Not sure who to get in touch with? Check our contact list for information about staff areas of expertise. . 

School Leadership

Lori Zaimi
Principal
    lzaimi@cps.edu        

Kristen Munoz
Assistant Principal
​    kmmunoz2@cps.edu

Dr. Talyia Riemer
Assistant Principal 
​& MYP IB Coordinator
   teriemer@cps.edu
​

Shelton Jackson
Restorative Practices Coach
jackson143@cps.edu

Anne Choe
Counselor
​apark1@cps.edu

Athanasia Kolontouros
Case Manager
​atkolontouro@cps.edu

Kim Lebovitz
​PYP IB Coordinator
kclebovitz@cps.edu

Joshua Lerner
Instructional Coach & Bilingual Lead Teacher
jdlerner@cps.edu

Tiffany Brugman
Interventionist & 
​Library
​tmking@cps.edu

Jinny Gerhardt
Interventionist & 
​Library
​jlcrawford@cps.edu

Lynn Carro
Main Office
lcarro@cps.edu

Sally Suarez
Main Office
ebelizario@cps.edu

Luis Ortiz
Engineer
​ortiz-luis6@aramark.com

​PRE-Kindergarten

Katharine Gabelman
Pre-K Lead Teacher
​​klhopkins@cps.edu

Julia Guerrero
Room 120
​jcaguilar7@cps.edu

Rebecca Darland
Room 120
rldarland@cps.edu

Amy Liss
​Room 220
abliss@cps.edu

Rekha Singh
Room 121
rsingh@cps.edu

Anavelia Mauricio
Room 121
amauricio2@cps.edu​

Erica Melman
Room 122
  ​ elmelman@cps.edu

​Tracy Fisher
​Room 123
    tlfisher1@cps.edu

KINDERGARTEN

Kathleen Schultz
​Room 101
kaschultz@cps.edu

  Bridget Fabianski  
​Room 110
  bmfabianski@cps.edu

Caitlin Bencel
​Room 126
cmbencel@cps.edu   

Theodore Wanberg  ​
​Room 128
 twwanberg@cps.edu

1st Grade

Kate Bell
​Room 102
kebell1@cps.edu

Stephanie Sanchez (Rosa)
​Room 103  ​smsanchez9@cps.edu

 Ellen Zaander 
​Room 104     ezaander@cps.edu

Hannah Canale
​Room 104    
​hcanale@cps.edu

Stacy Gibson
​Room 105 ​ sdgibson1@cps.edu ​

2ND GRADE

Victoria Delgado
​Room 223
  vldelgado@cps.edu

Geri Baumgarten
​Room 224
 ​glbaumgarten@cps.edu  

Sheri Alber
​Room 225
sbhagemann@cps.edu

Cory Muschong
​Room 228
gmuschong@cps.edu

3RD GRADE

Alexandra Wagner
​Room 201
awagner5@cps.edu

Rebecca Zisook
​Room 202
​rdzisook@cps.edu

Shannon Lynn
Room 203
​smlynn@cps.edu

Suzanne Schaefer
Room 210
slschaefer@cps.edu
    

4TH GRADE

Cecilia Sweeney
​Room 204
cmsweeney1@cps.edu

Andrea Calhoun
Room 207
​alcalhoun@cps.edu

Berenice Heinlein
​Room 208
bheinlein@cps.edu    

Chris Drase
​Room 209
​cdrase@cps.edu     

5th grade

Nicolas Chudoba
​Room 322
Language Arts &
Social Studies
​

Yael Berenson-White 
Room 323
​Math & Science
ysberenson@cps.edu

Vivian Leventis
​Room 324
Math & Science
vmleventis@cps.edu

Lisa Vaughn
​Room 325
​Language Arts &
​Social Studies
lvaughn5@cps.edu

6th grade

Amy Kerkstra
​Room 320
​Math
aekerkstra@cps.edu 

​Shannon Harvey
​Room 321
Individuals & Society/
​Writing
smangas@cps.edu

​Irma Puente
​Room 331
​Language Arts
ipuente@cps.edu​ ​​

Adrienne Keiner
​Room 329
Science & Design
awangler@cps.edu ​​

7th grade

Lisa Navarro
​Room 301
Language Arts

Megan Tolpa
Room 302
​Science & Design
mmtolpa@cps.edu

Jeffrey Rossiter
​Room 309
​Math
jrossiter@cps.edu

