Staff/Faculty

Meet our teachers and staff

Administration

Debora Ward

Principal

DDWard@cps.edu

Robert Staszczak

Assistant Principal

RJStaszczak@cps.edu

Office Personnel

Esperanza Aguado-Leon

School Clerk

Eaguado-leon@cps.edu

Evelyn Barajas Rios

Attendance Clerk

ebarajas21@cps.edu

Donna Mainard

Clerk Assistant - Room 006

DJFunk@cps.edu

Support Staff

Ellen Buttitta

Social Worker

ebuttitta1@cps.edu

Rosita Ramirez

Social Worker

rramirez114@cps.edu

Kristine Stanton

Counselor - Room 301

KMStanton1@cps.edu

Interventionist

Pamela Tivers

Interventionist - Room 203A

pdtivers@cps.edu

Pre-K

Anna Akers-Pecht

Pre-K 4 Full Day Teacher - Room 111

AAkersPecht@cps.edu

Bio

Jennifer Cepeda

Pre-K 4 Full Day Teacher - Room 005

JLCepeda@cps.edu

Bio

Gloria Corona

Pre-K Full Day Classroom Assistant - Room 007

Gcorona@cps.edu

Maria Gutierrez

Pre-K 4 Full Day Teacher Assistant – Room 005

mggutierrez4@cps.edu

Kathy Isleta

Pre-K Half Day Teacher – Room 116

KEFalconi@cps.edu

Bio

Alana Jackson

Pre-K Half Day Special Ed. Classroom Assistant - Room 116

asjackson14@cps.edu

Iran Lopez

Pre-K 4 Full Day Teacher Assistant - Room 007

izlopez1@cps.edu

Erin Lusk

Pre-K Full Day Special Ed. Teacher - Room 007

EELusk@cps.edu

Erika Martinez

Pre-K Full Day Teacher - Room 007

emartinez53@cps.edu

Danielle Murakishi

Pre-K 3 Half Day Special Ed. Teacher - Room 116

ddmurakishi@cps.edu

Kindergarten

Lane Hajack

Teacher Assistant - Room 101

Maricela Rivera

Dual Language Teacher – Room 108

MRivera17@cps.edu

Dawn Stanton

Teacher – Room 101

DMStanton@cps.edu

1st Grade

Karina Barriga Alfaro

Dual Language Teacher - Room 106

kbarrigaalfaro@cps.edu

Gretchen Watson

Teacher – Room 104

GCWatson@cps.edu

2nd Grade

Maura Ardam

Teacher – Room 110

MJArdam@cps.edu

Bio

Priscilla Gomez

Dual Language Teacher - Room 109

PGomez18@cps.edu

3rd Grade

Rebecca Jungel

Teacher – Room 211

rjungel@cps.edu

Bio

Maria Xoy

Bilingual Teacher - Room 212

mexoy@cps.edu

Bio

4th Grade

Alejandra Leon

Teacher - Room 208

ALeon70@cps.edu

Kristina Olson

Teacher – Room 206

kmolson@cps.edu

Bio

5th and 6th Grade

Kaitlin Bridges

Reading Teacher - Room 210

KABridges2@cps.edu

Maureen Calbert

Social Studies Teacher – Room 204

mcalbert@cps.edu

Laurel Cramer

Math Teacher – Room 209

LECramer@cps.edu

Bio

Kerry Morahan

Writing Teacher – Room 202

knehrenberg@cps.edu

7th and 8th Grade

Christina Copre

Math / Algebra Teacher – Room 308

CCopre@cps.edu

Bio

Marcie Sanchez

Reading Teacher – Room 312

masanchez14@cps.edu

Bio

Jeffrey Thigpen

Social Studies / Civics Teacher – Room 304

JAThigpen@cps.edu

Bio

Enrichment Curriculum

Thomas Boettjer

Physical Education Teacher - Gym

TABoettjer@cps.edu

Bio

Hope Bogusch

Music Teacher - Room 112

hwittmus@cps.edu

Sandra Slattery

STEM/Technology Teacher - Room 306

SSlattery@cps.edu

Bio

