High School Leadership Team
The Averill Park High School Leadership Team works together to ensure the quality and success of each student’s experience at the high school on all levels. Please feel free to contact us if there is anything that we can help you with.
From Left: Averill Park High School Assistant Principal Evan Klauber, Principal Heath Quiles and Assistant Principal Rebecca Leach.
Mr. Heath Quiles, High School Principal
(518)674-7002
Mr. Quiles joined the APHS Leadership Team as the High School Principal in 2018. Prior to that, from 2011-2018 he served as the High School Principal at Coxsackie-Athens High School. This is Mr. Quiles’ second time working with the APHS community, as he was also the Assistant Principal at APHS from 2006-2011. Prior to the school leadership portions of his career, Mr. Quiles was a Spanish teacher over the course of 13 years at both the middle and high school levels, working in an array of school settings in the US, and abroad. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Secondary Education for Foreign Language and Literature from Clark University, as well as a Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership and Policy from SUNY Albany. Within the realm of education, Mr. Quiles is particularly interested in working with communities and stakeholders to explore new paradigms and models for creating more relevant and flexible schools and structures which meet the rapidly changing needs of students in today’s world. Outside of school, Mr Quiles and his husband enjoy traveling and outdoors activities. He is learning to play the piano (very slowly and albeit painfully), and is also an avid beekeeper who holds the credential of Cornell University Certified Master Beekeeper.
Mrs. Rebecca Leach, Assistant Principal (518) 674-7003
Ms. Leach became a member of the Averill Park High School Leadership team in July of 2019. Previously, she worked at Cohoes High School for nineteen years as the high school social worker. Previous to working in schools, she provided clinical counseling in a variety of non for profits in Albany and Schenectady. Mrs. Leach brings with her to AP a unique skill set, perspective and background in student behavior management, development and implementation of school wide academic interventions and tracking systems for struggling learners. In her personal life, Ms. Leach enjoys golfing with her husband and spending time with her two sons. Mrs. Leach holds NYS School Certification in School Building Leader and School Social Work. She completed the Leadership Academy at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in July of 2019 and has a Master’s of Social Work degree from SUNY Albany.
Mr. Evan Klauber, Assistant Principal, (518) 674-7003
Mr. Klauber became a member of the Averill Park High School Leadership team in August of 2024. Previously he worked at Cairo-Durham Middle/High School as an assistant principal for two years. Prior to that, he worked as an English teacher for 16 years, predominantly at Smithtown High School West. Mr. Klauber also has experience as the assistant coordinator of a social emotional resiliency skills program and as an English department chairperson. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Secondary Education from SUNY New Paltz and a master’s degree from SUNY Stony Brook, where he also completed a post-graduate program in Building Leadership. Mr. Klauber is a firm believer in the growth mindset and that we should always seek to embrace challenges as opportunities for improvement. Mr. Klauber enjoys reading, writing, and spending time with his son, wife, and two black labs.