Mrs. Boyle couldn’t be more excited to meet her new second graders this year! This will be her tenth year as a teacher and sixth year at Romona. Mrs. Boyle graduated from the University of Illinois where she received a Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education in 2014. In May 2020, she earned her Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership from Concordia University. In her free time, she loves to read, exercise, and spend time with her family and friends.

This is Mrs. Johnsonʼs 20th year at Romona Elementary School. Before arriving at Romona, she taught in Mundelein for four years. Mrs. Johnson received her undergraduate degree from Elmhurst College and her graduate degree from National-Louis University.

Mrs. Johnson enjoys camping with her family and mountain biking. She has four children, ages 17, 14, 9 and 7. During the summer she enjoys spending time at the pool and vacationing in Wisconsin with her husband and children.

Mrs. Karwowski loves Romona School and teaching kids! She can't imagine doing anything else as a career. When she was little, she used to “play” school and would be the teacher to all of the younger neighborhood kids. She would take home extra worksheets that her teachers had leftover and would make her little brother and younger friends be her students. This will be Mrs. Karwowski’s 16th year teaching at Romona School! Throughout her 25 year teaching career in Wilmette and in a previous school district, she has been a second, third, and fourth grade classroom teacher.

Mrs. Karwowski and her husband Tad have two children, a daughter, Cassidy, 26, who is a graphic designer in Fort Collins, Colorado, and their son Cameron, who is 22, and is a youth pastor in Florida. Her family also has an adorable, sweet 16 year old, one-eyed Shih-Tzu dog named Max. Mrs. Karwowski loves to kayak and paddle board, ride electric bikes, read, shop, see happy and funny movies, go to restaurants with friends, travel, and spend lots of time with her family. She loves to have fun in and out of the classroom with a positive, smiley attitude. It is her goal every day to make learning exciting for kids and to get them to love coming to school each day!

Mrs. Resis has worked as a Learning Behavior Specialist (LBS) in District 39 for 14 years, and this will be her fourth year at Romona Elementary School. Mrs. Resis earned her Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education and Special Education at Michigan State University. Go Green! She lives in Wilmette with her two children, Harry and Gordie, and husband, Eric. Harry is 14 and going into ninth grade and Gordie is 12 and going into seventh grade. She enjoys watching her boys play sports, reading, cooking, and spending time with her family, especially at Torch Lake in Michigan.

Mrs. Simpson absolutely loves teaching second grade! This will be Mrs. Simpson's sixth year of teaching at Romona. Prior to coming to Wilmette, she taught for two years as a first-grade teacher in Antioch, and one year as a full-day kindergarten teacher in North Chicago. She earned her Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education with a Reading Endorsement from Indiana University, and a Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership from Concordia University. She is currently working on a Master's Degree in Educational Technology. In her free time, Mrs. Simpson loves to travel, craft, and spend time with family- including her dog Rupert. Mrs. Simpson cannot wait to meet her new second graders!