Getting to Know MS54

Get to know some of our Booker T. administrators and staff!

Dr. Elana Elster
Principal

Dr. Elster traces her path from Virginia to New York City. She has a passion for guiding our students through these pivotal transition years and she fondly recalls how middle school influenced her own path in life.

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Laura Lynch Geraghty
Assistant Principal

From a post-college travel agent stint to Booker T.'s assistant principal, Laura Lynch Geraghty recalls her own middle school years on Long Island, from nerve-wracking chorus try-outs to class trip roller coasters!

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Anne McIntosh Pejovich
Parent Coordinator

From acting with Dustin Hoffman (twice!) on film and stage, to running the school’s musical, bake sale, auction, charity events and more, Anne McIntosh Pejovich turns her parent coordinator job up to 11.

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Emery Dickerson
School Safety Agent

From working in a famous theater book store (while Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote In the Heights there) to keeping Booker T. students safe for many years, school safety agent Emery Dickerson has had quite a diverse career. And wait until you see him solve a Rubik’s Cube!