Administration
Megan Hunter- Principal
Birthday: June 15th
Hobbies: running, reading
Class Color or Theme: Dolly Parton
Favorite Color: Pink
Favorite College or Sports Team: KC Chiefs
Favorite Places to Shop: Target, Barnes and Noble
Favorite Places to Eat: Sunsingers, Scooters, Starbucks
Favorite Snack: Skinny Pop
Favorite Soda or Drink: Diet Coke, Latte
Favorite Coffee Shop Order: Latte with oatmilk
Food Allergies/Dietary Restrictions: None
For my classroom, I’m looking for: nothing but I appreciate anything a student makes for me.
It means the most to me when the parents of my students: Show gratitude to their teachers.
Dianne Bollman- Assistant Principal
Birthday: January 12th
Hobbies: reading, trying new restaurants, hanging out with my adult children
Favorite Color: Teal/any color of green
Favorite College or Sports Team: University of Illinois
Favorite Places to Shop: Target/Amazon
Favorite Places to Eat: Aspen Tap House/Billy Barooz/Smith Burgers
Favorite Snacks: Angie’s Boom Chicka Pop Kettle Corn
Favorite Drinks: Diet coke
Food Allergies/Dietary Restrictions: None
It means the most to me when the parents of my students: reach out and communicate
Grant Risley- Dean of Students
Birthday: June 24
Hobbies: Wood working, construction, sports
Favorite Color: Blue and orange
Favorite College or Sports Team: Bulldogs, Illini, Bears, Cubs, Bulls
Favorite Places to Shop: Home Depot
Favorite Places to Eat: Filippo’s
Favorite Drinks: Diet Coke
Educational Office Personelle
Oakland Saba- EOP
Birthday: May 2nd
Hobbies: I love running and enjoy crafting and decorating LT!
Favorite Color: Green
Favorite College or Sports Team: Inter Miami
Favorite Places to Shop: Homegoods, Target, Amazon
Favorite Places to Eat: Breaking Taco.
Favorite Snacks: Popcorn
Favorite Drinks: Vanilla latte or water.
For my classroom, I’m looking for: Amazon giftcard to decorate the office in special occasions.
Krystal White- EOP
Birthday: May 29
Hobbies: Puzzle books
Favorite Color: Purple
Favorite College or Sports Team: Fighting Illini, Cubs
Favorite Places to Shop: Kohl’s, JC Penney
Favorite Places to Eat: Hacienda Rebollo, Texas Roadhouse
Favorite Snacks: Skinny Pop popcorn–regular
Favorite Drinks: Peach tea, Diet Dr. Pepper
Food Allergies/Dietary Restrictions: Peanut allergy
Kiara Thompson- Health EOP
Birthday: July 26th
Hobbies: Spending time with friends/family, reading
Favorite Color: Yellow
Favorite College or Sports Team: STL Cardinals
Favorite Places to Shop: Amazon
Favorite Places to Eat: Farren’s
Favorite Snacks: crunch bars
Favorite Drinks: iced caramel coffee extra caramel
Food Allergies/Dietary Restrictions: None
Student Support Staff
Jen Schickedanz- 3rd Grade Student Support Services
Do you have an Amazon Wish List link? Yes, Click Here
Birthday: July 8th
Hobbies: reading, walking my dogs
Class Color/Theme: Colorful
Favorite Color: Purple
Favorite College or Sports Team: Cubs
Favorite Places to Shop: Amazon
Favorite Places to Eat: all foods
Favorite Snacks: pretzels, popcorn
Favorite Drinks: vanilla latte
Food Allergies/Dietary Restrictions: None
It means the most to me when the parents of my students: reach out and communicate
Missy Smith- 3rd Grade Paraprofessional
Birthday: December 26
Hobbies: gardening, walking, reading
Favorite Color: aqua or blue
Favorite College or Sports Team: Illinois, Dallas Cowboys
Favorite Places to Shop: Home Goods, Prairie Gardens
Favorite Places to Eat: Los Zarapes, Monicals
Favorite Snacks: Sweet/Salty popcorn, milk duds, nestle crunch
Favorite Drinks: Pepsi, McDonald’s or McAlisters Sweet tea
Food Allergies/Dietary Restrictions: None
It means the most to me when the parents of my students: communicate and support us
Nicole Ernst- 4th Grade Student Support Services
Do you have an Amazon Wish List link? Yes, Click Here
Birthday: May 31st
Hobbies: Spending time outside with my family.
Class Color/Theme: Natural Farmhouse
Favorite Color: Sage Green
Favorite College or Sports Team: Fighting Illini
Favorite Places to Shop: Target, HomeGoods, Amazon
Favorite Places to Eat: Anything Local!
Favorite Snacks: Dots Pretzels, Cheez It Snack Mix, Sour Candy, Milk Chocolate
Favorite Drinks: Iced Coffee, Diet Coke, Flavored Water
Food Allergies/Dietary Restrictions: None
For my classroom, I’m looking for: Please checkout my Amazon Wishist!
