Staff Directory - Helen C. Peirce School of International Studies

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School Administrative Team

Lori Zaimi
Principal
lzaimi@cps.edu

Janelle Miller
Resident Principal
JMHatchMiller@cps.edu

Samuel Lee
Assistant Principal
swlee@cps.edu

Kristen Munoz
Assistant Principal
kmmunoz2@cps.edu

Anne Choe
Counselor
apark1@cps.edu

Shelton Jackson
Restorative Practices Coach
sjackson143@cps.edu

Athanasia Kolontouros
Case Manager
atkolontouro@cps.ed

Kim Lebovitz
PYP IB Coordinator
kclebovitz@cps.edu

Victoria Delgado
Bilingual Resource Teacher
vldelgado@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

Sally Suarez
Main Office
ESSuarezdeDuran@cps.edu

Lynn Carro
Main Office
lcarro@cps.edu

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

Stacy Gibson
Room 105 sdgibson1@cps.edu

2ND GRADE

Martha Torres
Room 223
msantiago5@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
nchudoba@cps.edu

Tonya Harbottle
Room 323
Math & Science
tjharbottle@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

Kaitlyn Carro
Room 331
Language Arts
kcarro2@cps.edu

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

7th grade

Lisa Navarro
Room 301
Language Arts
lmnavarro2@cps.edu

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

Elizabeth Roe
Room 307
Language Arts
Email TBA

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
Cadre
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

Brittanya Salgado
1st Grade
bsalgado46@cps.edu

Lauren Graney
2nd Grade
llevar@cps.edu

Sara Walsh
TBA
sewalsh@cps.edu

Evan Trad
4th Grade
emtrad1@cps.edu

James Callerstrom
5th Grade
jecallerstro@cps.edu

Tabitha Harris
6th Grade
trharris11@cps.edu

Hannah Canale
TBA
hcanale@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

Paige Lowenstein
Pre-K
Email to come

Classroom Support

Ms. Jing
Cadre Substitute
xcai@cps.edu

Anh Nguyen
Pre-K Resident Teacher
atnguyen12@cps.edu

Ruben Ivy
Pre-K Resident Teacher
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
darreolaalonso@cps.edu

Gibrel Orozco
Pre-K
gaorozco@cps.edu

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

Denise Pinos
Teacher Assistant
Email TBA

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

Jacob Rivera
Diverse Learners
jrivera326@cps.edu

Norma Loma
Kinder TA
nvloma@cps.edu

Francisco Alvarez
Diverse Learners
flalvarez@cps.edu

Michelle Lovato
Teacher Assistant

Camila Navarrete
Teacher Assistant
cbnavarrete@cps.edu

Meruche (Mary) Chierici
Teacher Assistant
mchierici@cps.edu

facilities Team

Arthur Haduch
Engineer
ahaduch@cps.edu

Maria Munoz
Custodian

Roberto Jasso
Custodian

Mynor Carcamo
Custodian

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

Helen C. Peirce
School of International Studies
1423 W. Bryn Mawr
Chicago IL, 60660
Phone: (773) 534 2440
Fax: (773) 534 2577
Fax: (773) 534-2577

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