70 teachers join Joliet Public Schools District 86

JOLIET – More than 70 teachers, including six new elementary music teachers, have joined Joliet Public Schools District 86 for the 2017-2018 school year.

New employees include Kayla Adams, Carl Sandburg Elementary; Karina Alonso, Pershing Elementary; Katherine Atwood, M.J. Cunningham Elementary; Samantha Baker, Dirksen Junior High; Taylor Beekman, J.F. Kennedy Administrative Center; Walter Blair, Sator Sanchez Elementary; Tanya Burcenski, M.J. Cunningham Elementary; Kathryn Dobryzynski-Mata, Hufford Junior High; Medelia Garcia, Farragut Elementary; Christine Gierut, Farragut Elementary; Julieanne Gonzales, Sator Sanchez Elementary; Estefani Gonzalez, A.O. Marshall Elementary; Michelle Grygiel, Gompers Junior High; Rebecca Hess, Hufford Junior High; George Hiler, Dirksen Junior High; Barbara Hotter, M.J. Cunningham Elementary; Hayley Hughes, J.F. Kennedy Administrative Center; Briana Ingram, M.J. Cunningham Elementary; Abby Kieffer, Farragut Elementary; Samantha Kline-VanDenHandel, Washington Junior High; Angela Klunder, J.F. Kennedy Administrative Center; Tammy Ledesma, Washington Junior High; Katherine Lindemann, Farragut Elementary; Vilmania Lopez, Sator Sanchez Elementary; Erik Louis, Lynne Thigpen Elementary; Bethany Mampre, Hufford Junior High; Megan Mathisen, Marycrest Early Childhood Center; Mallory Maticic, Farragut Elementary; Christine McBride, Dirksen Junior High; Erin McDonough, Isaac Singleton Elementary; Brenda McPherson, Isaac Singleton Elementary; Ivan Morales, Thomas Jefferson Elementary; Samantha Munks-Folty, Washington Junior High; Alejandra Navarro-Guerra, Thomas Jefferson Elementary; Chad Nelson, Farragut Elementary; Shannon Nemec, Hufford Junior High; Lorena Ortiz, Thomas Jefferson Elementary; Shauna Ponnambalam, Hufford Junior High; Elise Romane, Taft Elementary; Michael Schuller, J.F. Kennedy Administrative Center; Kimberly Segvich, M.J. Cunningham Elementary; Julie Seiler, Taft Elementary; Ethan Shebesh, Forest Park Individual Education School; Eboni Slaton, Washington Junior High; Vanessa Stokes, Dirksen Junior High; Dorothy Straub, Pershing Elementary; Michael Tonelli, Gompers Junior High; Lyndsie Ucci, A.O. Marshall Elementary; Violetta Villareal-Berman, Lynne Thigpen Elementary; Dana Witheft, Farragut Elementary; Amanda Woycheese, Pershing Elementary; Alissa Zanelli, Dirksen Junior High; and Danielle Zito, J.F. Kennedy Administrative Center.