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U-46 Team Member: Mike Basich

Mike Basich has been with the District for 28 years. He graduated from Elgin High School in 1988 and is currently teaching AP Humanities at Bartlett High School.

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U-46 Team Member Annette Acevedo

Annette Acevedo, Director of the English Language Learners department, graduated from Elgin High School in 1989.

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U-46 Team Member Dawn Weltzien

Dawn Weltzien, Elgin High School 1982 graduate, is now a Special Education Teacher at Ellis Middle School. Her favorite memory as a U-46 employee is finding her Ellis family and making lifelong friendships.

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U-46 Team Member Mary Juvingo

Mary Juvingo has been with the District for 19 years. She graduated from Elgin High School in 1997.

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U-46 Team Member Dr. Suzanne Johnson

Deputy Superintendent of Instruction, Dr. Suzanne Johnson, graduated from Elgin High School in 1993. Her favorite teacher was Carol Morrison.

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U-46 Team Member Karla Jimenez

Karla Jimenez graduated from Elgin High School in 1998. She now works as the Family & Community Engagement Coordinator in the School & Community Relations Department.

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U-46 Team Member Joan McDonald-Hill

Joan McDonald-Hill graduated Elgin High School in 1978 and is now a nurse at Channing Elementary School in Elgin. Her favorite memory is finding her Channing Cheetah family.

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U-46 Team Member Virginia Megan Narofsky

Virginia Megan Narofsky, a 1992 Elgin High School graduate and current Special Education teacher, has been with the District for two years. She says the best part of her profession is the students.

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U-46 Team Member Jill Flanagan

Jill Flanagan, 1988 Elgin High School graduate, is now teaching English at Bartlett High School. She enjoys serving the community where she grew up.

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U-46 Team Member Cheryl DeRoo

Cheryl DeRoo graduated from Elgin High School in 1980 and is now the principal at Glenbrook Elementary School in Streamwood.

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U-46 Team Member Megan Grizzell

U-46 team member, Megan Grizzlle, graduated from Elgin High School in 2007. She has worked with the District for eight years now and is the librarian at Streamwood High School.

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U-46 Team Member Nichole Lentino

Nichole Lentino graduated from Elgin High School in 2007. She is currently teaching third grade at Otter Creek.

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U-46 Team Member Celia Banks

Celia Banks is a 1985 graduate of Elgin High School who now serves as the Coordinator of Elementary Literacy and Libraries and Acting Director of Curriculum and Instruction in U-46.

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U-46 Team Member Apryl Lowe

Apryl Lowe, a 1993 graduate of Elgin High School, is now the Principal of Illinois Park Center for Early Learning.

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Edgar Ivan Montes

Montes, a 2012 Elgin High School (EHS) graduate, works as the Key Account Strategist for Junior Achievement (JA) of Chicago where he engages with prominent business leaders and JA volunteers.

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Rosa Salazar

School District U-46 became a supportive castmate for Salazar when her family moved to Elgin when she was about nine.

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Laura DeHaan Haske

Laura DeHaan Haske was in the Gifted and Talented Academy's first graduating class of students in 2001. Her studies took her to two different cities, but she made her way back to the Elgin area.

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Corey Dixon

In his day job, Elgin City Councilman Corey Dixon works as a Kane County Sheriff’s Department administrator, overseeing programs that help jail detainees prepare for a productive life.

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Wayne L. Smith

After a detour into auto mechanic work, Elgin High School graduate Wayne Smith took a deep dive into a beloved hobby and emerged with a satisfying and richly rewarding career.

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Charles Peters

Serving his community is the gift Charles Peters is paying forward for the teaching and mentoring he received at Elgin High School.

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James Knupp

Elgin High School graduate James Knupp isn’t content to just talk about what goes on in Washington, D.C. Instead, he’s doing something about it - as a research analyst at the Cato Institute.

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Eric Echevarria

Eric Echevarria, a member of the EHS Class of 1993, had already completed a four-year stint in the U.S. Marines when a chance encounter with a few police officers led to an exciting and rewarding career that he had never previously considered.

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Chris Sumner

For Chris Sumner, life has been "pop-tastic" since he opened up his own gourmet popcorn shop in downtown Elgin.

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Chandler Swan

Chandler Swan is a witness to history. And he’s making his history, and that of his classmates, family, friends and fellow Maroons.

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Anali Cisneros

Anali Cisneros of Elgin is aiming to match the time of 2016 Olympic gold medalist race walker Liu Hong, with the hope of competing in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

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