Amundsen High school

Faculty and Staff

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Administration

Kristi Eilers Principal

kmeilers1@cps.edu
Colleen Murray Assistant Principal

CEMurray@cps.edu 7735342569
Minh Nguyen Assistant Principal

mvnguyen@cps.edu 7735342824
Cybill Ortiz Assistant Principal

CEOrtiz1@cps.edu 7735342552

Admissions

Irwin Lim Scheduler and IB MYP Coordinator

ILim@cps.edu 7735342546
Minh Nguyen Assistant Principal

mvnguyen@cps.edu 7735342824
Zulma Soto Programming Office Clerk and Registrar

ZSoto@cps.edu 7735342828

Athletics

Daniel Jeske Athletic Director, Math Teacher

dsjeske@cps.edu
Eric Miller Assistant Athletic Director, Physical Education Teacher

esmiller2@cps.edu

Attendance Office

David Chinchilla Attendance Coordinator

DAChinchilla@cps.edu 7735342311
Lissette Negron

lnegron5@cps.edu (773) 534-0230

Bookroom

Rudy Diaz Bookroom Clerk

RDiaz2@cps.edu 7735342822

Business Office

Enid Chinchilla Business Office Clerk

773-534-2807
Reginald Williams Director of Operations

7735242823

Computer Science

Kenneth Freeman Career & Technology Educator

KBFreeman@cps.edu
Ned Lapo Computer Science and English Teacher

NLapo@cps.edu
Aleksandar Rusic Teacher

arusic@cps.edu
Meghan Taylor Computer Science Department Chair

metaylor3@cps.edu

Contact Us

Minh Nguyen Assistant Principal

mvnguyen@cps.edu 7735342824

Counseling

Enid Chinchilla Business Office Clerk

773-534-2807
Sophia Darugar School Counselor

sfdarugar@cps.edu 773-534-2324
Elvia Lopez School Counselor

ELopez10@cps.edu 7735342825
Lydia Maldonado School Counselor

LMaldonado@cps.edu 773-534-2476
Suzanne Plunkett Counseling Dept. Assistant

snplunkett@cps.edu
Rosanna Suh School Counselor

rsuh1@cps.edu 773-534-2328
David Tucker School Counselor

DWTucker@cps.edu (773) 534-2667

Culture and Climate

Cynthia Gerena Clerk - Dean's Office

CEGerena@cps.edu 7735342826
Benjamin Khoshaba Security Staff

BYKhoshaba@cps.edu
Cameron McConnell Dean of Climate and Culture

cmcconnell4@cps.edu
Robert Nieves Security Staff

RCNieves@cps.edu
Nicholas Olson Head of Security, Head Varsity Football Coach

nolson2@cps.edu
Chris Pedersen Teacher

cepedersen@cps.edu 7735342325
Maya Roberson Student Advocate

mroberson10@cps.edu
Anita Smith Security Staff

AMSmith2@cps.edu
Gladys Solak Security Staff

GESolak@cps.edu
Marlene Torres At-Risk Student Coordinator

mtorres3@cps.edu

Diverse Learners

Gabrielle Benoit Teacher

gabenoit@cps.edu
Ericka Cardona Special Education Classroom Assistant

ecardona7@cps.edu
Amir Childress Special Education Classroom Assistant

achildress2@cps.edu
Eric Cochran Social Worker

ejcochran@cps.edu
Eric Cochran Social Worker

ejcochran@cps.edu
Chaney Diamond Teacher

CLDiamond@cps.edu
Courtney Dolezil Special Education Classroom Assistant

CMDolezil@cps.edu
Eileen Dziedzic Special Education Teacher
Griffin Fillipitch Diverse Learners Teacher

gfillipitch@cps.edu
Gregory Firak Special Education Classroom Assistant

GFirak@cps.edu
Mon Hawkins Diverse Learners Teacher, Department Chair - Diverse Leaners

mlhawkins2@cps.edu
Christian Heinzel Learning Behavior Specialist 1

cheinzel@cps.edu
Genevieve Huddleston Teacher

GHuddleston@cps.edu
Kaitlyn Johnson Case Manager

kmcfeeley@cps.edu
Kaitlyn Johnson Case Manager

kmcfeeley@cps.edu
Sonja Johnson Teacher

SRJohnson1@cps.edu
Alyssa Kalb Learning Behavior Specialist, Cluster Program Department Chair, & Special Olympics Head Coach

