Administrative Offices & General Inquiries
914-375-8700
The Biondi School / Special Education
Dr. Angela White
Assistant Executive Director of Education Services
914-375-8971
Bronx Family Mental Health Clinic
Christina Soddano
Senior Director of Strategic Health Initiatives
Care Management Services
Christina Soddano
Senior Director of Strategic Health Initiatives
718-794-8372
Donations, Sponsorships, Events
Early Childhood Services
Marion & George Ames Early Childhood Learning Center
Terri Lien, Director
914-375-8820
Dr. Katherine Dodge Brownell School
Vera Gregory, Director
718-430-7938
Children’s Learning Center
Alzina Gilmore, Director
646-774-3118
Rising Ground Early Head Start Program
Carolyn De Los Santos, Director
718-991-1500
Rising Ground Head Start Program
718-904-1689
Seabury Day Care Center
Marlo Robinson, Director
718-991-1500
Angela Ghiozzi
Assistant Executive Director of Early Childhood Services
914-375-8743
Foster Care & Adoption Services
Family Resource Center
Johana Manzueta
Outreach Coordinator of Family Resource Center
718-991-1500
Family Stabilization Services
Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities Services
Parent-Child Home Program
Residential Services
Sue Sampogna
Assistant Executive Director of Residential Services
914-375-8678
Residential Treatment Center
Our Locations
Administrative Offices
Rising Ground Campus
463 Hawthorne Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10705
914-375-8700
Rising Ground Bronx Office
1529-35 Williamsbridge Road, Bronx, NY 10461
718-794-8200
Community Programs
Bronx Family Mental Health Clinic
1529 Williamsbridge Road, Bronx, NY 10461
914-512-7983 or 914- 200-8127
Family Resource Center
575 Soundview Avenue, Bronx, NY 10473
718-991-1500
Schools
The Biondi Middle & High School
463 Hawthorne Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10705
914-375-8969
Biondi Elementary School
1529-35 Williamsbridge Road, Bronx, NY 10461
718-794-8282
Early Childhood Learning Centers
Marion & George Ames Early Childhood Learning Center
463 Hawthorne Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10705
914-375-8820
Dr. Katherine Dodge Brownell School
450 Castle Hill Avenue Bronx, NY 10473
718-430-7938
Children’s Learning Center
1751 Park Avenue, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10035
646-774-3118
Rising Ground Early Head Start Program
575 Soundview Avenue, Bronx, NY 10473
718-991-1500
Rising Ground Head Start Program
2165 Randall Avenue,Bronx, NY 10473
718-904-1689
Seabury Day Care Center
575 Soundview Avenue, Bronx, NY
10473 718-991-1500
Alumni Relations
Since 1831, thousands of children have been a part of the Rising Ground community. If you are looking for information about yourself or a relative who lived at Rising Ground (previously Leake & Watts) and would like to request alumni records, please download and complete our RECORD REQUEST FORM, and send it to Development@RisingGround.org. Or you can email us with questions directly. We’re happy to help!