School Leadership Team

Luis Avila (He/Him)
Principal
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Samuel Lee (He/Him)
Assistant Principal
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 Demetrius Heard (He/Him)
 Assistant Principal
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Kim Lebovitz ​(She/Her)
​PYP IB Coordinator
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Jinny Gerhardt (She/Her)
MYP IB Coordinator
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Joshua Lerner (He/Him)
Instructional Coach & Bilingual Lead Teacher
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Evan Trad (He/Him)
Climate & Culture Coordinator
Student Behavior
​[email protected]

​Liv Fonte (She/Her)
Restorative Practices Coach
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Tiffany Brugman (She/Her)
Interventionist
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Sally Suarez
Main Office
Enrollment & Volunteering
[email protected]

Lynn Carro
Main Office
After School Programming, Enrollment, Building Rental, Lunch and Recess
[email protected]

Student Wellness Team

Hannah Harrison
​Counselor
​PK to 4th Grades

Nana Adu (She/Her)
Counselor
​PK to 4th Grades
[email protected]

Anita Ivory
​Case Manager
PK-3rd Grade IEPs & 504 Plans
[email protected]

Athanasia Kolontouros (She/Her)
Case Manager
​4th-8th Grade IEP & 504 Plans
​[email protected]

Candace ​Cook-Bey
Social Work​

Kaylah Parks
Social Work​

Morton, Maya
Social Work​

Kathy Silver
Psychologist​

Heather ​Vezina
Physical Therapy​

Samantha ​Klein
Occupational Therapy​

 Cassandra ​Poulos
Speech

Shani ​Herstein
Speech

Emily ​Mohr
Speech

Prachi ​Bansal
Trellus Partner

Esa Scalfani
​Lutheran Social Services Partner

Pre-Kindergarten:  Main Building

Rebecca Darland (She/Her)
Room 121
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Julia Guerrero (She/Her)
Room 122
​[email protected]

​Sarah Bitautas (She/Her)
​Room 123
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Pre-Kindergarten:  Branch

Rekha Singh (She/Her)
Branch PreK Teacher 
Room 101
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Maresa Spooner Gibney
(She/Her)
Branch PreK Teacher 
​Room 102
[email protected]

Amy Liss (She/Her)
Branch PreK Teacher 
Room 103
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Erica Melman 
​Branch PreK Teacher 
​Room 104
  ​ [email protected]​​

Kindergarten

Michelle Lovato (She/Her/They/Them)
​Room 101
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Bridget Fabianski
​(She/Her)
​Room 110
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Caitlin Bencel 
​(She/Her)
​Room 126
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Samantha Phillips
​(she/her)
​Room 128
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1st Grade

Lorena Tapia (She/Her)
Room 102
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Kelly Butler (She/Her)
​Room 103
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 Ellen Zaander (She/Her)
​Room 104
​  [email protected]

Stacy Gibson (She/Her)
​Room 105
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2nd Grade

Kate Bell (She/Her)
​Room 223
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Geri Baumgarten (She/Her)
Room 224 
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Ana Cholico (She/Her)
​Room 225
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Emina Kurtovic (She/Her)
​Room 228
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3rd Grade

Alexandra Wagner (She/Her)
​Room 201
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Alexis Alva (She/Her)
Room 202 
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Shannon Lynn (She/Her)
Room 203
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Madeline Grande (She/Her)
Room 210
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4th Grade

Cecilia Sweeney (She/Her)
​Room 204
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Andrea Calhoun (She/Her)
Room 207
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Berenice Heinlein (She/Her)
​Room 208
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Isabella Buscaglia (She/Her)
​Room 209
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5th Grade

Lisa Roman (She/Her)
​Room 322
Language Arts &
Social Studies
for (322 & 324)
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Joseph Park (He/Him)
​Room 324
Math & Science
​for (322 & 324)
[email protected]

Gabriella Moncher (She/Her)
Room 323
​Math & Science
​for (323 & 325)
[email protected]

Tracy Didriksen (She/Her)
​Room 325
​Language Arts &
​Social Studies
for (323 & 325)
​[email protected]

6th Grade

Alicia Haro 
​Room 320
​Math
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​Shannon Harvey (She/Her)
​Room 321
Individuals & Society/
​Writing
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Lissete Plaza (She/Her)
​Room 331
​Language Arts
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Adrienne Keiner (She/Her)
​Room 329
Science & Design
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7th Grade

Nicholas Chudoba 
​Room 301
Language Arts
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Megan Tolpa (She/Her)
Room 302
​Science & Design
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Magaly Sherrill
​Room 309
Mathematics
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Patrick Meallet 
Room 310
Individuals & Society / Writing
[email protected]

8th Grade 

Tehseen Firoze (She/Her)
​Room 303
Science & Design
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Francisco Alvarez (He/Him)
​Room 304
Individuals & Society / 
Writing
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Grace Negron (She/Her)
​Room 307
​Language Arts
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 Hannah Barraza (She/Her)
​Room 308
 ​Math
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Specials Teachers

