The Student Services Department works with students, parents, and staff to address the academic, college and career, and social/emotional needs of our students. Below is a list of Student Services staff members and their general responsibilities:

Assistant Principal for Student Services

Steve Granat (Ext. 8206); sgranat@bhsd228.com

• Supervises the Student Services Department

Registrar: Tracy Griffin (Ext. 8251); tgriffin@bhsd228.com

Student Services Secretary: Cari Mrofka (Ext. 8207); cmrofka@bhsd228.com

Office Fax: 708-532-4332

Deans

Wendy Podbielniak (Ext. 8212); wpodbielniak@bhsd228.com

Brian Gibbons (Ext. 8213); bgibbons@bhsd228.com

• Monitor student attendance

• Address disciplinary situations

• Promote an orderly, safe, and secure learning environment

Attendance Secretary: Cathy Hendrickson (Ext. 8209); chendrickson@bhsd228.com

Discipline Secretary: Sewillar (Candy) Williams (Ext. 8208); sywilliams@bhsd228.com

Counselors

Kelly D'Ercole (Seniors: A - FE, Underclassmen: A - EL) (Ext. 8214); kdercole@bhsd228.com

Cheri Walsh (Seniors: FI - LE, Underclassmen: EN - K) (Ext. 8217); cwalsh@bhsd228.com

Anitrese Wilks (Seniors: LI - RO, Underclassmen: L - Q) (Ext. 8216); awilks@bhsd228.com

Dori Neven (Seniors: RU - Z, Underclassmen: R - Z) (Ext. 8215); dneven@bhsd228.com

Shannon Gormley - Student Success Coordinator (Ext. 8226); sgormley@bhsd228.com

• Provide guidance on academics, college & career, social/emotional and personal issues

• Create and maintain student schedules

• Communicate with parents on student progress

Student Services Project Manager

• Coordinates special projects for the Student Services Department

• Manages data collection for Student Services programs

• Arranges for career speakers/college visits

Social Workers

Jennifer Gleason (Ext. 8210); jgleason@bhsd228.com

Keith Huhn (Ext. 8236); khuhn@bhsd228.com

• Provide individual and group counseling to identified students

• Consult with parents on available community resources

• Supports students, parents and staff with behavior management techniques

Nurse

Colleen Konecki (Ext. 8211); ckonecki@bhsd228.com

• Responds to student illnesses and injuries

• Administers student in-school medications

• Reviews student immunization records

Special Education Coordinator

Kelly Eastman (Ext. 8245); keastman@bhsd228.com

• Supervises the Special Education Department

• Facilitates all testing associated with special education eligibility

Special Education Secretary: Janet McGrath (Ext. 8234); jmcgrath@bhsd228.com

Service Facilitator

(Ext. 5491)

• Maintains student accommodation information

• Holds transition conferences with senior students

• Facilitates all standardized testing

Psychologist

Kristie Estrada (Ext. 8235); kestrada@bhsd228.com

• Coordinates programming for special education students

• Screens and assesses possible candidates for special education

• Obtains and maintains special education records

Speech Language Pathologist

Jessica Bogacz (Ext. 8225); jbogacz@bhsd228.com

• Provides students with speech and language support

• Provides teachers with speech and language strategies