School Leadership Team

Lori Zaimi
​(She/Her)
Principal
lzaimi@cps.edu      

Latasha Randle (She/Her)
Resident Principal
LIMallory@cps.edu

Samuel Lee (He/Him)
Assistant Principal 5th-8th
MYP IB Coordinator
swlee@cps.edu

Kristen Munoz (She/Her)
Assistant Principal K-4th
​kmmunoz2@cps.edu

Kim Lebovitz
​(She/Her)
​PYP IB Coordinator
kclebovitz@cps.edu

Nana Adu (She/Her)
Counselor
​PK to 4th Grades
naadu@cps.edu

Anne Park (She/Her)
Counselor
​5th to 8th Grades
​apark1@cps.edu

Shelton Jackson
Restorative Practices Coach
sjackson143@cps.edu

Athanasia Kolontouros (She/Her)
Case Manager
K-8 IEPs
​atkolontouro@cps.edu​

Anita Ivory
​Case Manager
PK IEPs & All 504 Plans
aivory@cps.edu 

Joshua Lerner (He/Him)
Instructional Coach & Bilingual Lead Teacher
jdlerner@cps.edu

Tiffany Brugman (She/Her)
Interventionist
​tmking@cps.edu

Jinny Gerhardt (She/Her)
Interventionist
​jlcrawford@cps.edu

Sally Suarez
Main Office
Enrollment, Fee-based after school programs, Volunteering
essuarezdeduran@cps.edu

Lynn Carro
Main Office
After School Programming, Enrollment, Building rental, lunch and recess
lcarro@cps.edu

Pre-Kindergarten:  Main Building

Rebecca Darland (She/Her)
Room 121
rldarland@cps.edu

Julia Guerrero (She/Her)
Room 122
​jcaguilar7@cps.edu

​Brie Salgado (She/Her)
​Room 123
bsalgado46@cps.edu  

Pre-Kindergarten:  Branch

Rekha Singh (She/Her)
Branch PreK Teacher 
Room 101
rsingh@cps.edu

Katharine Gabelman (She/Her)
Branch PreK Teacher 
​Room 102
​​klhopkins@cps.edu

Amy Liss (She/Her)
Branch PreK Teacher 
Room 103
abliss@cps.edu

Erica Melman 
​Branch PreK Teacher 
​Room 104
  ​ elmelman@cps.edu​​

Kindergarten

Michelle Lovato (She/Her/They/Them)
​Room 101
mmlovato@cps.edu

Bridget Fabianski
​(She/Her)
​Room 110
  bmfabianski@cps.edu

Caitlin Bencel 
​(She/Her)
​Room 126
cmbencel@cps.edu   

Theodore Wanberg
​(He/Him)
​Room 128
 twwanberg@cps.edu

1st Grade

Ana Cholico (She/Her)
​Room 102
amcholico1@cps.edu

Stephanie Sanchez (She/Her)
​Room 103
​smsanchez9@cps.edu

 Ellen Zaander (She/Her)
​Room 104
​  ezaander@cps.edu

Stacy Gibson (She/Her)
​Room 105
​sdgibson1@cps.edu ​​

2nd Grade

Kate Bell (She/Her)
​Room 223
kebell1@cps.edu

Geri Baumgarten (She/Her)
Room 224 
glbaumgarten@cps.edu

Sheri Alber (She/Her)
​Room 225
sbhagemann@cps.edu

Emina Kurtovic (She/Her)
​Room 228
ekurtovic4@cps.edu

3rd Grade

Alexandra Wagner (She/Her)
​Room 201
awagner5@cps.edu

Rebecca Zisook (She/Her)
​Room 202
​rdzisook@cps.edu

Araceli Medrano
Temporary Teacher
Room 202 
amedrano32@cps.edu

Shannon Lynn 
Room 203
​smlynn@cps.edu

Suzanne Schaefer (She/Her)
Room 210
slschaefer@cps.edu

Nadia Zubair
Temporary Teacher
Room 210
nizubair@cps.edu
    

4th Grade

Cecilia Sweeney (She/Her)
​Room 204
cmsweeney1@cps.edu

Andrea Calhoun (She/Her)
Room 207
​alcalhoun@cps.edu

Berenice Heinlein (She/Her)
​Room 208
bheinlein@cps.edu    

Isabella Buscaglia (She/Her)
​Room 209
imbuscaglia@cps.edu     

5th Grade

Lisa Roman (She/Her)
​Room 322
Language Arts &
Social Studies
for (322 & 324)
lmroman5@cps.edu

