• Meet the Staff of Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary School 

    Principal and Student Services Coordinators:

    Mrs. Lowery, Mrs. Betzold, Ms. Micheles

    Administrative Assistants:  

    Ms. Fink and Ms. Martin

    Registered Nurse and Certified Nurse:  

    Mrs. Mathern and Mrs. Dichoso   

    LMC Director and LMC Assistant:  

    Mrs. Cooley and Mrs. Gough 

    Kindergarten Teachers:   

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

    1st Grade Teachers:  

    Mrs. Sullivan, Mrs. Ji, Mrs. Retzler, Ms. Murphy

    2nd Grade Teachers:  

    Mrs. Ose, Mrs. Powell, Mrs. Stanley, Ms. Dunning,  Mrs. Shreve 

    3rd Grade Teachers:  

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

    4th Grade Teachers:  

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

    5th Grade Teachers:  

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

    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. Lucas, 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:

    Mrs. Herner (OT), Mrs. Walton (PT), Ms. Gruber (OT)

    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, (Ms. Calvert and Mrs. Venegas not pictured)

    Head Custodian:  

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

    Lunch Supervisors:  

    Ms. Subramanian, Ms. Akula, Ms. Tran, Ms. Malik, Ms. Mohammed, Ms. Vijayaraghavan, Ms. Kumarakalva (not pictured)

    NOT PICTURED:

    Itinerants:

    Ms. Moellendorf (vision), Ms. Sticken (vision), Ms. Tisor-Leab (hearing)

    Crossing Guards:

    Ms. Tran (AM), Mr. Courtney (PM)