Administration
Allison Sherman
Superintendent
Leslie Weber
Assistant Superintendent of Teaching and Learning
Steve Cummins
Business Manager/CSBO
Julie Waehner
Director of Student Services
Julie began her career at Oak Grove School in the 1999-2000 school year. Prior to being...
Dmitry Andrievsky
Director of Technology
Alexa Dunn
Coordinator of Teaching and Innovative Learning
Ryan Murray
Assistant Principal/SEL Coordinator
Ryan Murray is a student centered educator who believes in supporting the whole child. ...
Business Services
Steve Cummins
Business Manager/CSBO
Vickie Lambert
Accounts Payable
Lori Beres
Administrative Assistant-Business & Curriculum

Kelly Mitchell
Assistant Business Manager
Office Staff
Lori Beres
Administrative Assistant-Business & Curriculum
Kathy Azzato
Secretary
Karen Draths
Secretary
Susan Gilbert
Secretary
Jennifer McBride
Assistant to the Superintendent/FOIA Officer
Nursing Staff
Callie Johnson
Nurse
Jen Liu
Nurse
Teaching and Learning
Leslie Weber
Assistant Superintendent of Teaching and Learning
Lori Beres
Administrative Assistant-Business & Curriculum
Alexa Dunn
Coordinator of Teaching and Innovative Learning
Jason Meltzer
Technology Coach/Technology Teacher
Jason Meltzer, Ph.D. is currently the Technology Instructional Coach and Media Arts tea...
Lindsey Nietfeldt
Instructional Coach
Lindsey Nietfeldt joined Oak Grove school in 2018. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in E...
Katie Yarc
Instructional Coach
Katie Yarc started her student teaching at Oak Grove in August of 2000 and was hired fu...
Kindergarten
Becky Honaker
Kindergarten
Focusing on the whole child, Mrs. Honaker is an educator who cares deeply about both th...
Jenna Sobey
Kindergarten
Jenna Sobey earned a Bachelors degree in Elementary Education and Psychology from Lake ...
Kelsey Spencer
Kindergarten
Kelsey Spencer is a Kindergarten teacher at Oak Grove. Her first year at OGS was the 20...
Kelly Zanon
Kindergarten
Kelly Zanon has been teaching Kindergarten at Oak Grove since 2012. Her favorite part o...
1st Grade
Zoe Bourdon
1st grade
Zoe Bourdon is an early childhood educator that strongly believes in supporting the dev...
Bonnie Brown
1st grade
Bonnie Brown joined Oak Grove School in August, 1994. She currently teaches 1st-grade a...
Wendy Miller
1st grade
Wendy Miller grew up in Palatine, IL, and knew when she was only in first grade herself...
Sarah Palmer
1st grade
Mrs. Palmer has been apart of the Oak Grove Community since she was a student here. She...
2nd Grade
Jenifer Alghini
2nd grade
Jenifer Alghini joined Oak Grove School in August 2011. Ms. Alghini earned his Bachelor...
Aubrey Bernsee
2nd grade
Aubrey Bernsee has been an educator since 2003. She is a certified Reading Specialist a...
Anne Miller
2nd grade
Mrs. Anne Miller joined Oak Grove School in August of 1999. Mrs. Miller earned her Asso...
Cathie Saia
2nd grade
Cathie Saia first joined Oak Grove School in August, 1993. After taking time off with h...
3rd Grade
Amy Flores
3rd grade
Amy Flores has been teaching at Oak Grove since 2004. In addition to teaching 3rd grade...
Lynn Koehler
3rd grade
Mrs. Koehler started her career with a Bachelors Degree in Business and Management from...
Erica Markiewicz
3rd grade
Erica Markiewicz joined the Oak Grove community in August of 2018. Erica has been a Thi...
Heather McCarty
3rd grade
Mrs. McCarty is a third-grade teacher who started at Oak Grove in 1999. She has been fo...
Brittany Tromotola
3rd grade
Mrs. Tromotola began working at Oak Grove during the 2019-2020 school year. She receive...
4th Grade
Andrea Dunn
4th grade Sci/SS
Andrea Dunn has been a 4th grade teacher at Oak Grove School since 1997. In Junior High...
Marcy Gibbar
4th grade Sci/SS
In 2000, Marcy Gibbar started her teaching career at Oak Grove School. She received her...
Lynn Klunder
4th grade Math
Mrs. Klunder was hired in August of 1997 and has spent the past 26 school years teachin...
Cheryl Matheson
4th grade Math
When Cheryl Matheson retires at the end of the 2022-2023 school year, she will have tau...
