OUR STAFF

Empowering Minds at Aim Academy

Committed to nurturing growth and fostering academic excellence in students at Aim Academy.

Meet Our Principal

Abdirashid Abdi is a 2017 Bush Foundation Fellow. As a fellow, Abdi seeks to improve academic performance in a diverse population by helping teachers better understand the role of the student’s cultural background in shaping his/her learning styles.

The Bush Fellowship supports his pursuit of a doctoral degree in curriculum and instruction. Formerly, Mr. Abdi was the director at Heritage Academy of Science and Technology.

Abdirashid is currently a research assistant at the University of Minnesota. Abdi served on the 2019 Minnesota Science Standards Review Committee where he contributed greatly to the state’s effort in aligning the new science standards with the needs of culturally and linguistically diverse students in Minnesota schools.

He is a MN licensed science teacher grades 5-8, Tier 4. Abdi is currently a Ph.D. candidate in STEM education at the Curriculum & Instruction department at the University of Minnesota.

Meet Our Dedicated Staff

Abdirashid Abdi, PHD

Founder & Executive Director
  • abdirashid.abdi@aimacademymn.org

Abdirahman Ahmed

Assistant Principal
  • abahmed@aimacademymn.org

Abdirahman Ahmed Abdulle

Operations Manager
  • aabdulle@aimacademymn.org

Abdullahi Ismail

Family Liason
  • aismail@aimacademymn.org

Awo Salad

Social Studies (Middle School)
  • asalad@aimacademymn.org

Ayan Abi

School Nurse
  • ayan.abi@aimacademymn.org

Christopher Koppinger

Social Studies (High School)
  • ckoppinger@aimacademymn.org

Jairus Birundu

Math/Science (High School)
  • jairus.birundu@aimacademymn.org

Stacey Rollinger

Librarian/Coach
  • srollinger@aimacademymn.org

Justine Akoto

counselor
  • jakoto@aimacademymn.org

Jennifer Langreck

ELA (High School)
  • jlangreck@aimacademymn.org

Vern Nelson

Math
  • vnelson@aimacademymn.org

Alice Otieno

Science
  • aotieno@aimacademymn.org

Ahmed Hassan

Math
  • ahassan@aimacademymn.org

Hanen Bouchrit

Arabic
  • hbouchrit@aimacademymn.org

Khaales Nasir

Teacher Assistant
  • khnasir@aimacademymn.org

Abdikhaliq Ahmed

Teacher Assistant
  • aabdikhaliq@aimacademymn.org

Hawo Haji

Cafeteria

Fozia Sheikh

Cafeteria

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