It means the most to me when the parents of my students: show their support for the whole child—celebrating their growth, encouraging their dreams, and nurturing not just their learning, but who they are becoming as a person.
Kayla Kutil- 4th Grade Paraprofessional
Birthday: June 28
Hobbies: watching crime documentaries, shopping, crafting with my kids
Favorite Color: pink
Favorite College or Sports Team: Illini
Favorite Places to Shop: Target and Amazon
Favorite Places to Eat: Chick fil a, Filippos, and Monicals
Favorite Snacks: popcorn and cheeze it
Favorite Drinks: Iced coffee and Dr Pepper
Food Allergies/Dietary Restrictions: None
It means the most to me when the parents of my students: teach kindness
Stacie Livengood- 5th Grade Support Services
Birthday: March 22nd
Hobbies: scrapbooking and reading
Class Color/Theme: blue and orange
Favorite Color: purple
Favorite College or Sports Team: Chicago Bears
Favorite Places to Shop: Target, Walmart, Amazon
Favorite Places to Eat: Red Lobster, Texas Roadhouse, Jimmy John’s
Favorite Snacks: Chex mix, chocolate chip granola bars, popcorn
Favorite Drinks: iced tea (half sweet & half unsweet)
Food Allergies/Dietary Restrictions: None
For my classroom, I’m looking for: lights to go around the ceiling
Thank you, but I don’t need anymore: cups or mugs
It means the most to me when the parents of my students: lights to go around the ceiling
COMPASS
Abby Graves- COMPASS Teacher
Birthday: May 3rd
Hobbies: Hanging with friends and family
Class Color/Theme: Grey
Favorite Color: Yellow
Favorite College or Sports Team: Illini
Favorite Places to Shop: Amazon
Favorite Places to Eat: Starbucks
Favorite Snacks: Skinny pop
Favorite Drinks: coffee
Food Allergies/Dietary Restrictions: None
Melissa Nickols- COMPASS Teacher
Do you have an Amazon Wish List link? Yes, Click Here
Birthday: October 1st
Hobbies: Reading, watching my kids sports, walking my dogs
Favorite Color: Teal
Favorite College or Sports Team: Illinois
Favorite Places to Shop: TJ Maxx, Aero, Ross, Target
Favorite Places to Eat: Sushi Man, Maple and Yolk
Favorite Snacks: cheez-its, beef sticks
Favorite Drinks: mountain dew zero, coffee
Food Allergies/Dietary Restrictions: None
Erin Grgurich- COMPASS Paraprofessional
Birthday: October 13
Favorite Color: Green
Favorite Places to Shop: Target
Favorite Places to Eat: Los Zarapes
Favorite Snacks: Pretzels
Favorite Drinks: Sweet tea
Food Allergies/Dietary Restrictions: None
Jerry Long- COMPASS Paraprofessional
Birthday: June 20th
Hobbies: Gardening
Favorite Color: Green
Favorite Places to Shop: Amazon, Kohl’s
Favorite Places to Eat: Breaking Taco
Favorite Snacks: Chocolate of any kind
Favorite Drinks: Coffee, Mt Dew
Food Allergies/Dietary Restrictions: None
Thank you, but I don’t need anymore: Coffee cups
It means the most to me when the parents of my students: Say thank you
Melissa McIntosh- COMPASS Paraprofessional
Birthday: September 7th
Hobbies: crafts
Favorite Color: slate blue
Favorite Places to Shop: Hobby lobby
Favorite Places to Eat: Jimmy Johns
Favorite Snacks: Chocolate/nuts
Favorite Drinks: Lemon lime soda
Food Allergies/Dietary Restrictions: None
Erika Ross- COMPASS Paraprofessional
Birthday: January 11
Hobbies: Spending time with my family and reading
Favorite Color: Blue
Favorite Places to Eat: Napoli’s
Favorite Snacks: Potato chips
Favorite Drinks: Tea and Cherry Pepsi
Food Allergies/Dietary Restrictions: None
Tricia Schell- COMPASS Paraprofessional
Birthday: August 25th
Hobbies: Camping, hiking, cooking, soap making
Favorite Color: Purple
Favorite College or Sports Team: Packers
Favorite Places to Shop: Hobby lobby and Menards
Favorite Places to Eat: Chick fil a
Favorite Snacks: Cookies, brownies, ice cream and pretzels
Favorite Drinks: Water
Food Allergies/Dietary Restrictions: None
It means the most to me when the parents of my students: Say thank you
Interventionists
Melissa Kneller- 4th Grade Interventionist
Birthday: June 9th
Hobbies: Gardening, reading, embroidery, knitting, thrifting
Class Color/Theme: natural tones
Favorite Color: blues and greens
Favorite College or Sports Team: Chicago Cubs
Favorite Places to Shop: thrift stores!
