North School
North School
150 W. Sunset Villa Park, IL 60181
Phone: 630-516-7629 (DHH) 630-516-7790 (Main Office)
Fax: 630-530-1385
Principal: Dr. Debbie Guzan dguzan@d45.org
SASED Administrator: Joyce Zimmerman jzimmerman@sased.org
Secretary: Sue Overton soverton@sased.org
Teachers:
Leigh Hamilton - kdg / 1st grades: lhamiton@sased.org
Carol Rudy - 1st/2nd grades: crudy@sased.org
Zainab Sheth- kdg / 1st oral grades: zsheth@sased.org
Melinda Harold - 5th grade: mharold@sased.org
Denise Lusk - 3th/4th grades: dlusk@sased.org
Debbie Boczkowski - 2nd- 4thgrades: dboczkowski@sased.org
Support Staff:
Counselor – Robin Cullen: rcullen@sased.org
Speech/language – Samantha Strahs: sstrahs@sased.org
Speech/language – Margaret Scholle-Shearer: mshearer@sased.org
Occupational Therapy – Sue Nowak: snowak@sased.org
Physical Therapy – Dina Barajaz: dbarajaz@sased.org
The deaf and hard of hearing program at North School provides classes for students needing self contained or mainstream experiences. Students are welcomed at all of North School’s activities. The amount of mainstreaming is determined by the child’s IEP. Sign language interpreters are provided for all mainstream activities. Total communication is the program’s philosophy, therefore teachers use speech and sign language for all instruction. Other visual supports such as Visual Phonics, PECS, and Color Coded Language are used to teach language and communication skills. All staff are certified and experienced in working with students who are deaf/hard of hearing. Most of the staff hold master’s degrees.
