Joliet Public Schools District 86 welcomed more than 70 new certified employees for the school year.
New certified staff members include Twanette Adams, Isaac Singleton Elementary; Maria Al-Shwaiyat, Pershing Elementary; Julieta Arreola, Woodland Elementary; Jennifer Barnes, Edna Keith Elementary; Brandon Bos, Washington Junior High; Amy Botka, Dirksen Junior High; Haley Brosman, Dirksen Junior High; Spencer Bunch-Hotaling, Eisenhower Academy and Sator Sanchez Elementary; Gentiana Cakrani, Carl Sandburg and Sator Sanchez Elementary; Marcy Cantu, Thomas Jefferson Elementary; Melissa Cavanaile, Washington Junior High; Ruben Chavez, M.J. Cunningham Elementary; Alice Chu-Bontemps, Sator Sanchez Elementary; Tiffany Covarrubia, Sator Sanchez Elementary; Megan Crocker, Pershing Elementary; Eric Cruz, Dirksen Junior High; Allison Danielson, Sator Sanchez Elementary; Denise Durante, Sator Sanchez Elementary; Summer Easley, Washington Junior High; Emily Flatness, Carl Sandburg Elementary; Jasmine Flores, Dirksen Junior High; Amanda Gaile, Edna Keith Elementary; Guadalupe Garcia, A.O. Marshall Elementary; Alexandra Gilruth Gunter, Edna Keith Elementary; Andrea Gonzalez, Farragut Elementary; Kimberly Grier, Washington Junior High; Kristin Gross, Sator Sanchez Elementary; Alexis Hart, Edna Keith and A.O. Marshall Elementary; Haransa Hernandez, Woodland Elementary; Kimberly Herzog, Pershing Elementary; Holly Howell-Cury, Washington Junior High; Alicia Hrvatin, Hufford Junior High; Angelica Incavo, Carl Sandburg Elementary; Camille Jatho, Dirksen Junior High; Jeremiah Jobe, Washington Junior High; Laura Johnson, Pershing Elementary; Aisha Jones, Taft Elementary; Rebecca Kennedy, Dirksen Junior High; Rebecca Kinney, Carl Sandburg Elementary; Nancy La Jeunesse, Hufford Junior High; Sarah Lancman, Carl Sandburg Elementary; Paulie Lopez, A.O. Marshall Elementary; Alyssa Love, Farragut Elementary; Amalia Morales, Edna Keith Elementary; Sarah Neuman, Dirksen Junior High; Madeline Novy, M.J. Cunningham Elementary; Maria Olmo, Lynne Thigpen Elementary; Sasha Oquendo, Washington Junior High; Tina Pembroke, Sator Sanchez Elementary; Adyleny Pito, Edna Keith Elementary; Kiera Posteluk, Sator Sanchez Elementary; Catlin Ratajczak, Taft Elementary; Ashley Richards, Edna Keith Elementary; Jose Rivera-Rivera, Woodland Elementary; Iverson Rosa Nives, Isaac Singleton Elementary; Jenna Rudolph, J.F. Kennedy Administrative Center; Mattheia Rudolph, Dirksen Junior High; Emily Ryan, Carl Sandburg Elementary; Melanie Saienni, T.E. Culbertson Elementary and Woodland Elementary; Sonia Saragossa, Farragut Elementary; Zyra Sarpy, Marycrest Early Childhood Center; Laura Schmitt-Rush, Hufford Junior High; Kumari Shivgobin, Farragut Elementary; Elizabeth Skwarczynski, Dirksen Junior High; Reasie Smith, Edna Keith Elementary; Kathryn Sobol, Sator Sanchez Elementary; Mikeya Stephen, Woodland Elementary; Imani Thompson, Taft Elementary; Paul Vega, Farragut Elementary; Maricela Villagomez, Marycrest Early Childhood Center; Adam Washington, Washington Junior High; and Shannon Williams, Sator Sanchez Elementary.