AKalb@cps.edu
M Lane Teacher

MALane@cps.edu
Michael Masters

mmasters1@cps.edu
Vincent McCollum

vpmccollum@cps.edu
William Miller Teacher

wrmiller1@cps.edu
James Morgan Learning Behavior Specialist/Math Team

jmorgan45@cps.edu
Edward (Ted) Nelson Diverse Learner Instructor

efnelson@cps.edu
Catherine O'Brien Special Education Classroom Assistant

ccobrien@cps.edu
Anne Prindiville Learning Behavioral Specialist / Biology Team

atprindiville@cps.edu
Veronica Raguay Special Education Classroom Assistant

vraguay@cps.edu
Brian Roth Teacher

BDRoth@cps.edu
Bridget Ruder Learning & Behavior Specialist I

bruder1@cps.edu
Cristina Salvador Case Manager of 504s

cmsalvador@cps.edu
Joey Shapiro Teacher

jpaddock@cps.edu
Danielle Vallone Special Education Classroom Assistant

DRVallone@cps.edu
Jesse Vera Special Education Classroom Assistant

JVera@cps.edu
Jamison Weaver Special Education Teacher

cjweaver@cps.edu

Driver Education

Raquel Acosta Teacher

RCAlicea@cps.edu
Darren Harlston Teacher and Driver Education Coordinator

DLHarlston@cps.edu 7735342505

English Language Arts

L. Brendel Teacher

LGBrendel@cps.edu
Margaret Close Teacher

MAClose@cps.edu
Christian Heinzel Learning Behavior Specialist 1

cheinzel@cps.edu
Angelica Krajewski-Conzen English Teacher

akrajewski-@cps.edu
Amy Lekan Teacher

ASLekan@cps.edu
Tommy Malouf

tmalouf@cps.edu
Michael Masters

mmasters1@cps.edu
Timothy McGowan Teacher

TJMcgowan@cps.edu
Tanya Nguyen English Teacher

tglapajone@cps.edu
Chris Pedersen Teacher

cepedersen@cps.edu 7735342325
Michael Peet Teacher

MJPeet@cps.edu
Valerie Poulos

vspoulos@cps.edu
Victoria Rymut Teacher

vsrymut@cps.edu
Joey Shapiro Teacher

jpaddock@cps.edu
Brittany Suson English Teacher

bmsuson@cps.edu
Janine Widman

jlwidman@cps.edu

Fall - Boys 16 Inch Softball

Jesse Vera Special Education Classroom Assistant

JVera@cps.edu

Fall - Boys Soccer

David Chinchilla Attendance Coordinator

DAChinchilla@cps.edu 7735342311

Fall - Co-ed Cross Country

Brittany Suson English Teacher

bmsuson@cps.edu

Fall - Co-ed Golf

Michael Masters

mmasters1@cps.edu
Brian Roth Teacher

BDRoth@cps.edu
Bridget Ruder Learning & Behavior Specialist I

bruder1@cps.edu

Fall - Football

Daniel Jeske Athletic Director, Math Teacher

dsjeske@cps.edu
Paul Johansson Physical Education Teacher, Varsity Football Coach, Special Olympics Coach

pjohansson@cps.edu
Nicholas Olson Head of Security, Head Varsity Football Coach

nolson2@cps.edu

Fall - Girls Swim

Anthony McClellan Physical & Health Education Teacher/Girls Swimming Head Coach/Boys & Girls Track & Field Assistant Coach

atmcclellan1@cps.edu

Fall - Girls Volleyball

Raquel Acosta Teacher

RCAlicea@cps.edu

International Baccalaureate Programme (IB)

