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        

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

Kim Lebovitz
​PYP IB Coordinator
kclebovitz@cps.edu
​

Joshua Lerner
Instructional Coach
jdlerner@cps.edu

Anne Choe
Counselor
​apark1@cps.edu

Shelton Jackson
Restorative Practices Coach
jackson143@cps.edu

Athanasia Kolontouros
Case Manager
​atkolontouro@cps.edu

Tiffany Brugman
Interventionist
​tmking@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 Hopkins  
​Room 121
​​klhopkins@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

Sheetal Shah
​Room 102
sshah7@cps.edu

 Stephanie Rosa
​Room 103
​smsanchez9@cps.edu
​

 Ellen Zaander 
​Room 104
     ezaander@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

Andrea Calhoun
​Room 201
alcalhoun@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

Katherine Nigh
Room 207
​knigh@cps.edu

Berenice Heinlein
​Room 208
bheinlein@cps.edu    

Chris Drase
​Room 209
​cdrase@cps.edu     

5th grade

Lisa Vaughn
​Room 323
​Language Arts
lvaughn5@cps.edu

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

Yael Berenson-White
Room 325
​Math
ysberenson@cps.edu

Alexandra Wagner
Math & LA Support
awagner5@cps.edu

6th grade

Amy Kerkstra
​Room 303
​Math
aekerkstra@cps.edu 

​Shannon Mangas
​Room 304
Individuals & Society/
​Writing
smangas@cps.edu

​Irma Puente
​Room 307
​Language Arts
ipuente@cps.edu​ ​​

Adrienne Keiner
​Room 308
Science & Design
awangler@cps.edu ​​

7th grade

Donna Lawrenz
​Room 301
Language Arts
​dburchettlawren@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

Destiny Hooper
​Room 305
​Language Arts
ddhooper1@cps.edu

Brian Girard
​Room 320
 ​Math & Algebra
​bgirard@cps.edu

Tracy Heider
​Room 321
Individuals & Society / 
Writing
​tmheider@cps.edu

Samuel Keesee
​Room 329
Science & Design
sbkeesee@cps.edu
​

specials teachers

Brooke Thompson
​Music K - 8th
btthompson@cps.edu

Marissa. Moritz
​Dance K - 8th
mamoritz@cps.edu​​ 

Bibiana Andrade
​Technology
 baandrade@cps.edu

Dr. Shelley Terzian
Library & Intervention
​smterzian@cps.edu

Marisela Sandoval
​Spanish K - 4th
​msandoval35@cps.edu

Erin Lenihan
Spanish 5th - 8th 
elenihan@cps.edu

Meredith Buchbinder  
​Art K - 4th 
mabuchbinder@cps 

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

Luis Carbajal
P.E K-4th
tmking@cps.edu

Tyler Leighton
PE 5th-8th
​tleighton1@cps.edu

Clara Pedtke
Music
cimonpedtke@cps.edu

diverse learning staff

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

Jinny Gerhardt
8th Grade
​jlcrawford@cps.edu

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

Pegeen McGhan
4th-8th Grades
pamcghan@cps.edu

Mariel Frauenheim
Multiple Grades
mfrauenheim@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

Diamond Stacey
​Diverse Learners

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

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

Recess & Lunch Coaches 

Coach Kifarkis
swkifarkis@cps.edu

Coach M Loma 
​mloma@cps.edu

Coach N Loma
nvloma@cps.edu

Coach Harris

Coach Judd
mjudd@cps.edu

Coach Alverio
lalverio@cps.edu

Coach Gonzalez
fgonzalez1@cps.edu

Coach Julia
julia.dornbusch@playworks.org

Coach Daily
​

Coach Pelham

TBA

Coach Ramirez
crramirez@cps.edu