Washington Irving School People

Victor Aguirre

Teacher's Assistant

Veronica Allen

Teacher's Assistant

Kat Andries

Teachers Assistant

Kathryn Andries

Teachers Assistant

Desiree Bailey

Permanent Substitute

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Seth Baker

5th Grade Teacher

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Buddhini Bandara

Teacher's Assistant

Tyler Banks

4th Grade Teacher

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Adam Bautista

3rd Grade Teacher

This is Mr. Bautista's 16th year teaching grades ranging from second to fifth,...

Ryan Bigeck

Band Teacher

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Joel Blecha

Kindergarten Teacher

Hi! My name is Joel Blecha (pronounced /BLECK-uh/) and I am a kindergarten teacher at I...

Shehara Brinson

Assistant Principal

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Jennifer Browning

5th Grade Teacher

Edita Cafi

1st-2nd Grade RISE Special Education Teacher

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Amy Chinn

Kindergarten Teacher

Degrees: M.A. Reading, Northeastern Illinois University; B.S. Elementary Education, Ind...

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Douglas Chrystall

Teacher Assistant

Jordan Cole

Special Education Teacher

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Olive Collins

1st Grade Teacher

I am a passionate and energetic elementary teacher with 11 years of experience teaching...

Coral Combs

Media Clerk

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Michael Cruz

P.E. Teacher

PHYSICAL EDUCATION NEWS   The school year is in full swing. We are in the mi...

Asta Cuplinskas

Teacher Assistant

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Matthew Daniel

5th Grade Teacher

Patrick Deaton

Music Teacher

Javiar Dimas

Teacher Assistant

Frank Dipaolo

Engineer

Deasia Dixon

Teaching Assistant

Emilie Dolan

Universal Design for Learning Coordinator - Irving and Mann

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Sara Falkin

Kindergarten Teacher

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Kelly Ferguson

Special Education Teacher

Jade Fields

Teacher's Assistant

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Katie Fox

Special Education Resource Teacher

My name is Katie Fox. I have been a special education co-teacher at Beye Elementary for...

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Jeanette Friley

Teacher's Assistant

Juan Funes

Psychologist

Layla Gates

Teachers Assistant

Robert Gray

Teacher's Assistant

Rachel Griffith

Title 1 Tutor

Jorie Grogan

Kindergarten Teacher

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Joshua Hancock

P.E. Teacher

My name is Josh Hancock and I'm a Physical Education teacher here at Irvi...

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Savannah Heidloff

4th Grade Teacher

4th Grade teacher and at Washington Irving School. The more you know, the more you...

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Grace Hoak

Occupational Therapist

This is my second year at Irving and I'm so excited to be back! I graduated fr...

Robert Howard

Teacher's Assistant

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Eric James

Special Education Teacher

Hi! My name is Eric James and this will by 2nd year at Irving. I am in my 11th yea...

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Heidi Jirka

Special Education Teacher

Dan Johnson

Building Substitute

Etta Johnson

Administrative Assistant

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Kerry Johnson

1st Grade Teacher

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Lauren Kaunelis

3rd Grade Teacher

This is my 15th year teaching at Irving Elementary School.  For seven years I was ...

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Colleen Kearns

Social Worker- Irving

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Mary Kelly

4th Grade Teacher

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Elena Kontos

1st Grade Teacher

Degrees: M.A. Reading, Olivet Nazarene University 2012;B.A. in Elementary Education wit...

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Tamara Koransky

2nd Grade Teacher

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Nicole Laroco

Building Substitute

Emilio Lemus

Teacher's Assistant

Chante Liddell

Custodian

Karol Marcinowski

Technology Specialist

Julia Maske

3rd Grade Teacher

Jennifer McDermott

Lunchroom Manager

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Timothy McDonald

Adapted P.E. Teacher

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Sarah Mellman

Speech-Language Pathologist

Venus Miller

Teacher Assistant

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Mary Kate Montroy

4th Grade Teacher

Hi, my name is Mary Kate Montroy and I teach fourth grade here at Irving! This will be ...

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Kiera Moody

MTSS Interventionist

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Cathy Morgan

Physical Therapist

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Susan Mura

Principal

Degrees: M.A.-General Administration, Concordia University M.A.-Social Work, Univ...

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Katie Noonan

Teacher Librarian

Katie Noonan: Teacher Librarian Hi!  My name is Katie Noonan and I am the teach...

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Deanna Otten

Multilingual Teacher

Awards: National Board Certificate in English as a New Language;Art Endorsement;Languag...

Paul Packer

Enrichment Specialist

Gina Paolinelli

Administrative Assistant

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Betsy Parkinson

Instructional Coach

I was a classroom teacher for 23 years, the last 12 in D97. Throughout my career I have...

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Lori Pelling

2nd Grade Teacher

I've been a teacher for over 20 years in Oak Park!  I started my car...

Rebecca Pepp

Social Worker - Irving

Martha Perez

Custodian

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Jamie Peterson

Nurse - Irving

Awards: CPR Certified, Certified by the Illinois Department of Public Health for Vision...

Anne Planek

On leave

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Shanta Powell

Planning sub

Damon Rafiei

Teaching Assistant

Gabriela Ramos

Long term substitute (WLES)

Jennifer Richards

Language Arts Specialist

Megan Rische

Teacher Assistant

Jessica Ryan

Teacher

Kara Sakellaris

4th Grade Teacher

I have been teaching since 2005. I taught 5th grade in Wisconsin and now Oak Park,...

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Nick Sakellaris

3rd Grade Teacher

My name is Nick Sakellaris. I am a third grade teacher at Irving Elementary School...

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Lauren Saliny

Special Education Teacher

Francesca Sbarboro

4th Grade Teacher

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Tammy Schulz

Teacher Assistant

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Juanita Scott

Teacher's Assistant

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Ericka Shannon

Orchestra Teacher

Ben Shinners

Custodian

Julia Stenger

2nd Grade Teacher

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Emily Tague

Art Teacher

I started teaching at Irving during the 2008-2009 school year and love it! I graduated ...

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Meghan Taino

Speech-Language Pathologist

Susan Tresselt

5th Grade Teacher

Elementary School: Beye School Junior High: Emerson High School: Oak Park and Riv...

Diane VanDerhei

Teacher's Assistant

Jacquie Wallner

Teacher's Assistant

Donna Weigel

Substitute

Kyra White

Teachers Assistant

Alexandria Whitty

Teacher Assistant

Raven Wilkerson

Teacher Assistant

Emile Williams

5th Grade Teacher

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Silvia Zaragoza

World Language Elementary Spanish (WLES) Teacher

¡Bienvenidos a la clase de español! Welcome to Maestra Zaragoza&#3...

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