Denise Barba International Baccalaureate Teacher, After School Matters Liaison

dbarba@cps.edu
Gregory Caswell Teacher

gcaswell@cps.edu
AnaMaria Cojocnean Teacher

acojocnean@cps.edu
John Evans Teacher

JEvans2@cps.edu
Laura Frcka Teacher

LDGiglio@cps.edu
Shane Hagene Teacher

SPHagene@cps.edu
Trisha Hanus IB Teacher

TETepavchevich@cps.edu
Todd Johnson IB Teacher

TRJohnson3@cps.edu
Lesley Jorge French Teacher

lbjorge@cps.edu
Angelica Krajewski-Conzen English Teacher

akrajewski-@cps.edu
Irwin Lim Scheduler and IB MYP Coordinator

ILim@cps.edu 7735342546
Angelo Mihalopoulos Teacher

AMihalopoulos@cps.edu
Craig Newman social science and IB CP teacher

cmnewman1@cps.edu
Minh Nguyen Assistant Principal

mvnguyen@cps.edu 7735342824
Michael Peet Teacher

MJPeet@cps.edu
Olga Prappas Math Department Chair

oprappas@cps.edu
Lori Raffanti Teacher

laraffanti@cps.edu
Emily Richardson

ecrichardson4@cps.edu
Mary Ross Teacher

MKRoss@cps.edu
Eman Sarhan Teacher

EKSarhan@cps.edu
Natalia Sikora Science Department Chair
Dora Soberanis Teacher

DLSoberanis@cps.edu
William Spain Teacher

WJSpain@cps.edu
James Stoll Teacher

jfstoll@cps.edu
Priscilla Tun Martin Teacher

ptun1@cps.edu
Jerry Zhu Teacher

jzhu14@cps.edu

Main Office

Teresita Ortiz Main Office Clerk

TMOrtiz@cps.edu 7735342321

Mathematics

Mayra Bravo-Gonzalez Mathematics Teacher

mbravo-gonz@cps.edu
John Evans Teacher

JEvans2@cps.edu
Laura Frcka Teacher

LDGiglio@cps.edu
Shane Hagene Teacher

SPHagene@cps.edu
Donna Heidkamp Math Teacher

dheidkamp@cps.edu
Daniel Jeske Athletic Director, Math Teacher

dsjeske@cps.edu
Olga Prappas Math Department Chair

oprappas@cps.edu
Lori Raffanti Teacher

laraffanti@cps.edu
Mark Ross Teacher

MGRoss@cps.edu
Bridget Ruder Learning & Behavior Specialist I

bruder1@cps.edu
Aleksandar Rusic Teacher

arusic@cps.edu
Jill Skintges

jskintges@cps.edu
Vladimir Sreckovic Math Teacher

vsreckovic@cps.edu
Jerry Zhu Teacher

jzhu14@cps.edu

Physical Education

Raquel Acosta Teacher

RCAlicea@cps.edu
Darren Harlston Teacher and Driver Education Coordinator

DLHarlston@cps.edu 7735342505
Daniel Jeske Athletic Director, Math Teacher

dsjeske@cps.edu
Paul Johansson Physical Education Teacher, Varsity Football Coach, Special Olympics Coach

pjohansson@cps.edu
Anthony McClellan Physical & Health Education Teacher/Girls Swimming Head Coach/Boys & Girls Track & Field Assistant Coach

atmcclellan1@cps.edu
Eric Miller Assistant Athletic Director, Physical Education Teacher

esmiller2@cps.edu
Nicholas White Physical Education Teacher

ngwhite@cps.edu

Programming Office

Irwin Lim Scheduler and IB MYP Coordinator

ILim@cps.edu 7735342546
Zulma Soto Programming Office Clerk and Registrar

ZSoto@cps.edu 7735342828

Programs

Minh Nguyen Assistant Principal

mvnguyen@cps.edu 7735342824

School Nurse

Agnes Grodzik Certified School Nurse

agrodzik@cps.edu 773-534-2669

Science

Kate Englund-Kenealy Science Teacher

KEEnglund@cps.edu
Todd Johnson IB Teacher

TRJohnson3@cps.edu
Samuel Knewstub Teacher

snknewstub@cps.edu
Kinka Micheva Teacher

kmicheva@cps.edu
Anne Prindiville Learning Behavioral Specialist / Biology Team

atprindiville@cps.edu
Emily Richardson

ecrichardson4@cps.edu
Eman Sarhan Teacher

EKSarhan@cps.edu
Natalia Sikora Science Department Chair
James Stoll Teacher

jfstoll@cps.edu
Priscilla Tun Martin Teacher

ptun1@cps.edu

Social Science

L. Brendel Teacher

LGBrendel@cps.edu
Gregory Caswell Teacher

gcaswell@cps.edu
Trisha Hanus IB Teacher

TETepavchevich@cps.edu
Kyle Learn Social Science Teacher and Service Learning Coordinator