Brooke Thompson (She/Her)
​Room 305
Music & Drama
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Marissa Moritz (She/Her)
Room 205
​Dance
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Luis Carbajal (He/Him)
P.E. K - 3rd
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Rich Crawley (He/Him)
P.E. 4th - 8th
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Maria Hernandez-Martin (She/Her)
​Room 220
Spanish K-3rd
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Jocelyn Ortiz (She/Her)
Room 306B​
​Spanish 4th - 8th
[email protected]

Meredith Buchbinder (She/Her)  
Room 231
​​Art K - 4th 
mabuchbinder@cps.edu

Taylor Fujisawa
Room 328
​Art 5th - 8th
[email protected]​

Special Education Teachers

Paige Wagman (She/Her)
   PK, Room 121​
   [email protected]
               

Anh Nguyen (She/Her)
PK, Room 122
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Meredith O'Malley (She/Her)
​PK, Room 123
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Natalie Trerice (She/Her)
Kindergarten
​[email protected]​​

Molly Ostry (She/Her)
1st Grade
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Kayce Youngbauer (She/Her)
1st & 2nd Grades
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Grace Bayne
2nd Grade

Laine Porter
3rd, Room 201
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Jacob Rivera (He/Him)
3rd & 4th Grades
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Kimberley Arredondo (She/Her)
4th & 5th Grades
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Amber Makowski (She/Her)
5th & 8th Grades
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Tabitha Harris (She/Her)
6th-8th Grades
​[email protected]

Sara Walsh (She/Her)
7th & 8th Grades
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Annie Munz (She/Her)
8th Grade
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​

Maria Lopeztello
3rd & 7th Grades
​[email protected]​​

Daniel Calderon (He/Him)   
6th-8th Grades
[email protected] 

Jeremiah Claussen (He/Him)
7th & 8th Grades
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Teacher Assistants:  PK Main Campus

Bridget Mendoza (She/Her)
Room 121
​Diverse Learners
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​Lily Tafoya (She/Her)
Room 122
Diverse Learners
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Barbara Limberopoulos (She/Her)
​Room 123
Teacher Assistant
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​

Teacher Assistants:  PK Branch

​Norma Loma (She/Her)
​Branch Room 101
Teacher Assistant
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Meruche (Mary) Chierici
​Branch Room 102
Teacher Assistant
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Maria Loma (She/Her)
​Branch Room 103
Teacher Assistant
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Denise Pinos
​Branch Room 104
Teacher Assistant
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Special Education Classroom Assistants

​Linda Adjei
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Edward Curran
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Amy Gay (She/Her)
[email protected]​

Chris Hanley (He/Him)
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Mike Judd
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Sandra Kifarkis (She/Her)
​[email protected]

Quentin Lozano
[email protected]

Dante Williams
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​Miguel Medina (He/Him)
[email protected]​

Sheila Miller
[email protected]​

Joanna Pulgar (She/Her)
​[email protected]

Julio Ramirez
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Mayra Rivas Plata (She/Her)
​[email protected]

Diamond Stacey
[email protected]

Angelica DeLeon
​[email protected]

Rosa Delgato
​[email protected]

Sandra ​Quintero

Jeremy Hays

Samuel Gary

Yaneth Cuaichar

Sarantuya

Angelica DeLeon

Kendra Turner

School Assistants

Ms. Jing
Cadre Substitute
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Jennifer Ramirez (She/Her)
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Clairet Campos ​(She/Her)
[email protected]

​Cole Papadopoulos (He/Him)
Library Staff
​[email protected]

Allen Cichon
​[email protected]

Margo Weiser

Security Team

Adolfo Ramirez
PK Branch 
[email protected]

Ivan Gonzalez
Main Building
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Lee Duran
​Main Building

Facilities Team

Brian Carranza
Engineer

Richard Loma
​Daytime Custodian

Raqibullah​ Rahmani
Night Custodian

​Maria Castrillon Gaviria
3rd Floor Custodian

Yvonne Peralta
2nd Floor Custodian

Otilia Bernal
PK ​Branch Evening Custodian

​Recess & Lunch Coaches 

Luz Alverio
[email protected]

Gina Heredia
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​Andrea Valencia

Jasmine Hernandez
​​[email protected]

​Maribel Clara

Marisol Vela

Mayra Ceja
[email protected]

Michael Collins
​[email protected]

Michelle Platts

Norman Polk
[email protected]

Stephanie Ortega
​[email protected]

Yussilay Pons
[email protected]

Nursing Team

Sarah Hernandez,
​ [email protected]​

Jennifer Leist, CSN
[email protected]​

Divine Delgado 
​[email protected]​

​Lunchroom Team

​Yesenia Rivera
Lunchroom Manager​

Rene Villatoro
​Porter

Kathy ​Jaimes
​Lunchroom Attendant

Suzana ​Karajic
Lunchroom Attendant ​

Sevala ​Delic
Lunchroom Attendant / PK Branch​