Staff

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Staff

Main Office Staff

Nelson Van Vranken

Nelson Van Vranken

Principal
nmvanvranken@
aurorak12.org
Voicemail: 23903

Laura Cooper

Laura Cooper

Assistant Principal
ljcooper@
aurorak12.org

Voicemail: 23921

Melissa Smith

Melissa Smith

Climate & Culture Coordinator
msmith2@
aurorak12.org

Voicemail: 62021

LaQuana Guillory-Williams

LaQuana Guillory-Williams

Secretary / Office Manager
[email protected]
Voicemail: 23901

Jessica Velasquez

Jessica Velasquez

Clerk/Registrar
jmvelasquez@
aurorak12.org
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Voicemail: 23902

Leshunne Semper

Leshunne Semper

Clinic / Health Para
lsemper@
aurorak12.org

Voicemail: 23904

Preschool Team

Dannielle Hutchison

Dannielle Hutchison

Preschool Facilitator
Room 00
dlhutchison@
aurorak12.org

Voicemail: 64072

Dorothy Vigil

Dorothy Vigil

Preschool Paraprofessional
Floater
dvigil@
aurorak12.org

Kurstein Krull

Kurstein Krull

Preschool Paraprofessional
Room 00
kkrull@
aurorak12.org

Antonia Lopez

Antonia Lopez

Preschool Facilitator
Room 01
kplopez@
aurorak12.org

Voicemail: 64252

Jessica Gomez

Jessica Gomez

Preschool Paraprofessional
Room 01
jgomez@
aurorak12.org

Kindergarten Team

Allison Lerner

Allison Lerner

Kindergarten
Room 13/KB
allerner@
aurorak12.org
 
Voicemail: 63574

Patrice Sterling

Patrice Sterling

Kindergarten
Room 01/KC
psterling@
aurorak12.org

Voicemail: 62674

Briana Boccard

Briana Boccard

Kindergarten
Room 12/KD
bboccard@
aurorak12.org
Voicemail: 63254

Julia Schmitz

Julia Schmitz

Kindergarten
Room 14/KA
jschmitz@
aurorak12.org

Voicemail: 64976

First Grade Team

Rachel Southard

Rachel Southard

Room 21/1B
rlsouthard@
aurorak12.org

Voicemail: 62666

Daniele Snider

Daniele Snider

Room 22/1C
dsnider@
aurorak12.org

Voicemail: 66102

Mindy Bergen

Mindy Bergen

Room 24/1A
mabergen@
aurorak12.org

Voicemail: 67431

Second Grade Team

Alicia Harper

Alicia Harper

Room 31/2C
akharper@
aurorak12.org

Voicemail: 63356

Ashley Kuntz

Ashley Kuntz 

Room 25/2A
akuntz@
aurorak12.org

Voicemail: 65047

Jennifer Meffley

Jennifer Meffley

Room 32/2B
jcmeffley@
aurorak12.org

Voicemail: 64899

Kayla Clawson

Kayla Clawson

Room 24/2D
kclawson@
aurorak12.org

Voicemail: 63433

Third Grade Team

Jessica Renova

Jessica Renova

Room 45/3A
jrenova@
aurorak12.org

Voicemail: 68035

Maria Hadley

Maria Hadley

Room 51/3B
mhadley@
aurorak12.org
 
Voicemail: 68005

Melissa Reynolds

Melissa Reynolds

Room 44/3C
mkreynolds@
aurorak12.org
Voicemail: 64250

Fourth Grade Team

Amy Achtermann

Amy Achtermann

Room 44/4A
asachtermann@
aurorak12.org

Voicemail: 62656

Stephen McQuown

Stephen McQuown

Room 43/4C
smcquown@
aurorak12.org
 
Voicemail: 64007

Joy Miller

Joy Miller

Room 41/4B
jamiller@
aurorak12.org
 
Voicemail: 64214

Fifth Grade Team

Jodi Anderson

Jodi Anderson

Room 54/5A
janderson@
aurorak12.org

Voicemail: 67358

Jessicah Archer

Jessicah Archer

Room 52/5C
jarcher@
aurorak12.org

Voicemail: 64064

Jennifer Hibl

Jennifer Hibl

Room 53/5B
jhibl1@
aurorak12.org

Voicemail: 64101

