Waters Elementary
4540 N. Campbell Ave. Chicago, IL 60625  (773)534-5090 
Office Hours- 10:00am to 1:00pm
​Tues., Wed., & Thurs.
 
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FACULTY DIRECTORY
THOMAS J. WATERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
4540 N Campbell Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
P 773-534-5090       F 773-534-5087

JULY OFFICE HOURS- 10:00am to 1:00pm   Tues., Wed., & Thurs.  
 ADMINISTRATION and OFFICE STAFF
TItia Kipp   |   Principal   |  tmkipp@cps.edu

Nilsa Alvarez   |   Assistant Principal   |   nalvarez13@cps.edu
Cecibel Amerson   |  Office Clerk   |   ckbarzola@cps.edu

KINDERGARTEN
Leticia Ramos   |   Rm 207   |   lcortez@cps.edu
Celia Novak  |  Rm 209 |  ccwelch1@cps.edu

1ST GRADE
Paulina Heilbrunn |  Rm 211 |   prheilbrunn@cps.edu
Olga Nuñez-Johnson   |   Rm 208   |  oenunez-Johnson@cps.edu
Nancy Beza   |   Rm 210   |   nabeza@cps.edu

2ND GRADE
Charles Leatherwood   |   Rm 111   |   cleatherwood@cps.edu
Karen Soto  |   Rm 203   |   kjsoto@cps.edu
Reilly Wall
  |  Rm 204  |  rwall1@cps.edu

3RD GRADE
Lia Berezka |   Rm 201   | lberezka@cps.edu 
Evelyn Katsoulos   |   Rm 202   |   epkatsoulos@cps.edu
Ijeoma Arachie |  Rm 111 |  inarachie@cps.edu

4TH GRADE
Lucila Roman   |   Rm 205   |   lroman2@cps.edu
Beronica Mermuys   |   Rm 307   |   brivadeneira@cps.edu

5TH GRADE
Brandon Orlov   |   Rm 207   |   bmorlov@cps.edu
Ana Maria Rivadeneira   |   Rm 209  |   arivadeneir@cps.edu
Marie-Christine Murat | Rm | mmcintosh@cps.edu

6TH GRADE
Caitlin Carney   |   Rm  304   |  cmcarney1@cps.edu
Siobhan Walsh   |   Rm 311   |  slwalsh2@cps.edu

7TH GRADE 
Peggy Ballasch  |   Rm 302   |   mfballasch@cps.edu
Jeannette Aguilar   |   Rm 305   |   jaguilar122@cps.edu
Erin Hooper   |   Rm 310   |   eahooper@cps.edu

8TH GRADE
Seth Raman   |  Rm 301   |   jsraman@cps.edu 
Peggy Gyftakos
   |   Rm 303   |   pgyftakos@cps.edu
Regina Cavey    |   Rm 309   |   rcavey@cps.edu

ESSENTIAL TEACHERS
Linda Garcia   |   Visual Art (6-8))   |   hgarcia2@cps.edu
Tommy Bradford   |  Music   |   tjbradford@cps.edu
Brad Kurz   |   Phys Ed   |   bjkurz@cps.edu
John Archer   |   Phys Ed/ Health   |   jarcher1@cps.edu
Amy Vecchioni   |   Visual Art (K-5)/ Genius Hour (6-8)    |   alvecchioni@cps.edu

DIVERSE LEARNER TEAM
Annette Booczko |  Diverse Learner Support Teacher   |   ambooczko@cps.edu
Lea Famisan |  Diverse Learner Support Teacher  |   lffamisan@cps.edu
Jessica Nieves |  Diverse Learner Support Teacher   |   jnieves26@cps.edu
Meredith Pornea |  Diverse Learner Support Teacher   |  mcpornea@cps.edu
Gustavo Prado  |   Diverse Learner Support Teacher   |  gprado@cps.edu
Gene Jundt     |  Teacher Assistant
Daniela Mihalkova     |   Teacher Assistant  
Abena Motaboli     |   Teacher Assistant  
Joseph Banacki    |   SECA 
Elizabeth Rangel     |   SECA

ITINERANTS PERSONNEL
Hadley Bricker   |   Counselor  |   hbricker@cps.edu
Dana Garrison   |   Case Manager  |   dgarrison1@cps.edu
TBA   |   Social Worker  |  
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
Teresa Haugen  |  Physical Therapist  |  
Nilsa Alvarez   |  English Language Program Teacher  |   

CAFETERIA STAFF
Mark Williams  |  Lunchroom Manager  |  mwilliams302@cps.edu
Jaime Ochoa  |  Porter  |   jochoa1@cps.edu

BUILDING MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL
Edgar Crespo  |   Building Engineer  | 
Anibal Castillo |  Custodian |
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 Kipp. 

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

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