Waters Elementary
4540 N. Campbell Ave. Chicago, IL 60625   •   773-534-5090
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FACULTY DIRECTORY
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THOMAS J. WATERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
4540 N Campbell Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
P 773-534-5090       F 773-534-5087

SCHOOL HOURS: 8:15 a.m. - 3:15 p.m.
OFFICE HOURS: 8:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE and OPERATIONS
TItia Crespo   |   Principal   |  tmkipp@cps.edu

Nilsa Alvarez   |   Assistant Principal   |   nalvarez13@cps.edu
John Gaytan   |   Office Clerk   |   jgaytan@cps.edu
Gerardo Servin   |  Security   |   gservin2@cps.edu
Patrick Carney  |   Engineering  | 
Alex Galicia   |  Office Assistant  |  agalicia9@cps.edu
Laura Mota  |  Lunchroom Manager  |  lpmota@cps.edu
Jaime Ochoa  |  Porter  |   jochoa1@cps.edu
Tammy Ramos |  Bus Monitor |

KINDERGARTEN
Karen Soto  |   Rm 107   |   kjsoto@cps.edu
Leticia Ramos   |   Rm 105   |   lcortez@cps.edu
Celia Novak  |  Rm 108 |  ccwelch1@cps.edu

1ST GRADE
Annette Boozcko   |   Rm 211   |   ambooczko@cps.edu
Olga Johnson   |   Rm 208   |  oenunez-Johnson@cps.edu
Nancy Beza   |   Rm 210   |   nabeza@cps.edu

2ND GRADE
Sean Rabiola   |   Rm 205    |  STRabiola@cps.edu
Caroline Frieswyk   |  Rm 203   |   cspfaendtner@cps.edu
Paulina Heilbrunn |  Rm 211 |   prheilbrunn@cps.edu

3RD GRADE
Regina Paparodopoulos   |   Rm 201   |   rmpaparodopoulos@cps.edu 

Evelyn Katsoulos   |   Rm 202   |   epkatsoulos@cps.edu

4TH GRADE
Brandon Orlov   |   Rm 207   |   bmorlov@cps.edu

Ana Maria Rivadeneira   |   Rm 209  |   arivadeneir@cps.edu
Yalila Assria-Herrera   |   Rm 204   |   yassria-herrera@cps.edu

5TH GRADE
Reilly Wall  |  Rm 308  |  Rwall1@cps.edu
Jessica Collins   |   Rm  304   |   jcollins64@cps.edu
Lucila Roman   |   Rm 307   |   lroman2@cps.edu

6TH GRADE
Regina Cavey    |   Rm 309   |   rcavey@cps.edu

Jeanette Aguilar   |   Rm 305   |   Jaguilar122@cps.edu
Erin Hooper   |   Rm 310   |   eahooper@cps.edu

7TH GRADE 
Seth Raman   |  Rm 301   |   jsraman@cps.edu 
Peggy Gyftakos   |   Rm 303   |   pgyftakos@cps.edu

8TH GRADE
Jason Gil   |   Rm 311   |   jpgil@cps.edu

Peggy Ballasch  |   Rm 302   |   mfballasch@cps.edu

RESOURCE TEACHERS
Thomas Bradford   |  Music   |   tjbradford@cps.edu
Linda Garcia   |   Drama   |   hgarcia2@cps.edu
Colleen Herman  |   Digital Media   |   cslambeherma@cps.edu
Brad Kurz   |   Phys Ed   |   bjkurz@cps.edu
Charles Leatherwood   |   Math Enrichment   |   cleatherwood@cps.edu
Pete Leki   |   Ecology   |   petelekisan@gmail.com
Amy Vecchioni   |   Fine Arts   |   alvecchioni@cps.edu

DIVERSE LEARNER TEAM
Nilsa Alvarez   |  ELL Liason  |   nalvarez13@cps.edu
Hadley Bricker   |   Counselor, Case Manager   |   hbricker@cps.edu
Carla Griffin Barta   |  Intermediate/Middle School Special Education   |   cmgriffin@cps.edu
Gene Jundt     |  Teacher Assistant
Daniela Mihalkova     |   Teacher Assistant  
Jessica Nieves |  Elementary/Intermediate
Gustavo Prado  |   Intermediate/Middle School Special Education   
Chris Sweet    |   Teacher Assistant

DIVERSE LEARNER SUPPORT TEAM
Allison Fox     |   Psychologist  
Judy Fredrickson  |  School Nurse  |  jefredrickson@cps.edu
Beatrice Hutcherson     |   Social Worker 
Susan Schendel     |   Speech Therapist
Rochel Whitehouse     |   Occupational Therapist   |   rwhitehouse@cps.edu
Matilda Wilhoite  |  Physical Therapist  |  twilhoite@cps.edu

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 or visit the main office to request a meeting. 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 Crespo. If no response is received by the administration, please resend email and cc the Local School Council.

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

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