After School Staff Bios

Tarika Coleman is a Kindergarten House Advisor and parent of a Dalton alum (who enjoyed many of the after school program classes in her day!).

Carmela is a supervisor in the After School Breakout Space Program at the Dalton Middle School. She has a degree in Elementary Education, grades K-6, and has spent the past nineteen years teaching fourth and fifth grade students. She is both experienced and passionate about working with kids of this age group, and is well aware that they often teach her. She also studied Creative Writing for 5 years, and likes to spend her free time reading the Classics, and writing.

Chase is a Dalton Alumni who first learned production in 6th grade for a school assignment and has only developed his talents further since. While being most notable as a rapper and battle rapper, he also has self-produced nearly all of his music as well as created instrumentals for other artists. He graduated from New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study with a concentration in Black Arts, Culture, & Performance. He has used primarily Logic Pro X & GarageBand to create a multitude of genres such as hip-hop, pop, dubstep, electro, ambient, drum & bass, baroque and more. Having previously taught the fundamentals of GarageBand as a guest teacher at Dalton, the Digital Music and GarageBand class looks to take things a step further in giving students the insight and tools toward creating brand new music.

Hope is a First Program Science Teacher and Coordinator for the STEAM After School Program.

Dribbl focuses on getting kids comfortable on the court while improving basic motor skills such as jumping, running, and sliding. For the older kids, Dribbl also offers a chance to apply the skills they’ve learned toward timed league games.

Teddy is a Dribbl co-founder and Athletic Director at The Dalton School. He’s also a varsity basketball coach and the Director of Dalton’s summer camp. Teddy Frischling is a Dalton alum and a proud Dalton parent!