Meet Our Team
Meet our Director Alyssa!
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Meet our Assistant Director Julia!
Hi, my name is Julia and my pronouns are she/her. I grew up in Seattle, WA but went to school in NY and haven't left since! I recently moved to Ithaca from NYC to be closer to nature. I have enjoyed working with kiddos for 6 years and can't wait to continue to do so at Fall Creek School Age Program. In my spare time, I enjoy reading, crafting, filmmaking, and spending time with my giant orange cat, Rupert
Meet Mike!
I have been working at Fall Creek After School Program for 15 years and I have been working in the Ithaca City School District for 16 years. My passion for working with kids/youth started in 2001 when I worked at George Junior Republic as a Residential Counselor. Ever since then, I have worked with kids in various summer camps and youth advocate program settings in the Ithaca area. I grew up in Ithaca and I played Ice Hockey, Lacrosse, Baseball, and Basketball as a kid. I love building rapport with students at the elementary school level because it gives me a chance to assist them academically, socially, and emotionally. FCSAP is a top-notch program that allows students to be themselves but also assists them to be good people, listeners, and team players while still being “funny and silly kids”. FCSAP is like no other program because of how we present and implement S-H-A-R-K. It stands for "SAFETY, HONESTY, ACCEPTANCE, RESPECT, and KINDNESS". This allows students and staff to be on the same page while building rapport with one another.
Meet Carole!
Hi, my name is Carole and this is my 4th year as an after school counselor at Fall Creek School. Originally from Rochester, I have degrees in Business and Cultural Anthropology/Native American Studies. I have worked with students in K-8th grades at the Maxwell Museum in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and was employed at the University of Oklahoma in several Native American programs. In Austin, Texas I conducted freelance classes in local history and art for several private elementary schools. Most recently I was the 8 Square Schoolhouse and Youth Education Director at the History Center in Tompkins County for 17 years. I engaged with 4th grade students and teachers in Tompkins County in facilitating the living history program at the historic 1892 schoolhouse in Dryden as part of the Kids Discover the Trail initiative.
Meet John!
Who am I? I am a cat loving baseball fanatic who loves canoeing on Cayuga Lake and kayaking in the Adirondacks with a friend, surrounded by all nature and no people.
At After School I love playing chess, checkers, cards (poker and casino), and telling riddles that must be solved with yes or no questions, and I don't tell answers. I also love modeling and imparting a sense of caring about everyone else's feelings as much as our own. Your kids are great at this. It is so gratifying working with people who really get this and practice it daily.
Personal and professional aspirations? Unless I could be the center fielder for the Chicago Cubs, I never knew what I wanted to be when I grew up. I solved that problem by not growing up. I am exactly where I want to be.
Meet Erin!
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Meet Joya!
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Meet Leslie!
I grew up in Trumansburg, N.Y. and graduated from Charles O. Dickerson High School. I went on to Alfred University where I earned a BFA in drawing, painting and book making. I met my sweetheart, Steve there, and we've been happily married for many years. In my free time I work on various visual and writing art projects, and I love to be outdoors hiking with my husband.
I have worked in an afterschool program for three years; this is my first year at Fall Creek. I have been enjoying getting to know the afterschool kids and having a lot of creative fun with them as we work on arts and crafts, or just play and laugh. Their energy, creativity, imagination, and enthusiasm are contagious.
Meet Abey!
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Meet Lilly!
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Meet our Substitute Cody!
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