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

8th grade

Samuel Keesee
​Room 303
Science & Design
sbkeesee@cps.edu

Erin Lenihan
​Room 304
Individuals & Society / 
Writing
​elenihan@cps.edu

Destiny Hooper
​Room 307
​Language Arts
ddhooper1@cps.edu

Brian Girard
​Room 308
 ​Math & Algebra
​bgirard@cps.edu​

specials teachers

Brooke Thompson
​Music
btthompson@cps.edu

Clara Pedtke
Music
cimonpedtke@cps.edu

Marissa Moritz
Dance
​mamoritz@cps.edu

Bibiana Andrade
​Technology
 baandrade@cps.edu

Kimberly Ocampo
​Spanish 5th - 8th
kocampo24@cps.edu

Jonathon Baldwin
Spanish K - 4th
jmbaldwin1@cps.edu

Meredith Buchbinder  
​Art K - 4th 
mabuchbinder@cps.edu

Alicia Zapata
Art 5th - 8th 
ajzapata@cps.edu

Laine Heuer
Art 5th - 8th
lheuer@cps.edu

Luis Carbajal
P.E. K - 4th, Boys Athletic Director lecarbajal@cps.edu

Tyler Leighton
P.E. 5th - 8th, Girls Athletic Director
​tleighton1@cps.edu

Special Education Department

Michael Cortright
​Kindergarten
mecortright@cps.edu
               

Laura Fitzgerald
​1st Grade
ldfitzgerald@cps.edu   ​

Lauren Graney
​2nd Grade
           llevar@cps.edu            ​

Pamela Wasson  
​3rd Grade
     pbwasson@cps.edu        ​

Evan Trad
​4th Grade
emtrad1@cps.edu

James Callerstrom
5th Grade
jecallerstro@cps.edu

Tabitha Harris
6th Grade
​trharris11@cps.edu   ​

Kaitlyn Carro
5th/6th Grades
​kcarro2@cps.edu

Jeremiah Claussen
7th Grade
jjclaussen@cps.edu

Joseph Vasquez
8th Grade
jvasquez57@cps.edu

Maria Lopeztello
K - 3rd Grades
​meramos@cps.edu

Daniel Calderon
4th - 8th Grades
​dcalderon34@cps.edu

Brenna D'Ambrosio
​5th Grade LA/SS
bjdambrosio@cps.edu

Jill Layden
​3rd Grade
jlayden@cps.edu​

Bryan Burda
Pre-K
​bdburda@cps.edu

​Classroom Support

Ms. Jing
Cadre Substitute
​xcai@cps.edu

Anh Nguyen
​Pre-K  ​
​atnguyen12@cps.edu​

Ruben Ivy
Pre-K
rivy3@cps.edu

Barbara Limberopoulos
​Pre-K
bjlimberopoulos@cps.edu

Maria Loma
Pre-K
​mloma@cps.edu

Bridget Mendoza
Pre-K ​Diverse Learners
bmmendoza-al@cps.edu

Daisy Arreola
​Pre-K

TBA
​Pre-K

Diamond Stacey
​Diverse Learners
dmstacey1@cps.edu

Bessy Reyes
​Diverse Learners
breyes@cps.edu

Marie Cruz
​Diverse Learners
mcruz78@cps.edu

Joanna Pulgar
Diverse Learners
jmpulgar1@cps.edu

Sandra Leander
Diverse Learners
​smleander@cps.edu

Lily Tafoya
​Diverse Learners
​lltafoya@cps.edu

Martin Herrera
​Diverse Learners
​mrherrera5@cps.edu

Miguel Medina
​Diverse Learners
​mmedina73@cps.edu

Edward Curran
​Diverse Learners
ecurran@cps.edu

Sheila Miller
​Diverse Learners
sdmiller@cps.edu​

Quentin Lozano
​Diverse Learners
qlozano@cps.edu

Mayra Rivas Plata
Diverse Learners
​marivasplata@cps.edu

Sandra Kifarkis
​Diverse Learners
swkifarkis@cps.edu

​security & student support

​Francisco Alvarez
School Support
flalvarez@cps.edu

​Recess & Lunch Coaches 

Coach Judd
Lead Recess Coach
mjudd@cps.edu

Coach Alverio
lalverio@cps.edu

Coach Gonzalez
fgonzalez1@cps.edu

Coach Pelham

Coach Daily
​

Coach Ramirez
crramirez@cps.edu

Coach N Loma
nvloma@cps.edu