• Meet the Staff of Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary School 

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    Principal and Student Services Coordinators:

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    Mrs. Palumbo, Mrs. Russell, Mrs. Lowery

     

    Administrative Assistants:  

    Mrs. Breske and Mrs. Kassen

     

    Registered Nurse and Certified Nurse:  

    Mrs. Dichoso and Mrs. Crouse 

     

    LMC Director and LMC Assistant:  

    Mrs. Cooley and Mrs. Gough 

     

    Kindergarten Teachers:   

    Mrs. Phillips-Toms, Ms. Frye, Mrs. Vaghy, Mrs. Johnson

     

    1st Grade Teachers:  

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    Mrs. Sullivan, Mrs. Ji, Ms. Murphy, Ms. Wiacek (student teacher), Mrs. Retzler

     

    2nd Grade Teachers:  

    Ms. Chapple (student teacher), Mrs. Ose, Mrs. Powell, Ms. Dunning, Mrs. Stanley, Mrs. Shreve

     

    3rd Grade Teachers:  

    Mrs. Porter, Ms. Hilgemann, Mrs. South, Ms. Damhorst, Mr. Klemm 

     

    4th Grade Teachers:  

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    Mrs. Rodriguez, Mr. Miller, Mr. Whyte, Mrs. Kroll

     

    5th Grade Teachers:  

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    Ms. Miller, Ms. Lentz, Mrs. Avery-Scott, Mr. DiJohn

     

    Specials Teachers:  

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    Mr. Persson (PE), Mrs. Bushman (Art), Mrs. Yi (Music), Mr. Cooper (Part-time PE)

     

    Adapted P.E. Teacher:  

    Mr. Zuber

     

    Student Support Team  

    Bilingual Specialist and ELL Teacher:  

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    Mrs. Tamer, Mrs. Howard and Mrs. Venegas (not pictured)

     

    Project Arrow Teacher:  

    Mrs. Kerner

     

    Reading Specialists and Interventionist:  

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    Mrs. Opelt, Mrs. Stanik, Mrs. Polk

     

    Supported Education Teachers:  

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    Mrs. Hayden, Mrs. Bozue, Mrs. Anderson, Ms. Fosco, Mrs. McClernon

     

    Related Service Providers:

     

    Social Worker and School Psychologist:

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    Ms. Phelps (SW), Ms. Cammiso (SP) 

     

    Speech/Language Pathologist:

    Ms. Svitak, Ms. Roche

     

    Occupational/Physical Therapists:

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    Mrs. Herner (OT), Mrs. Walton (PT), Ms. O'Callaghan (OT)(not pictured)

     

    Teaching Assistants:  

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    Mrs. Sharma, Mrs. Basu, Mrs. Thacker, Mrs. Vinay, Mrs. Calvert, Mrs. Archey, Mrs. Patel,  Mrs. Mathupala, Mrs. Tegethoff, Mrs. Thompson, Ms. Balasubramanian, Mr. Sarno,  Mrs. Patel,  Mrs. Stange, (Mrs. Koronkiewicz not pictured)

     

    Head Custodian:  

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    Mr. Victor (Ms. Estudillo and Mr. Recendez not pictured)

     

    Lunch Supervisors:  

    Ms. Akula, Ms. Shaik, Ms. Tran, Ms. Vijayaraghavan, Ms. Isamil, Ms. Malik