Affective Needs / 1 on 1 Paras

Ryan Shaw

Ryan Shaw

AN Teacher
C4
rsshaw@
aurorak12.org

Voicemail: 67888

Jade Cousins

Jade Cousins

AN Paraeducator
C4
jade.cousins@
aurorak12.org

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Tori Laires

AN Paraeducator
C4
tori.laires@
aurorak12.org

Yatzari “Ana” Gurrola

Yatzari “Ana” Gurrola

AN Paraeducator
1 on 1
Media Center
ygurrola@
aurorak12.org

Fatoumata Haidara

Fatoumata Haidara

AN Paraeducator
1 on 1
Media Center
fshaidara@
aurorak12.org

Essence Walker

Essence Walker

AN Paraeducator
1 on 1
Media Center
ewalker@
aurorak12.org

Specials Team

Tim Anderson

Tim Anderson

Art
Art Room
tsanderson@
aurorak12.org

Voicemail: 64890

Nicole Knower

Nicole Knower

Music
Room 30
nknower@
aurorak12.org

Voicemail: 64291

Austin Hammond-Bennett

Austin Hammond-Bennett

Physical Education
Gymnasium
ahammond-bennett@
aurorak12.org

Voicemail: 64807

Special Education / CLDE / Teaching Partners / Psychologist Team

Carrie Gorman

Carrie Gorman

Mild / Moderate Teacher
Room 11
cgorman@
aurorak12.org

Voicemail: 64525

Susan Rayburn

Susan Rayburn

Mild / Moderate Teacher
Room 11
susan.rayburn@
aurorak12.org

Voicemail:

Nicole Sauer

Nicole Sauer

Mild / Moderate Teacher
Room 34
nsauer@
aurorak12.org

Voicemail:

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Paige Walters

Speech Language Pathologist
Room 34
pwalters@
aurorak12.org

Voicemail:

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Patricia Marek

Speech Language Pathologist
Room 34
patricia.marek@
aurorak12.org

Voicemail:

Dr. Jade Munsinger

Dr. Jade Munsinger

ESS Psychologist
5th Workroom
jmunsinger@
aurorak12.org

Voicemail: 64327

Julie Albright

Julie Albright

Gen. Ed. Psychologist
5th Workroom
jlalbright@
aurorak12.org

Voicemail: 64196

Kristina Lopez

Kristina Lopez

Teaching Partner
Third Grade Workroom
kllopez@
aurorak12.org

Voicemail: 64703

Jill McBride

Jill McBride

CLDE Teacher Lead
Room 34
jamcbride@
aurorak12.org

Voicemail: 63934

Paraprofessional Team / Educational Assistant / Classroom Monitors / Family Liaison

Meghan Dowling

Meghan Dowling

Paraeducator

mdowling@
aurorak12.org

Erika Donkle

Erika Donkle

Paraeducator

edonkle@
aurorak12.org

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Rick Lopez

Rick Lopez

Family Liaison
Room C1
rlopez@
aurorak12.org

Interventionist / TOSA's

Elizabeth Brus

Elizabeth Brus

Reading Interventionist
Room 33
ebrus@
aurorak12.org

Voicemail: 66101

john blanco-losada

John Blanco-Losada

TOSA - Restorative Justice
Para Workroom
jblanco-losada@
aurorak12.org

Voicemail: 66197

Christine Nowlin

Christine Nowlin

Math Interventionist
Room 33
cmnowlin@
aurorak12.org

Voicemail: 67887

Charle' Truesdale

Charle' Truesdale

TOSA - Gifted & Talented
Science Room
ctruesdale@
aurorak12.org

Voicemail: 62673

Custodial Staff

Laura Huxley

Laura Huxley

Head Custodian
llhuxley@
aurorak12.org

Voicemail: 23908

lee mitchell

Lee Mitchell

8 Hour Custodian
lmitchell@
aurorak12.org

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Sonya Phillips

4 Hour Custodian
sphillips@
aurorak12.org