Joseph Park (He/Him)
​Room 324
Math & Science
​for (322 & 324)
jjpark3@cps.edu

Gabriella Moncher (She/Her)
Room 323
​Math & Science
​for (323 & 325)
grmoncher1@cps.edu

Catherine Durudogan (She/Her)
​Room 325
​Language Arts &
​Social Studies
for (323 & 325)
cpdurudogan1@cps.edu

6th Grade

Alicia Haro 
​Room 320
​Math
azamudio@cps.edu

​Shannon Harvey (She/Her)
​Room 321
Individuals & Society/
​Writing
smangas@cps.edu

Gabi Munoz (She/Her)
​Room 331
​Language Arts
gmunoz48@cps.edu

Adrienne Keiner (She/Her)
​Room 329
Science & Design
awangler@cps.edu ​​

7th Grade

Nicholas Chudoba 
​Room 301
Language Arts
nchudoba@cps.edu

Megan Tolpa (She/Her)
Room 302
​Science & Design
mmtolpa@cps.edu

Kaitlyn Carro 
​Room 309
Mathematics
kcarro2@cps.edu

Patrick Meallet 
Room 310
Individuals & Society / Writing
pmeallet@cps.edu

8th Grade 

Tehseen Firoze (She/Her)
​Room 303
Science & Design
tffiroze@cps.edu

Francisco Alvarez (He/Him)
​Room 304
Individuals & Society / 
Writing
flalvarez@cps.edu