Amy Simons
4th grade ELA
Ms. Simons is an educator who makes it a priority to work with the whole child. She bel...
Melissa Thoune
4th grade ELA
Melissa Thoune began teaching at Oak Grove during the 2018-2019 school year. She earned...
5th Grade
Ann Coughlin
5th grade Math
Ann Coughlin joined the Oak Grove faculty many years ago. Prior to joining OGS, she tau...
John Mehnert
5th grade Social Studies
John Mehnert started at Oak Grove in August of 1994 as a 5th Grade teacher. Over the ye...
Jennifer Sarmiento
5th grade math
Jennifer Sarmiento earned her Bachelor of Arts in Applied Psychology from the Universit...
Melissa Sheldon
5th grade Science
Melissa Sheldon joined Oak Grove School in January 2022. Mrs. Sheldon earned her Bachel...
Jennifer Summers
5th grade ELA
Jennifer Summers joined Oak Grove School in August of 2022. Mrs. Summers earned her B...
Dawn Watrous
5th grade ELA
Dawn Watrous joined Oak Grove School in August 2015. After attending the University of ...
6th Grade
Lori Colclasure
6th SS
Lori Colclasure joined Oak Grove School in August of 2006. Mrs. Colclasure, also known ...
Ashley Douglass
6th grade ELA
Ashley Douglass joined the Oak Grove staff in 1997. She holds a Bachelor's Degree i...
Ashleigh Grambo
6-8 French
Dan Henneberry
STEM teacher
Mr. Henneberry started at Oak Grove in January of 2005 as an aide in junior high, he ha...
Matt Oesch
6th grade Science
Mr. Oesch has been teaching 6th-grade Science at Oak Grove School for many years. He ev...
Jennifer Pittam
6th grade Spanish
Jenny Pittam joined Oak Grove School in August of 2000 as the 8th grade Spanish Teacher...
Julia Simmons
6th grade Math/TAG Math
Julia Simmons is a 6th Grade Math Teacher. She started working at Oak Grove in the 2020...
Karyn Thompson
6th grade ELA/TAG ELA
Karyn Thompson began teaching ELA at Oak Grove in 1995. She has a Bachelor of Science d...
7th Grade
Ashleigh Grambo
6-8 French
Dan Henneberry
STEM teacher
Mr. Henneberry started at Oak Grove in January of 2005 as an aide in junior high, he ha...
Chloe Kotiw
7th grade ELA
Chloe Kotiw is an an avid reader, writer, and thinker. She is a graduate of Illinois St...
Whitney Mann
7th & 8th grade Spanish
After graduating Indiana University, Señora Mann joined Oak Grove to begin her c...
Mitch Picchiotti
7th grade Social Studies
Mitch Picchiotti is a passionate and enthusiastic educator who believes that every chil...
Lynn Pusateri
7th grade Science
Lynn Pusateri joined Oak Grove School in August of 2000. Mrs. Pusateri earned her Bache...
Czarina Rodriguez
7th grade math/TAG Math
Czarina Rodriguez joined Oak Grove School in August of 2021. Mrs. Rodriguez earned her ...
Rebecca Sims
7th grade Lit/LA
Becky Sims joined Oak Grove School in 2018 as a 7th Grade English Language Arts teacher...
8th Grade
Michelle Bereczky
8th grade ELA
Anna Edelson
8th grade Science
Anna Edelson joined Oak Grove School in August of 2008. Mrs. Edelson earned her Bachelo...
Ashleigh Grambo
6-8 French
Dan Henneberry
STEM teacher
Mr. Henneberry started at Oak Grove in January of 2005 as an aide in junior high, he ha...
Whitney Mann
7th & 8th grade Spanish
After graduating Indiana University, Señora Mann joined Oak Grove to begin her c...
Patrick Potter
8th grade Social Studies
Mr. Potter grew up in Des Plaines, IL and graduated from Illinois State University in 2...
Patricia Tazzioli
8th grade ELA/TAG ELA
Patricia Tazzioli has been an educator at Oak Grove since August 1999. She has taught a...
Christopher Walsh
8th grade Math
Mr. Walsh joined the Oak Grove staff in 2001. He enjoys bringing math to the masses but...
Math
Allison Honaker
Math Specialist
Allison Honaker joined Oak Grove in August of 2002 after student teaching at Oak Grove ...
Meg Oesch
Math Specialist
Meg Oesch joined Oak Grove School in October of 2009. Mrs. Oesch earned her Education d...