klearn@cps.edu
Angelo Mihalopoulos Teacher

AMihalopoulos@cps.edu
Craig Newman social science and IB CP teacher

cmnewman1@cps.edu
Ethel O'Dowd Teacher

eaodowd@cps.edu
Mary Ross Teacher

MKRoss@cps.edu
Steve Rzodkiewicz Teacher

STRzodkiewicz@cps.edu
Michael Westerkamp

mwesterkamp@cps.edu
Wayne Zhang World Studies

wzhang12@cps.edu

Special Olympics Team

Paul Johansson Physical Education Teacher, Varsity Football Coach, Special Olympics Coach

pjohansson@cps.edu
Alyssa Kalb Learning Behavior Specialist, Cluster Program Department Chair, & Special Olympics Head Coach

AKalb@cps.edu

Spring - Boys Baseball

Daniel Jeske Athletic Director, Math Teacher

dsjeske@cps.edu
Cameron McConnell Dean of Climate and Culture

cmcconnell4@cps.edu
Craig Newman social science and IB CP teacher

cmnewman1@cps.edu

Spring - Girls Badminton

Michael Masters

mmasters1@cps.edu

Spring - Girls Fast Pitch Softball

Emily Richardson

ecrichardson4@cps.edu

Spring - Track & Field

Christian Heinzel Learning Behavior Specialist 1

cheinzel@cps.edu
Anthony McClellan Physical & Health Education Teacher/Girls Swimming Head Coach/Boys & Girls Track & Field Assistant Coach

atmcclellan1@cps.edu

Spring - Water Polo

Valerie Poulos

vspoulos@cps.edu

Staff

Amir Childress Special Education Classroom Assistant

achildress2@cps.edu
Lissette Negron

lnegron5@cps.edu (773) 534-0230

Student Activities

Cynthia Gerena Clerk - Dean's Office

CEGerena@cps.edu 7735342826

Visual and Performing Arts

Tristan Arnold Orchestra Teacher

ttarnold@cps.edu
Denise Barba International Baccalaureate Teacher, After School Matters Liaison

dbarba@cps.edu
Rebecca Bean Theater Teacher

RBean@cps.edu
Andrew Breen Teacher

abreen1@cps.edu
Omar Fong-Bances Music Teacher/Band Director

OFFong-bances@cps.edu
Lorelei Macbeth IB Visual Arts teacher and Arts Liaison

LEMacBeth@cps.edu
Annette O'Donnell

amodonnell3@cps.edu
William Spain Teacher

WJSpain@cps.edu

Winter - Bowling

Catherine O'Brien Special Education Classroom Assistant

ccobrien@cps.edu
Jesse Vera Special Education Classroom Assistant

JVera@cps.edu

Winter - Boys Basketball

Nicholas White Physical Education Teacher

ngwhite@cps.edu

Winter - Indoor Track and Field

Christian Heinzel Learning Behavior Specialist 1

cheinzel@cps.edu
Anthony McClellan Physical & Health Education Teacher/Girls Swimming Head Coach/Boys & Girls Track & Field Assistant Coach

atmcclellan1@cps.edu

World Language

J. Acosta Teacher, Spanish

jacosta49@cps.edu
AnaMaria Cojocnean Teacher

acojocnean@cps.edu
Claire De Leon Spanish Teacher

CCDeLeon@cps.edu
Lesley Jorge French Teacher

lbjorge@cps.edu
Annette O'Donnell

amodonnell3@cps.edu
Rolf Pelkey World Language - Japanese teacher

repelkey@cps.edu
Dora Soberanis Teacher

DLSoberanis@cps.edu