Your Team at Centerpoint
At Centerpoint you will have a “team” of people to offer support. Your team will include Centerpoint staff as well as people from your life outside of school. Your team will help you to achieve the things that you want, help you to explore new opportunities, help you to fulfill others’ expectations of you, and help you to set, and accomplish, your long-term goals. Your team at Centerpoint School begins with the School Director and Clinical Director.

These may be two of the first people you will meet at Centerpoint:

The Centerpoint School Director is Lorcan Ackley. He can be reached at (802) 324-4790 or through email at LorcanA@CenterpointServices.org.
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Centerpoint School’s Clinical Director is John Grimm. He can be reached at (802) 324-4507 or through email at JohnG@CenterpointServices.org.

Your Centerpoint School House

Centerpoint School has a “House Model” in which a small team of staff and a small group of students who work closely together toward your individual and group goals. While students have opportunities and access to all of the resources at Centerpoint, this smaller “House Model” allows the student-staff relationships and student-student relationships to become much more supportive, consistent, and helpful.

Your House will consist of other Students, a dedicated group of Counseling Teachers, a School Social Worker, and a House ​Leader. You’ll be assigned to a House that best meets your needs, interests, and goals.  Each House is a little different.  Some Houses are more oriented toward “classroom” work or group work, and some are more oriented to community-based learning with mentorships and internships.



Sequoia House
46 Main Street, Winooski, VT 05404
 
House Leader: 
Ali Putnam
(802) 343-1653
AlisonP@CenterpointServices.org

 Social Worker:
Elisabeth Smith
(802) 324-8061
ElisabethS@CenterpointServices.org

Cedar House
94 West Canal Street, Winooski, VT 05404

House Leader:
Kevin Mailepors
(802) 355-6508
KevinMa@CenterpointServices.org

Social Worker: 
Heather Washburn
(802) 355-9597
HeatherW@CenterpointServices.org

Magnolia House
94 West Canal Street, Winooski, VT 05404

House Leader:
Jordan Dozier
(802) 488-0029
JordanD@CenterpointServices.org

Social Worker:
Samantha Chalfin
(802) 324-0373
SamC@CenterpointServices.org

Birch House
94 West Canal Street, Winooski, VT 05404

House Leader:
Paul Espina
(802) 373-2497
PaulE@CenterpointServices.org

​Social Worker:
Becky Ruess
(802)  324-0169
BeckyR@CenterpointServices.org

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Contact Information for the Houses

Click on each house below to see pictures and contact information of the staff working in each house. If you are not sure which house your student is working with, please contact Lorcan Ackley at (802) 324-4790.
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Sequoia House
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Magnolia House
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Cedar House
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Birch House