Oak Grove SD68 People
Director of Teaching and Learning
Alexa Dunn currently serves as the Director of Teaching and Learning, bringing a strong...
Accounts Payable
2nd grade
Jenifer Alghini joined Oak Grove School in August 2011. Ms. Alghini earned her Bachelor...
K-5 Spanish
Sara Loch joined Oak Grove’s staff July of 2012. Since then, she has been teachin...
Special Education
Nicole Barmantje joined Oak Grove in 2008. Currently, she is one of our special educati...
1st grade
Bonnie Brown joined Oak Grove School in August, 1994. She currently teaches 1st-grade a...
Aide
EL
Krista Demma began teaching in 2009. She has taught all grades kindergarten-8th in Span...
6th grade ELA
Ashley Douglass joined the Oak Grove staff in 1997. She holds a Bachelor's Degree i...
Secretary
Reading Specialist
Casey Dugan graduated from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with a Bachelor ...
5th grade Math/Sci
Andrea Dunn is a 5th grade teacher at Oak Grove. She was a 4th grade teacher for ...
8th grade Science
Anna Edelson joined Oak Grove School in August of 2008. Mrs. Edelson earned her Bachelo...
General/Vocal Music
Logan Farris has been working with children since his very first job as a camp counselo...
Lunchroom Assistant
4th grade Math/Sci
Amy Flores has been teaching at Oak Grove since 2004. In addition to teaching 4th grade...
7th grade Science
Lisa Is thrilled to be celebrating her second year as a part of the Oak Grove! family! ...
Special Education
Paula Forman joined Oak Grove in 2006. She earned her Bachelor degree of Elementary Edu...
5th grade Math/Sci
In 2000, Marcy Gibbar started her teaching career at Oak Grove School. She received her...
Secretary
6-8 French
STEM teacher
Mr. Henneberry started at Oak Grove in January of 2005 as an aide in junior high, he ha...
Math Specialist
Allison Honaker joined Oak Grove in August of 2002 after student teaching at Oak Grove ...
P.E. & Health
Dave Izenstark joined Oak Grove in August 2006 as a 6th-8th P.E Teacher. Mr Izenstark e...
Reading Specialist
Becky Jakubowski (Mrs. J.) earned her Bachelors of Science degree in Elementary Educati...
Nurse
Band, 7th Grade General Music
Dave Jones joined Oak Grove School in August of 1996. Mr. Jones earned his Bachelors of...
Speech/Language Pathologist - Athletic Director
Mr. Karolewicz has been teaching for 30 years. He has been at Oak Grove for 19 of them....
SEL teacher
Susie Kiefer is thrilled to begin her 24th year as an Oak Grove Eagle! With experience ...
Speech/Language Pathologist
Jasmin Klapman has been working at Oak Grove School since August of 2018. Ms.Klapman ea...
6th grade Math
Lynn Klunder has worked at Oak Grove School since 1997. Mrs. Klunder studied Elementary...
P.E. & Health
Miss Kurtz graduated from Wheaton College with a degree in journalism but quickly reali...
Drama
Mel Ludington began her teaching career in 1996. She is an award winning Creative Drama...
7th & 8th grade Spanish
After graduating Indiana University, Señora Mann joined Oak Grove to begin her c...
P.E.
Dan Mayer joined Oak Grove School in August 1994. Mr. Mayer earned his Bachelors of Phy...
5th grade ELA/SS
Mrs. McCarty is a 5th grade teacher at Oak Grove. She has taught 3rd grade and Tech/Lib...
5th grade ELA/SS
John Mehnert started at Oak Grove in August of 1994 as a 5th Grade teacher. Over the ye...
Secretary
2nd grade
Mrs. Anne Miller joined Oak Grove School in August of 1999. Mrs. Miller earned her Asso...
Kindergarten
Wendy Miller grew up in Palatine, IL, and knew when she was in first grade herself, tha...
6th grade Science
Mr. Oesch has been teaching 6th-grade Science at Oak Grove School for many years. He ev...
Speech/Language Pathologist
Melissa Ostach joined Oak Grove School in the role of Speech-Language Pathologist in th...
JH Library
Alyssa Osterman is the Junior High Librarian. She previously taught at Central School i...
Special Education
Mrs. Palmer has been a part of the Oak Grove Community since she was a student here. S...
Math Specialist
Mrs. Phillips has a passion for working with students in math. She began teaching at Oa...
Aide
7th grade Social Studies
Mitch Picchiotti is a passionate and enthusiastic educator who believes that every chil...
6th grade Spanish
Jenny Pittam joined Oak Grove In 2000 as the 8th grade SPanish teacher She earned a deg...
Occupational Therapy
Special Education
Katie Riley is one of our special education teachers. She has been working at Oak Grove...
7th grade Lit/LA
Becky Sims joined Oak Grove School in 2018 as a 7th Grade English Language Arts teacher...
Kindergarten
Jenna Sobey earned a Bachelors degree in Elementary Education and Psychology from Lake ...
K-1 Art/EL
Hilary Spector joined Oak Grove in 2015 as the elementary art teacher. She was split be...
Aide
Dean of Students
Patricia Tazzioli has been an educator at Oak Grove since August 1999. She has taught a...
6th grade ELA/TAG ELA
Mrs. Thompson has been an Oak Grove ELA teacher for 27 years. When not teaching, she en...
2nd grade
Melissa Thoune began teaching at Oak Grove during the 2018-2019 school year. She earned...
Art
Mrs. Vance has been teaching Art at Oak Grove since 2011. She currently teaches grades ...
8th grade Math
Mr. Walsh joined the Oak Grove staff in 2001. He enjoys bringing math to the masses but...
4th & 5th grade TAG ELA/SS
Dawn Watrous joined Oak Grove School in August 2015. After attending the University of ...
Social Worker
Kim Wesley's favorite part of her job are the students she works with daily! Ms. We...
Kindergarten
Kelly Zanon has been teaching Kindergarten at Oak Grove since 2012. Her favorite part o...
Special Education
Kathy Żurawski is a special education resource teacher who has been a proud member of t...
Data Manager
Dave Huber joined Oak Grove School in August of 1999. Mr. Huber earned his Bachelors of...
Tech Support Specialist
Technology Coach/Media Arts
Jason Meltzer, Ph.D. is currently the technology integrator and Media Arts teacher. He ...
Instructional Coach
Katie Yarc started her student teaching at Oak Grove in August of 2000 and was hired fu...
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Our Mission
"Ignite a passion for learning in pursuit of excellence."
We Believe...
• Children come first
• Children thrive in a safe and engaging environment
• School and community collaborate to enhance learning
• Diversity in our community elevates learning
• Differentiated instruction maximizes potential
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