses: ESL R-MA Mentor “I always knew I wanted to be a teacher. It’s a part of me,” declared Mariola Cuffe. Read more about Mariola Cuffe Michael DeMato Chorus Director / Assistant Bandmaster mdemato@rma.edu M.A., New York University B.A., Loyola College Courses: Digital Piano, Band, Chorus R-MA Mentor, "Mandatory Fun" band member German mathematician and philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz said that “Music is the pleasure the human soul experiences from counting Read more about Michael DeMato Emma Harrelson MS English Teacher eharrelson@rma.edu English 6 Literature, English 7 Composition & Literature, English 8 Composition & Literature, Story Telling Through Drama R-MA Mentor Read more about Emma Harrelson M. Kuehl Middle School Teacher mkuehl@rma.edu Courses: Earth Science, Introduction to Japanese, English 6 Composition, Robotics R-MA Mentor; Head Coach, Middle School Girls' Basketball Bio coming soon! Read more about M. Kuehl Kyle Mackey MS Math Teacher kmackey@rma.edu M.Ed., Instructional Technology, Cambridge College B.S., Engineering Physics, Morgan State University Secondary Education Certification, Prince George’s Community College Courses: Algebra I, Pre-Algebra, Math Plus R-MA Mentor; Head Coach, Middle School Boys' Basketball, Intramural Golf An amateur flying trapeze artist and former engineer who is constantly on the move even in the classroom, Kyle Mackey has plenty of energy and enth Read more about Kyle Mackey Chris Peter Middle School Teacher cpeter@rma.edu B.S., Shenandoah University Classes: Geography, Civics, U.S. History, World History, Physical Education R-MA Mentor, Head Coach Middle School Boys' Soccer Chris Peter discovered his academic love late in life when he had a college history professor who finally made “history come to life” t Read more about Chris Peter Ed Richards Director of Music / Bandmaster erichards@rma.edu M.M.E. Shenandoah Conservatory (of Shenandoah University) B.M.E. Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music Courses: Handbell Choir, Band R-MA Mentor Edwin Richards is Director of Music and Bandmaster at Randolph-Macon Academy, a position he has held for 41 years. Read more about Ed Richards Taylor Vazquez MS PE/Health Teacher tvazquez@rma.edu (540) 636-5443 B.S., Sports Management, Shepherd University Courses: Physical Education and Health R-MA Mentor; Assistant Coach Varsity Football, Head Coach JV Boys Basketball Originally growing up in southern New Hampshire, Taylor Vazquez and his family moved up and down the East Coast during his younger years, due to hi Read more about Taylor Vazquez
Tony Ballard Middle School Principal tballard@rma.edu 540-636-5417 Graduate Professional Studies Certificate in Administration and Supervision from Shenandoah University M.S. Ed., Walden University B.S., SUNY Oneonta A.A., Herkimer County Community College R-MA Mentor When Tony Ballard became the assistant lacrosse coach at R-MA in the spring of 2015, he had little reason to suspect it would lead to a teaching po Read more about Tony Ballard
Mariola Cuffe Middle School Assistant Principal mcuffe@rma.edu 540-631-3817 M.Ed., University of Toledo B.Ed., University of Toledo Middle School Assistant Principal and Teacher Courses: ESL R-MA Mentor “I always knew I wanted to be a teacher. It’s a part of me,” declared Mariola Cuffe. Read more about Mariola Cuffe
Michael DeMato Chorus Director / Assistant Bandmaster mdemato@rma.edu M.A., New York University B.A., Loyola College Courses: Digital Piano, Band, Chorus R-MA Mentor, "Mandatory Fun" band member German mathematician and philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz said that “Music is the pleasure the human soul experiences from counting Read more about Michael DeMato
Emma Harrelson MS English Teacher eharrelson@rma.edu English 6 Literature, English 7 Composition & Literature, English 8 Composition & Literature, Story Telling Through Drama R-MA Mentor Read more about Emma Harrelson
M. Kuehl Middle School Teacher mkuehl@rma.edu Courses: Earth Science, Introduction to Japanese, English 6 Composition, Robotics R-MA Mentor; Head Coach, Middle School Girls' Basketball Bio coming soon! Read more about M. Kuehl
Kyle Mackey MS Math Teacher kmackey@rma.edu M.Ed., Instructional Technology, Cambridge College B.S., Engineering Physics, Morgan State University Secondary Education Certification, Prince George’s Community College Courses: Algebra I, Pre-Algebra, Math Plus R-MA Mentor; Head Coach, Middle School Boys' Basketball, Intramural Golf An amateur flying trapeze artist and former engineer who is constantly on the move even in the classroom, Kyle Mackey has plenty of energy and enth Read more about Kyle Mackey
Chris Peter Middle School Teacher cpeter@rma.edu B.S., Shenandoah University Classes: Geography, Civics, U.S. History, World History, Physical Education R-MA Mentor, Head Coach Middle School Boys' Soccer Chris Peter discovered his academic love late in life when he had a college history professor who finally made “history come to life” t Read more about Chris Peter
Ed Richards Director of Music / Bandmaster erichards@rma.edu M.M.E. Shenandoah Conservatory (of Shenandoah University) B.M.E. Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music Courses: Handbell Choir, Band R-MA Mentor Edwin Richards is Director of Music and Bandmaster at Randolph-Macon Academy, a position he has held for 41 years. Read more about Ed Richards
Taylor Vazquez MS PE/Health Teacher tvazquez@rma.edu (540) 636-5443 B.S., Sports Management, Shepherd University Courses: Physical Education and Health R-MA Mentor; Assistant Coach Varsity Football, Head Coach JV Boys Basketball Originally growing up in southern New Hampshire, Taylor Vazquez and his family moved up and down the East Coast during his younger years, due to hi Read more about Taylor Vazquez