Jen Phillips
Math Specialist
Mrs. Phillips has a passion for working with students in math. She began teaching at Oa...
Reading Specialists
Casey Dugan
Reading Specialist
Casey Dugan graduated from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with a Bachelor ...
Jean Hattendorf
Reading Specialist
Jean Hattendorf joined Oak Grove School in August of 1993. Mrs. Hattendorf earned her B...
Rebecca Jakubowski
Reading Specialist
Becky Jakubowski (Mrs. J.) started at Oak Grove in 1993. She earned her Bachelors of Sc...
Fine Arts
Logan Farris
General/Vocal Music
Richard Frankowski
Band
Rick Frankowski started at Oak Grove School in August of 2020. He currently teaches 3rd...
Dave Jones
Band
Dave Jones joined Oak Grove School in August of 1996. Mr. Jones earned his Bachelors of...
Melanie Ludington
Drama
Hillary Spector
K-1 Art/EL
Hilary Spector joined Oak Grove in 2015 as the elementary art teacher. She was split be...
Erin Vance
Art
Erin Vance is an advocate for arts education and its importance on the creativity and m...
Foreign Language
Ashleigh Grambo
6-8 French
Sara Loch
K-5 Spanish
Sara Loch joined Oak Grove’s staff July of 2012. Since then, she has been teachin...
Whitney Mann
7th & 8th grade Spanish
After graduating Indiana University, Señora Mann joined Oak Grove to begin her c...
Jennifer Pittam
6th grade Spanish
Jenny Pittam joined Oak Grove School in August of 2000 as the 8th grade Spanish Teacher...
EL (English Learner)
Krista Demma
EL
Krista Demma began teaching in 2009. She joined Oak Grove's staff in 2012 as a Worl...
Beth Hughes
EL
Beth Hughes started teaching at Oak Grove School in 2015. Mrs. Hughes graduated from Il...
Hillary Spector
K-1 Art/EL
Hilary Spector joined Oak Grove in 2015 as the elementary art teacher. She was split be...
Physical Education and Health
Cody Callahan
P.E. & Health
Mr. Callahan is a fun & energetic Physical Education & Health teacher. Mr. Call...
Nicole Cummins
P.E. & Health
Nicole Cummins began her teaching career at Oak Grove during the 2020/2021 school year....
David Izenstark
P.E. & Health
Dave Izenstark joined Oak Grove in August 2006 as a 6th-8th P.E Teacher. Mr Izenstark e...
Sara Kurtz
P.E. & Health
Miss Kurtz graduated from Wheaton College with a degree in journalism but quickly reali...
Dan Mayer
P.E.
Dan Mayer joined Oak Grove School in August 1994. Mr. Mayer earned his Bachelors of Phy...
Library
Alyssa Osterman
JH Library
Alyssa Osterman is the Junior High Librarian. She previously taught at Central School i...
Jina Rappaport
Elementary Library
Jina Rappaport joined Oak Grove School in 2007 as the 4-8 librarian and 6th-grade techn...
TAG
Cheryl Matheson
4th grade Math
When Cheryl Matheson retires at the end of the 2022-2023 school year, she will have tau...
Bronwen Mosquera
Enrichment Specialist & 4th/5th TAG Math
Bronwen Mosquera joined Oak Grove in February of 2022 to fulfill the Talent Development...
Czarina Rodriguez
7th grade math/TAG Math
Czarina Rodriguez joined Oak Grove School in August of 2021. Mrs. Rodriguez earned her ...
Julia Simmons
6th grade Math/TAG Math
Julia Simmons is a 6th Grade Math Teacher. She started working at Oak Grove in the 2020...
Rebecca Sims
7th grade Lit/LA
Becky Sims joined Oak Grove School in 2018 as a 7th Grade English Language Arts teacher...
Karyn Thompson
6th grade ELA/TAG ELA
Karyn Thompson began teaching ELA at Oak Grove in 1995. She has a Bachelor of Science d...
Christopher Walsh
8th grade Math
Mr. Walsh joined the Oak Grove staff in 2001. He enjoys bringing math to the masses but...
Technology
Dmitry Andrievsky
Director of Technology
David Huber
Data Manager
Dave Huber joined Oak Grove School in August of 1999. Mr. Huber earned his Bachelors of...
Patti Jacobs
Tech Support Specialist
Jason Meltzer
Technology Coach/Technology Teacher
Jason Meltzer, Ph.D. is currently the Technology Instructional Coach and Media Arts tea...
Psychology
Lindsay Krieschen
Psychologist
Lindsay Krieschen is a dedicated educator who loves working with students of all ages. ...