Suzanne Voss

Art Teacher - Room 311

ssvoss@cps.edu

Bio

Special Education Department

Benjelyn Altoveros

Special Ed. Resource Teacher 5th/8th Grades

baltoveros1@cps.edu

Jesnaira Baez

Special Ed. Classroom Assistant Upper Grades - Room 303

Jbaez23@cps.edu

Mia Bringley

Special Ed. Teacher Cluster 6th-8th Grades – Room 303

msbringley@cps.edu

Gerald Burke

Special Ed. Teacher 5th-8th Grades - Room 310

gtburke@cps.edu

Christina Carrabotta

Special Ed. Resource Teacher 6th Grade

clostumbo@cps.edu

Diana Castillo

Special Ed. Resource Teacher 1st-3rd Grades

DCastillo@cps.edu

Natalie Coker

Case Manager - Room 004

NBunker@cps.edu

Anne Dunipace

Special Ed. Resource Teacher 4th-5th Grades

aldunipace@cps.edu

Claudia Garcia

Special Ed. Teacher Assistant Intermediate Grades – Room 201

cngarcia3@cps.edu

Leonardo Gil

Special Ed. Classroom Assistant Primary Grades - Room 003

Lgill@cps.edu

Olga Gil

Special Ed. Classroom Assistant K-2nd Grades - Room 111

OGil4@cps.edu

Suzette Guel

Special Ed. Classroom Assistant Primary Grades - Room 003

Sguel2@cps.edu

Matthew Guyon

Special Ed. Teacher K - 2nd Grades - Room 102

MGGuyon@cps.edu

Katherine Guzman

Special Ed. Classroom Assistant Upper Grades - Room 303

kaguzman5@cps.edu

Jason John

Special Ed. Teacher 3rd-5th Grades – Room 118

jcjohn@cps.edu

Sarah Lopez

Special Ed. Teacher 5th-8th Grades – Room 302

sjlopez3@cps.edu

Jodie Ramos

Special Ed. Classroom Assistant Intermediate Grades - Room 201

Jjramos@cps.edu

Anna Reeder

Special Ed. Resource Teacher Primary Grades

akreeder@cps.edu

Yajaira Reyes

Special Ed. Classroom Assistant Intermediate Grades - Room 201

Marisela Salinas

Special Ed. Classroom Assistant - Room 003

mnsalinas@cps.edu

Nicole Taylor

Special Ed. Classroom Assistant 5th-8th Grades - Rooms 302/310

Ntaylor2@cps.edu

Jose Tovar

Special Ed. Classroom Assistant Upper Grades - Room 303

Stacy Towner

Classroom Assistant 3rd-5th Grades - Room 118

Sltowner@cps.edu

Emma Urquiaga

Special Ed. Teacher Cluster Intermediate Grades – Room 201

EEUrquiaga@cps.edu

Sandra Urquiaga

Special Ed Teacher Cluster Primary Grades – Room 003

SEUrquiaga@cps.edu

Jordan Wyatt

Special Ed. Resource Teacher 7th Grade

JOWyatt@cps.edu

Helen Zara

Special Ed. Classroom Assistant Primary Grades - Room 003

Hczara@cps.edu

Bilingual/Dual Language Department

Melissa Lewandowski

Dual Language Support Teacher – Room 203B

MMLewandowski@cps.edu

Xochitl Martinez

Bilingual/Dual Language Lead Teacher – Room 203B

xmartinez7@cps.edu

Bio

Additional Cleveland Staff

David Guge

School Security

Tanisha Johnson

Porter

tcjohnson26@cps.edu

Mr. Juan

Custodian

Peter Kounavis

Lunchroom Manager

pkounavis1@cps.edu

Eli Lozada

Custodian

elozada3@cps.edu

Ms. Maria

Custodian

Mike Pakan

School Engineer

mjpakan1@cps.edu

Mr. Sergio

Custodian

Sharon Simon

Lunchroom Asst.

sesimon@cps.edu