Favorite Places to Eat: Mexican, Farren’s, Italian
Favorite Snacks: Jalapeno Cheetos, m&m’s
Favorite Drinks: Diet Coke
Food Allergies/Dietary Restrictions: None
For my classroom, I’m looking for: bean bags for kids to sit on
Thank you, but I don’t need anymore: mugs, Christmas ornaments
It means the most to me when the parents of my students: reading to and with their children
Vickie Lagacy- 5th Grade Interventionist
Birthday: August 24th
Hobbies: Reading, Gardening
Favorite Places to Shop: Amazon, Target
Favorite Places to Eat: Panera, Jimmy Johns, Breaking Taco
Favorite Snacks: Chex Mix
Favorite Drinks: PInk Drink; smoothies; tea
Food Allergies/Dietary Restrictions: None
For my classroom, I’m looking for:
Thank you, but I don’t need anymore:
It means the most to me when the parents of my students:
Speech and Language Pathologists
Stephanie Oelze- Speech and Language Pathologist
Do you have an Amazon Wish List link? Yes, Click Here
Birthday: May 16th
Hobbies: Traveling, reading, gardening
Favorite Color: Blue
Favorite College or Sports Team: Denver Broncos
Favorite Places to Shop: TJMaxx, Target
Favorite Places to Eat: Mexican Food, Le Peep
Favorite Snacks: Candy (Jelly Belly’s, Heath bars, most any candy)
Favorite Drinks: Coffee (iced or hot)
Food Allergies/Dietary Restrictions: None
For my classroom, I’m looking for: Things on my Amazon wishlist
It means the most to me when the parents of my students: Help their kids work toward the goals set in ST
Tori Veldman- Speech and Language Pathologist
Do you have an Amazon Wish List link? Yes, Click Here
Birthday: June 26
Hobbies: Spending time with family and friends, watching sports, spending time by the pool or at the beach in the summer
Favorite Color: Pink or Blue
Favorite College or Sports Team: Any Chicago professional team (Cubs, Bears, Bulls) and Illini
Favorite Places to Shop: Target, Amazon, TJ Maxx
Favorite Places to Eat: Los Zarapes, Bibibop, Chipotle, Yo-Yo’s, Whisk
Favorite Snacks: White cheddar popcorn, chex mix, puppy chow, pretzels and hummus
Favorite Drinks: Strawberry Lemonade or refresher, Sparkling Ice drinks, Propel
Food Allergies/Dietary Restrictions: None
It means the most to me when the parents of my students: Share their student’s progress with me
Occupational Therapist
Kendra Schroder- Occupational Therapy
Do you have an Amazon Wish List link? Yes, Click Here
Birthday: December 12th
Hobbies: Gardening, spending time outdoors, reading, music, hanging with my family and our two dogs!
Class Color/Theme: Boho rainbow
Favorite Color: Greens and blues
Favorite Places to Shop: Target, Amazon, local Mahomet shops, and thrifting!
Favorite Places to Eat: Anywhere local!
Favorite Snacks: Gluten free pretzels, popcorn, anything peanut butter
Favorite Drinks: Diet coke, decaf vanilla latte
Food Allergies/Dietary Restrictions: Avoid gluten
It means the most to me when the parents of my students: Reach out to ask questions or tell me about their amazing kiddo!
School Psychologist
Jennifer Powell- School Psychologist
Birthday: December 14th
Hobbies: Watching my kids participate in their sports, walking, being outside, spending time with friends and family
Favorite Color: green
Favorite College or Sports Team: Fighting Illini
Favorite Places to Shop: Target, Yellow and Co
Favorite Places to Eat: Poke Shack, Smith Burger
Favorite Snacks: Peanut M & Ms
Favorite Drinks: Iced coffee, Diet Coke, Sparkling water
Food Allergies/Dietary Restrictions: None
It means the most to me when the parents of my students: Send a positive note or email or even a “thank you” in person 🙂
Social Workers
Grace Wasilewski- Social Worker
Birthday: May 24th
Hobbies: Spending time outside diamond art
Class Color/Theme: Rainbow
Favorite Color: Pink
Favorite College or Sports Team: Fighting Illini
Favorite Places to Shop: Target
Favorite Places to Eat: Culver’s
Favorite Snacks: Cheddar and sour cream chips
Favorite Drinks: Iced vanilla latte
Food Allergies/Dietary Restrictions: None
It means the most to me when the parents of my students: communicate and work together to support
Emily Willard- Social Worker
Birthday: September 22nd
Hobbies: Working out, reading, taking pictures
Class Color/Theme: Teal & gray
Favorite Color: Purple
Favorite College or Sports Team: Cubs
Favorite Places to Shop: Target, Briella’s
Favorite Places to Eat: Jimmy John’s, Papa Dells, Whisk
Favorite Snacks: Popcorn, dark chocolate
Favorite Drinks: coffee!
Food Allergies/Dietary Restrictions: None
For my classroom, I’m looking for: Prizes/rewards for students
It means the most to me when the parents of my students: Respond to me & support their child at home