H.C. Storm Elementary School Hires New Assistant Principal

H.C. Storm Elementary School Principal Timothy J. McDermott has announced a number of staff changes for the 2013-14 school year, including the hiring of a new assistant principal.

In a BPS Messenger update, McDermott welcomed new hires—and in some cases, the return of teachers—for the following positions:

• Assistant Principal—Marcie Marzullo comes to Storm from Schaumburg District 54. Marzullo will be the assistant principal at HCS and LWS next year.
• Kindergarten Bilingual—Eileen Matos comes to Storm from Plano School District #88 where she was a bilingual first grade teacher.
• 1st Grade—Jodi Bird will be coming to Storm from J.B. Nelson, where she taught kindergarten this past year.
• 2nd Grade—Kim Cocallas and Melissa Beier will be teaming in a job share. Mrs. Cocallas and Mrs. Beier are both coming back to Storm. Mrs. Cocallas has been at JBN where she taught 2nd grade. Beier was a former kindergarten teacher at Storm.
• 3rd Grade—Kayla Recchia is a graduate from North Central College. Ms. Recchia did her student teaching in Schaumburg District 54.
• Speech Pathologist—Justine Stukas will be back next year as the full time Speech Pathologist.

In addition, several staff will have new roles next school year.

• Secretary—Jan Shurtleff will be taking over for Debbie Chroust when she retires in early August.
• 4th Grade—Zachary Ploppert and Matthew Sanczak will be joining the fourth grade team.
• 3rd Grade—Taylor Kolodziej will be joining the third grade team.
• Interventionist—Ashley Trobaugh will have a new role as the 3rd grade interventionist.
• ELL Coach—Julie Alholm will split her time between being an ELL teacher and ELL Coach. As an ELL Coach, she will work with teachers on incorporating instructional strategies that will benefit ELL students.

The following positions have yet to be filled:

Associate Secretary

• .5 ELL Teacher
• .5 Gifted and Talented Teacher