McCracken Middle School Staff
Middle School Principal
Nancy Ariola has served as the Principal at McCracken Middle School for over five years...
Middle School Assistant Principal
Marty Behm began his teaching career in Evanston, where he taught 8th grade ELA at both...
Middle & Elementary School Assistant Principal
Trevor Dykes began his teaching career on the westside of Chicago, working in the North...
Director of Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment
Kevin Poduska is a passionate, equity-driven leader and practitioner with 18 years...
Middle School Speech Language Pathologist
Custodian
Middle School Spanish Teacher
Melissa Arkin began teaching Spanish at McCracken in 2016. Previously, she taught Spani...
Middle School P.E. Student Teacher
6th Grade Math Teacher
7th Grade Math Teacher
Food Service Director/Organic Life
Middle School Special Education Teacher
Middle School Paraprofessional
Kera Bridges has a background in mass communications and youth sports. She is orig...
6th Grade ELA Teacher
Instructional Coach
Lynn Catanus started her career in education in 2008 as a middle school teacher in Nape...
Middle School Reading Interventionist
Bands Director
Middle School Special Education Teacher
8th Grade ELA Teacher
Joy Di Zillo has been teaching middle school English Language Arts since 1999. She has ...
6th Grade Science Teacher
Carrie Eccleston is a 6th grade science teacher who has worked in the district since 19...
Middle School Special Education Teacher
Jody Ehrenberg started teaching at McCracken in the fall of 2020. Her teaching career b...
7th Grade Social Studies Teacher
Bethany Fagan joined Skokie 73.5 in 2000. While at 73.5, she has taught 6th, ...
Middle School Psychologist
Vanessa Gallegos is a recent school psychology graduate from National Louis University....
Middle School Learning Center Director
Middle School Special Education Teacher
8th Grade Science Teacher
Catherine Gormley has been teaching 8th grade science at McCracken since 2013. She has ...
7th Grade Science Teacher
Mr. Sean Gormley has been teaching 7th grade science at McCracken since 2008. He earned...
Middle School Paraprofessional
Middle School Special Education Teacher
Cindy Grossman has been teaching at McCracken since 2000. In that time she go...
Middle School Paraprofessional
6th Grade ELA Teacher
Erin Hamilton has been teaching 6th grade English Language Arts at McCracken since 2011...
8th Grade Social Studies Long Term Substitute
Middle School Learning Center Assistant
Middle School Paraprofessional
Middle School EL Teacher
Middle School Vocal Music Teacher
Amy Keipert has taught at McCracken since 2013, having previously taught in Des Plaines...
8th Grade Social Studies Teacher
Middle School Paraprofessional
Paula Kim is originally from Philadelphia and has lived in places like South Korea, but...
Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA)
Middle School Cafeteria Cashier/Organic Life
Middle School Visual Arts Teacher
William "Bill" MacBeth joined District 73.5 in 2002. Known as "Mr Mac&qu...
7th Grade ELA Teacher
Middle School Spanish Teacher
Band Director
7th Grade Math Teacher
Diane Miller has been with the district since 2011, the first two years as the Lea...
Middle School P.E. / Health / E.E. / Fitness Teacher
Nico Mirabelli is a graduate from Illinois State University with a degree in Middle Lev...
Interventionist
Annie Monak has been teaching in District 73.5 since 1997. Throughout her time in the d...
Director of Student Services
Middle School Paraprofessional
Middle School Social Worker
District ML Coordinator
Middleton students and families might recognize Lyla Nissan from her previous classroom...
Middle School Social Worker
Middle School P.E. / Health / E.E. / Fitness Teacher
Jeff Priban started teaching in 2008 and has been at McCracken since 2011. He...
Middle School Special Education Teacher
Maggie Price is a Learning-Behavior Specialist and Reading Specialist. She attended the...
Middle School STEAM Teacher
Lisa Repp joined McCracken in 2020, bringing teaching experience from several other sta...
Middle School Paraprofessional
Special Education Teacher
Monica Scherer is a Middle School Special Education Teacher. She has been working ...
Middle School Paraprofessional
Middle School Administrative Assistant
Middle School P.E. / Health / E.E. / Fitness Teacher
Stephanie Simon is a graduate from Northeastern Illinois University. She also obtained ...
8th Grade Math Teacher
8th Grade ELA Teacher
Ashley Stanley teaches 8th grade Language Arts at McCracken Middle School. She is passi...
Middle School Administrative Assistant
Middle School Nurse
7th Grade ELA Teacher
Middle School Social Work Intern
6th Grade Social Studies Teacher
Laura Williams has been teaching in District 73.5 since 1989. She is married, has two m...
Middle School EL Teacher
Farzana Yousuf holds a BA in Elementary Education and an MA in Reading, with endorsemen...