Grace Negron (She/Her)
​Room 307
​Language Arts
gnegron4@cps.edu

Chris Weber (He/Him)
​Room 308
 ​Math
ctweber@cps.edu​

Specials Teachers

Brooke Thompson (She/Her)
​Room 305
Music & Drama
btthompson@cps.edu

Marissa Moritz (She/Her/Hers)
Room 205
​Dance
​mamoritz@cps.edu

Bibiana Andrade (She/Her)
Room 229
Media & Technology
 baandrade@cps.edu

Kathleen Schultz (She/Her)
​Room 220
Spanish K-3rd
kaschultz@cps.edu

Laura Romera (She/Her)
Room 306B​
​Spanish 4th - 8th
lromera@cps.edu

Meredith Buchbinder (She/Her)  
Room 231
​​Art K - 3rd 
mabuchbinder@cps.edu

Alicia Zapata (She/Her)
Room 328
​Art 4th - 8th 
ajzapata@cps.edu

Luis Carbajal (He/Him)
P.E. K - 3rd
​lecarbajal@cps.edu

Rich Crawley (He/Him)
P.E. 4th - 8th
rcrawley1@cps.edu

Special Education Teachers

Paige Lowenstein (She/Her)
   PK, Room 121​
   plowenstein1@cps.edu
               

Anh Nguyen (She/Her)
PK, Room 122
​atnguyen12@cps.edu​

Meredith O'Malley (She/Her)
​PK, Room 123
mmomalley2@cps.edu ​

Natalie Trerice (She/Her)
Kinder, Room 110
​ntrerice@cps.edu​​

Molly Ostry (She/Her)
1st, Room 104
​mbostry1@cps.edu

Kayce Youngbauer (She/Her)
2nd, Room 228
​kyoungbauer@cps.edu

Laine Porter
3rd, Room 201
​lheuer@cps.edu

​Evan Trad (He/Him)
4th Grade, ​Room 204
​emtrad1@cps.edu

Jacob Rivera (He/Him)
4th Grade, Room 209
jrivera326@cps.edu

Amber Makowski (She/Her)
5th Grade
armakowski@cps.edu

Tabitha Harris (She/Her)
6th Grade
​trharris11@cps.edu

Jeremiah Claussen (He/Him)
7th Grade
jjclaussen@cps.edu

Sara Walsh (She/Her)
7th Grade
sewalsh@cps.edu​

Annie Munz (She/Her)
8th Grade
ajmunz1@cps.edu
​

Tonya Harbottle (She/Her)
8th Grade
tjharbottle@cps.edu​
​

Daniel Calderon (He/Him)
6th-8th Grades
​dcalderon34@cps.edu 

Maria Lopeztello
3rd & 7th Grades
​meramos@cps.edu​​

Teacher Assistants:  PK Main Campus

Bridget Mendoza (She/Her)
Room 121
​Diverse Learners
bmmendoza-al@cps.edu

​Lily Tafoya (She/Her)
Room 122
Diverse Learners
​lltafoya@cps.edu

Barbara Limberopoulos (She/Her)
​Room 123
Teacher Assistant
bjlimberopoulos@cps.edu

Teacher Assistants:  PK Branch

​Norma Loma (She/Her)
​Branch Room 101
Teacher Assistant
nvloma@cps.edu

Meruche (Mary) Chierici
​Branch Room 102
Teacher Assistant
mchierici@cps.edu

Maria Loma (She/Her)
​Branch Room 103
Teacher Assistant
​mloma@cps.edu​

Denise Pinos
​Branch Room 104
Teacher Assistant
depinos@cps.edu

Special Education Classroom Assistants

Marie Cruz (She/Her)
mcruz78@cps.edu

Edward Curran
​ecurran@cps.edu

Amy Gay (She/Her)
aagay1@cps.edu​

Chris Hanley (He/Him)
cbhanley@cps.edu

Jeremy Hays
jhays2@cps.edu

Mike Judd
mjudd@cps.edu

​Sandra Kifarkis (She/Her)
​swkifarkis@cps.edu

Quentin Lozano
qlozano@cps.edu

​Miguel Medina (He/Him)
mmedina73@cps.edu​

Sheila Miller
sdmiller@cps.edu​

Joanna Pulgar (She/Her)
​jmpulgar1@cps.edu

Julio Ramirez
jcramirez17@cps.edu

Mayra Rivas Plata (She/Her)
​marivasplata@cps.edu

Diamond Stacey
dmstacey1@cps.edu

TBA

School Assistants

Ms. Jing
Cadre Substitute
xcai@cps.edu

Luke Coyle
​lgcoyle1@cps.edu

Liv Fonte
​ljfonte@cps.edu

Jennifer Ramirez
jaramirez55@cps.edu

Security Team

Adolfo Ramirez
Main Building 
aeramirez14@cps.edu

Lee Duran
Main Building
liduran@cps.edu

Justin Macias
​Branch 
jmacias43@cps.edu

Facilities Team

Arthur Haduch
​Room 326
Engineer
ahaduch@cps.edu

Roberto Jasso
Daytime Custodian

Richard Loma
​Daytime Custodian

Syed Mohammed
​Night Custodian

Jasmine Hobson
PK Branch Custodian

Kayla Boyles
PK ​Branch Evening Custodian

​Recess & Lunch Coaches 

Luz Alverio
lalverio@cps.edu

Rosa Delgado
redelgado3@cps.edu

Susan Everett
seeverett1@cps.edu

Gina Heredia
gheredia3@cps.edu

Alex Miranda
amiranda98@cps.edu

Clarissa Moreno
cmoreno47@cps.edu

Stephanie Ortega
​sortega48@cps.edu

Flor Ramirez
framirez73@cps.edu

Dante Williams
dlwilliams97@cps.edu

Yvonne (Eve) Sopala
ysopala@cps.edu
​

Clarissa Moreno
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