Waters Elementary
4540 N. Campbell Ave. Chicago, IL 60625  (773)534-5090 
School Hours 8:15 - 3:15
​Office Hours- 8:00am to 3:45pm
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FACULTY DIRECTORY
SCHOOL LEADERSHIP & OFFICE STAFF
Peter Rutkowski   |   Principal   |  parutkowski@cps.edu
Judith Martin   |   Assistant Principal  | jcgulan@cps.edu
Melissa Mendez   |  Office Clerk   |   mmendez54@cps.edu

PRE-KINDERGARTEN
Nancy Beza   |   Rm 105   |   nabeza@cps.edu

KINDERGARTEN
Laura Astudillo | Room 201 | 
imunoz17@cps.edu
Leticia Ramos   |   Rm 207   |   lcortez@cps.edu
Celia Novak  |  Rm 209 |  ccwelch1@cps.edu

1ST GRADE
Olga Nuñez-Johnson   |   Rm 208   |  oenunez-Johnson@cps.edu

Charles Leatherwood  |   Rm 203   | cleatherwood@cps.edu
Paulina Heilbrunn |  Rm 211 |   prheilbrunn@cps.edu

2ND GRADE
Sylvia Rajska |   Rm 210   |  sarajska@cps.edu​
Karen Soto  |   Rm 203   |   kjsoto@cps.edu
Aidan Currie
  |  Rm 204  |  awcurrie1@cps.edu

3RD GRADE
Ijeoma Arachie |  Rm 215 |  inarachie@cps.edu
Evelyn Katsoulos   |   Rm 216   |   epkatsoulos@cps.edu
Lia Berezka |   Rm 217   | lberezka@cps.edu

4TH GRADE
Lucila Roman   |   Rm 308   |   lroman2@cps.edu
Kathleen Smallwood  |   Rm 307   | ksmallwood6@cps.edu
Beronica Mermuys   |   Rm 317   |   brivadeneira@cps.edu

5TH GRADE
Brandon Orlov   |   Rm 318   |   bmorlov@cps.edu
Ana Maria Rivadeneira   |   Rm 319  |   arivadeneir@cps.edu

Siobhan Walsh   |   Rm 311   |  slwalsh2@cps.edu

6TH GRADE
Jessica Collins- Gonzalez   |   Rm  304   |  jcollins64@cps.edu
Erin Hooper   |   Rm 310   |   eahooper@cps.edu

7TH GRADE 
Peggy Ballasch  |   Rm 302   |   mfballasch@cps.edu
Arlicia McClain   |   Rm 303   |   aemcclain1@cps.edu
Jeannette Aguilar   |   Rm 305   |   jaguilar122@cps.edu

8TH GRADE
Seth Raman   |  Rm 301   |   jsraman@cps.edu 
Regina Cavey    |   Rm 309   |   rcavey@cps.edu

ESSENTIAL TEACHERS
Linda Garcia   |   Drama  |   hgarcia2@cps.edu
Tiffany Melvin  |  Music  | tmelvin1@cps.edu
Reine Ortiz- Calderon |  Phys Ed/ Health    |   rortizcalderon@cps.edu
John Archer   |   Phys Ed   |   jarcher1@cps.edu
Amy Vecchioni   |   Visual Art  |   alvecchioni@cps.edu
Kerrie Rovito | Environmental Science & Technology | karovito@cps.edu 


DIVERSE LEARNER TEACHERS
Caroline Pilman |  Diverse Learner Teacher   | cnpilman@cps.edu​
Lea Famisan |  Diverse Learner Teacher  |   lffamisan@cps.edu
Jessica Nieves |  Diverse Learner Teacher   |   jnieves26@cps.edu
Meredith Pornea |  Diverse Learner Teacher   |  mcpornea@cps.edu
Gustavo Prado  |   Diverse Learner Teacher   |  gprado@cps.edu
Charlotte Ranay | Diverse Learner Teacher | 
cmranay@cps.edu

INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT STAFF
Deysi Flores | SECA | dmflores12@cps.edu
Devleta Memic | SECA | dmemic1@cps.edu
Elizabeth Rangel-Romero  | SECA | erangel-rom@cps.edu
Rachel Shrum | SECA | rshrum@cps.edu
Corey Smallwood | SECA | csmallwood1@cps.edu
Claire Wapole | SECA | cwapole@cps.edu
Gene Jundt | DL TA | gtjundt1@cps.edu
Stephanie Pena | Pre-K 105 | spena23@cps.edu
Daniela Mihalkova | Teacher Assistant - Pre-K | dsborrisova@cps.edu


CLINICIANS
Hadley Bricker   |   Counselor  |   hbricker@cps.edu
Carrie Frieswyk   |   Case Manager  |   
Easter Lilly   |   Social Worker  |  eyoung14@cps.edu
Allison Fox     |   Psychologist  | aafox@cps.edu
Christine Blust     |   Health Services Nurse  | cblust@cps.edu
Samantha Zackowitz    |   Health Services Nurse  | slzackowitz@cps.edu
Vernell Connor    |   LPN Nurse  |  vconner1@cps.edu  
Rochel Whitehouse     |   Occupational Therapist   |   rwhitehouse@cps.edu
Patricia Ormsby     |   Speech Therapist. | pmormsby@cps.edu
Thomas Haugen  |  Physical Therapist  |  tmhaugen@cps.edu
James Garrison   |  ELPT / Bilingual Coordinator | jgarrison5@cps.edu​

NUTRITION SUPPORT STAFF
Mark Williams  |  Lunchroom Manager  |  mwilliams302@cps.edu
Makbule Roshi  |  Cook  |  

BUILDING MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL
Kevin Riley  |   Building Engineer  | rkevin1@cps.edu
Maria Eugenia Castrillon |  Custodian 
Reinardo Bautista |  Custodian 
Contact Guidelines
The best way to contact the administration, teachers or staff is by email. 

If email is not possible, parents can either call 773-534-5090. Phone messages are checked regularly.

Please allow two business days for a response. If no response is received by the teacher, please resend email and cc Principal Rutkowski. 

Classroom questions concerning your child should be addressed with your child’s teacher prior to contacting the administration. 
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