Lori Sandler
Psychologist
Ms. Sandler has been a member of the Oak Grove staff since August 2021. She received he...
Special Education
Julie Waehner
Director of Student Services
Julie began her career at Oak Grove School in the 1999-2000 school year. Prior to being...
Nicole Barmantje
Special Education
Nicole Barmantje joined Oak Grove in 2008. Currently, she is one of our special educati...
Aimee Brown
Special Education
Jennifer Elfering
Special Education
Jennifer Elfering started working at Oak Grove in 2018 as a Resource Teacher working wi...
Paula Forman
Special Education
Paula Forman joined Oak Grove in 2006. She earned her Bachelor degree of Elementary Edu...
Cindy Hamlin
Special Education
Cindy Hamlin has been teaching for over 35 years. She earned her Bachelors of Education...
Katie Riley
Special Education
Katie Riley is one of our special education teachers. She has been working at Oak Grove...
Erin Smith
Special Education
Erin Smith has been a part of the Oak Grove community since 2003. She serves as a Speci...
Kathy Zurawski
Special Education
SEL
Susie Kiefer
SEL teacher
Susie Kiefer is the K-Fifth Grade Social Emotional Learning Teacher. Susie supports wit...
Ryan Murray
Assistant Principal/SEL Coordinator
Ryan Murray is a student centered educator who believes in supporting the whole child. ...
Speech/Language
David Karolewicz
Speech/Language Pathologist - Athletic Director
Mr. Karolewicz joined Oak Grove in July of 2007. Mr. Karolewicz earned a Bachelors and ...
Jasmin Klapman
Speech/Language Pathologist
Jasmin Klapman has been working at Oak Grove School since August of 2018. Ms.Klapman ea...
Melissa Ostach
Speech/Language Pathologist
Melissa Ostach joined Oak Grove School in the role of Speech-Language Pathologist in th...
Social Work
Gayle Timlin
Social Worker
Gayle Timlin worked for Oak Grove for 29 years before retiring in 2018. She happily ret...
Kimberly Wesley
Social Worker
Kimberly Wesley joined Oak Grove School in August of 2001. Ms. Wesley earned her Bachel...
Alexandra Wilgus
Social Worker
Allie Wilgus joined Oak Grove School in the 2022-2023 school year. She is a School Soci...
Occupational Therapy
Elaine Radzienda
Occupational Therapy
Athletics
David Karolewicz
Speech/Language Pathologist - Athletic Director
Mr. Karolewicz joined Oak Grove in July of 2007. Mr. Karolewicz earned a Bachelors and ...
Aides
Dalia Afify
Aide
Robert Byford
Aide
Lori James
Aide
Amy Loumeau
Aide
Moira Muller
Aide
Diane Neiweem
Aide
Julie Piazzi
Aide
Maria Pirih
Aide
Jennie Schlitt
Aide
Mary Jo Swift
Aide
Peggy Thurman
Aide
Extended Day
Rob Rendon
Extended Day Program Director/Lunch Program Director
Tammy Olson
Extended Day Program
Kent Poulson
Extended Day Program & Lunchroom Assistant
Tommy Rodriquez
Extended Day Program
Hunter Waszkowski
Extended Day Program
Lunchroom
Rob Rendon
Extended Day Program Director/Lunch Program Director
Sirisha Burra
Lunchroom Assistant
Breno Costa
Lunchroom Assistant
Amy Fell
Lunchroom Assistant
Marcia Fernandes Pucetti
Lunchroom Assistant
Roslyn Johnsson
Lunchroom Assistant
Andrea Jones
Lunchroom Assistant
Lidia Martins DaCosta
Lunchroom Assistant
Marian Mendes
Lunchroom Assistant
Neha Mishra
Lunchroom Assistant
Tammy Olson
Lunchroom Assistant
Fabiola Pereira
Lunchroom Assistant
Kent Poulson
Extended Day Program & Lunchroom Assistant
Thomas Rodriguez
Lunchroom Assistant
Munmun Samanta
Lunchroom Assistant
Monique Sardenberg
Lunchroom Assistant
Sonia Vazamim
Lunchroom Assistant
Hunter Waszkowski
Lunchroom Assistant
Jill Whitlock
Lunchroom Assistant
Custodial Department
Mr. Derek Hilliard
Director of Building and Grounds
Rose Ghanayem
Custodian
José Hernandez
Custodian
Carlos Lemus
Custodian
Lupe Lemus
Custodian
Heriberto Nino
Custodian
Pablo Nino
Custodian
José Solano
Custodian
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