Faculty and Staff
Inter-American Magnet School teachers are certified by the Illinois State Board of Education. Additionally, all IAMS classroom teachers are fully bilingual in Spanish and English. All of the middle schools teachers are required to have endorsements in their specialty areas.
Pre-School
Mildred Aponte, assistant Noris Lopez
Wanda Ocasio, assistant Guadalupe Campos
Elementary School
Kindergarten Jessica Mann Alina Perez First Grade Yomaira Torres Olga Gomez Marta Sicilia / Erik J Wright Second Grade Elizabeth Alba Cynthia Ramos Gia Super / Adriana Dorado | Third Grade Claudia Alvarez / Elizabeth Chahine Elisa Peña Fourth Grade Argelia Chavez Marta Morner Fifth Grade Claudia Bravo Diana Ramirez Maribel Vargas |
Middle School
Sixth Grade Pilar Landa Seventh Grade Gabriel Angomas Patricia Hernandez Maritza Soto | Eighth Grade Monica Arce Elda Bruno |
Special Education
Edmee Cappas-Acosta (K-5), assistant Joaquín Aguilera
Leticia Jessen (6-8), assistant Mabel Dugarte
Specials Team
Art Library Physical Education Guadalupe Carrillo | Technology Juan Padrón Music John Bicknell |
Reading Intervention
Lilyana Flores
Maria Elena Villalpando
Bus Monitor/Supervision
Vivian Vasquez
Judith Rodríguez
Security
Luis Gonzalez Hugo Salcedo |
Playworks Coach
Allie Temkin
Specialist Team
School Nurse/Clinic Athena Perez
Social Worker Maria Navarro | Speech Pathologist Gail Gold
School Psychologist Roberta Colbert |
Parent Workers
Esmeralda Lensegrav
Mati Rivera
Kitchen Staff
Raquel Cabán Kina Mitchell | Edelmira Ortiz Yesenia Ortiz |
Custodial Staff
Rafael Criollo Maria Díaz Zeljko Kordic | Tony McKinney Moises Romero
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La Escuelita - JCYS
Lisandra Vasquez
Hugo Escobar
Administration
Principal Vernita Vallez, PhD
Counselor / Case Manager
Front Office Manager
Lunchroom Manager Delfa Ocón | Assistant Principal Elizabeth Gallo
Clerk Nancy Perez
Building Engineer Kevin McCarthy |








