Kingswood Academy Staff
| Position | Name | Credentials | E-mail (click to contact) |
| Principal | Lisa Grundon | Masters in Educational Administration, San Francisco State University. Masters in Education, University of Navarre, Spain. Teaching Credential, University of California, Berkley. Bachelors, Santa Clara University 15 years teaching experience. Joined Kingswood in 2002. |
lgrundon@kingswoodacademy.org |
| PreK | Barb Labotka | BA in Legal Administration from Loyola University;MA in Teaching and Learning from Kaplan University; Montessori Early Childhood Credential from American Montessori Society. Taught at from Kingswood 2001-2006 and returned with the 2009-2010 school year. | blabotka@kingswoodacademy.org |
| Kindergarten | Judi Ann Fuller | BA in Business and Management, Northeastern Illinois University. MA in Teaching, National College of Education. Joined Kingswood in 2005. |
jfuller@kingswoodacademy.org |
| First Grade | Madonna Dolan | BA in Elementary Education and Speech Pathology, University of St. Francis. Joined Kingswood in 2008. |
mdolan@kingswoodacademy.org |
| Second Grade | Bernadette McCarthy | Masters in Teaching from National Louis University. Joined Kingswood in 2009 |
bmccarthy@kingswoodacademy.org |
| Third Grade | Ethel Brown | BS in Psychology with minor in Business Administration, University of Illinois. Teaching certification, Chicago State. Joined Kingswood in 2006. |
ebrown@kingswoodacademy.org |
Fourth Grade Mentor Teacher |
Laurie Dastych | BA from University of St. Francis. Endorsements in Language Arts and Social Studies. Joined Kingswood in 2003. |
ldastych@kingswoodacademy.org |
| Fifth Grade | Alexandra LoCascio | BA in Sociology and American Studies, Dominican University. Masters in English Studies. Joined Kingswood in 2000. |
alocascio@kingswoodacademy.org |
| Sixth Grade | Michael Fairman | BA in Political Science with minor in History. Education certificate with a concentration in History. Corporate background in slaes and as a financial analyst. Joined Kingswood in 2008. |
mfairman@kingswoodacademy.org |
Seventh & Eighth Grade Language Arts, Religion |
Annie Ang | M.Ed. in Reading from University of the Philippines. Masters in Curriculum, DePaul University. Teaching since 1986. Joined Kingswood in 1999. |
aang@kingswoodacademy.org |
| Math & Science | Jenny Erdmann | M.S. in Physics. Worked 10 years at Argonne. |
jerdmann@kingswoodacademy.org |
Jr. High Math & Science |
Erika Delaney | Chemical Engineering, Univ.of Illinois. Corporate background as a Project Manager and a Project Engineer. Taught as test preparation instructor for the MCAT and the ACT. Joined Kingswood in 2010. |
edelaney@kingswoodacademy.org |
| Physical Education | Ingrid Wilkin | BS Child Psychology, Northern Illinios University. |
iwilkin@kingswoodacademy.org |
| Music | Adriana Bartnikova | Music Conservatory for cello performance. AFA from College of DuPage. |
abartnikova@kingswoodacademy.org |
| Art | Deeda Cordin | Artist and owner of Deep Creek Art. Joined Kingwood in 1998. |
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| Athletic Director | Suzanne James | sjames@kingswoodacademy.org | |
| Admissions Director | Jan Whitten | jwhitten@kingswoodacademy.org | |
| Advancement Director | Carrie Peters | cpeters@kingswoodacademy.org | |
Director of Formation Nurse |
Margot Dastych | mdastych@kingswoodacademy.org | |
Business Manager |
Veronica Huerta | vhuerta@kingswoodacademy.org | |
| Administrative Asst. | Pat Zipsie | pzipsie@kingswoodacademy.org |