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Special Education

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Department Chair
Laurel Grogger
847.692.8163
Instructional Supervisor
Holly Balk
847.692.4121
Vocational Coordinator
Michelle Dwyer
847.384.6369

 

Administrative Assistant
Allison Cowie
847.692.8163
Administrative Assistant
Alexa Depkon
847.692.8576

Emily Waters
Program Facilitator

Molly Barry
English 1-4, Personal Development, Science 1-4

Jaime Borrelli
Inclusion Facilitator, Reading 1

Mikaela Burke
Biology, Co-Taught Biology 102, Co-Taught English 2

Jessica Castellanos
Learning Lab

Marco Colapietro
Vocational Rehabilitation Assistant – Division of Rehabilitation Services (DRS)

McKenzie Connelly
Teacher of the Visually Impaired (TVI), Certified Assistive Technology Instructional Specialist (CATIS)

JJ Crawford
World History

Danielle Davis
District Physical Therapist

Sierra Dockery
Teacher of the Visually Impaired (TVI)

Michelle Dwyer
Career Work Training (CWT), Fundamentals of Math 1, Seminar, Vocational Coordinator

Meghan Ferrotti
Inclusion Facilitator

Jennifer Franco
Seminar

James Harrier
Adaptive PE

Alyssa Hayden
Earth & Environmental Studies, English 4, Personal Development, Seminar, World History

Erin Kainrath
Co-Taught Math 1 & 2

Rebecca Lapp
Speech Language Pathologist

Jeremy Lee
Health, English, Reading 

Amelia Lingg
History of the Western World, Math Essentials 4, Personal Development

Declan Lyons
English 1-4, Seminar

Siobhan Midgley
Certified Orientation Mobility Specialist (COMS), Teacher of the Visually Impaired (TVI)

Marty Murphy
Fundamentals of Math 3, Math Applications, Seminar, Co-Taught World History

Mark Ori
Co-Taught, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental Science, EMC/EMP, Seminar

Amy Robinson
Behavior Specialist

Tessa Robinson
Personality & Relationships (PAR), Fundamentals of Math 2, Co-Taught Math 3, Seminar

Jennifer Sarashinsky
Co-Taught US History, Current Affairs, Government, Seminar

Brenda Westmoreland
District Occupational Therapist

Department Information
Special Education offers a full continuum of services and placements from support in the general education environment to specialized instructional courses, and/or related services. A significant goal of the Special Education Department is to assist students in becoming independent, effective self-advocates. Additionally, special education services are focused around a particular student’s Individualized Education Plan (IEP) and the goals for that student that have been identified by the IEP team.