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
Carrie Frieswyk  |   Case Manager   |  cspfaendtner@cps.edu
Ana Maria Rivadeneira | ELPT Bilingual Coordinator | arivadeneir@cps.edu
Caroline Pilman | Interventionist | ​cnpilman@cps.edu


PRE-KINDERGARTEN
Nancy Beza   |   Rm 105   |   nabeza@cps.edu
Daniela Mihalkova | Teacher Assistant - Pre-K | dsborrisova@cps.edu


KINDERGARTEN
Laura Astudillo | Room 201 | imunoz17@cps.edu
Yeidra Martin  |   Rm 207   |  yvmartin@cps.edu
Celia Novak  |  Rm 209 |  ccwelch1@cps.edu


1ST GRADE
Siobhan Walsh  |   Rm 202   | slwalsh2@cps.edu
Olga Nuñez-Johnson   |   Rm 208   |  oenunez-Johnson@cps.edu
Paulina Heilbrunn |  Rm 211 |   prheilbrunn@cps.edu


2ND GRADE
Karen Soto  |   Rm 203   |   kjsoto@cps.edu
Aidan Currie  |  Rm 204  |  awcurrie1@cps.edu
Sylvia Rajska |   Rm 210   |  sarajska@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
Beronica Mermuys   |   Rm 317   |   brivadeneira@cps.edu
Lucila Roman   |   Rm 318   |   lroman2@cps.edu
Charles Leatherwood |   Rm 319   | cleatherwood@cps.edu​


5TH GRADE
Heather Hoffman  |   Rm 304   |  hchoffman@cps.edu
Brandon Orlov   |   Rm 307   |   bmorlov@cps.edu
Monce Castro   |   Rm 308  | mcastro51@cps.edu


6TH GRADE
Kathleen Smallwood | Rm 305 | ksmallwood6@cps.edu​
William De Allaume |   Rm  309   | wdeallaume@cps.edu
Erin Hooper   |   Rm 310   |   eahooper@cps.edu


7TH GRADE 
Luke Vanderkrabben | Rm 311 | lvanderkrab@cps.edu​
Arlicia McClain   |   Rm 303   |   aemcclain1@cps.edu


8TH GRADE
Seth Raman   |  Rm 301   |   jsraman@cps.edu 
Peggy Ballasch  |   Rm 302   |   mfballasch@cps.edu


ESSENTIALS TEACHERS
Chris Landis   |   Drama  |   cqlandis@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
Kathryn Berg | Diverse Learner Teacher | kberg1@cps.edu
Lindsay Bigane | Diverse Learner Teacher | lebigane@cps.edu​
Lea Famisan |  Diverse Learner Teacher  |   lffamisan@cps.edu
Jessica Nieves |  Diverse Learner Teacher   |   jnieves26@cps.edu
Theresa Parcell | Diverse Learner Teacher | tparcell@cps.edu
Meredith Pornea |  Diverse Learner Teacher   |  mcpornea@cps.edu
Gustavo Prado  |   Diverse Learner Teacher   |  gprado@cps.edu
Amy Yoder | Diverse Learner Teacher | adyoder@cps.edu
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INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT STAFF 
Jamie Angio | SECA | jrangio@cps.edu
Forrest Downey | SECA | fdowney@cps.edu
Deysi Flores | SECA | dmflores12@cps.edu
Brad Hameister | SECA | bhameister1@cps.edu
Amberje Kelly | SECA | akelly21@cps.edu
Devleta Memic | SECA | dmemic1@cps.edu
Elizabeth Rangel-Romero  | SECA | erangel-rom@cps.edu
Michelle Santos | SECA | mrsantos@cps.edu
Rebecca Sparks  | SECA | rhsparks@cps.edu
Claire Wapole | SECA | cwapole@cps.edu
Gene Jundt | SECA | gtjundt1@cps.edu


CLINICIANS
Hadley Bricker   |   Counselor  |   hbricker@cps.edu
Carrie Frieswyk   |   Case Manager  | cspfaendtner@cps.edu
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
Rochel Whitehouse     |   Occupational Therapist   |   rwhitehouse@cps.edu
Patricia Ormsby     |   Speech Therapist. | pmormsby@cps.edu
Thomas Haugen  |  Physical Therapist  |  tmhaugen@cps.edu


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


BUILDING MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL
Kevin Riley  |  Chief Engineer  | rkevin1@cps.edu
Contact Guidelines
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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.

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

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