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Release Date: March 17, 2010
District 15 Names New School Administrators
Community Consolidated School District 15 announced four administrative appointments for the 2010-11 school year on Wednesday.
Gray M. Sanborn School Principal Michael Carmody will serve as principal at Virginia Lake School next year, and Gray M.Sanborn School Assistant Principal Sue Matkovic will step up to fill his current position. The search for a new assistant principal for Gray M. Sanborn School will begin shortly.
Also, Pleasant Hill School Assistant Principal Kristine Seifert will serve as Virginia Lake School’s assistant principal next year, and Virginia Lake School Assistant Principal Joanna Shostachuk will serve as Pleasant Hill School’s assistant principal.
All appointments are effective July 1, 2010.
Michael Carmody
Mr. Carmody will replace current Virginia Lake School Principal Faith Rivera, who has accepted a principal position in Schaumburg School District 54.
Mr. Carmody began his career in the District 26 years ago as a fifth- and sixth-grade teacher at Virginia Lake School. Three years later, he was named Virginia Lake School’s assistant principal. In 1988, he moved on to Winston Park Junior High, where he served as assistant principal for seven years before being named Gray M. Sanborn School’s principal in 1995.
Mr. Carmody holds a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Michigan State University and a master’s degree in educational administration from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, and, from Northern Illinois University, a certificate of advanced studies degree in curriculum and instruction, as well as a degree as an Educational Specialist in Educational Administration. |
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Sue Matkovic
Mrs. Matkovic was named Gray M. Sanborn School’s assistant principal in 2007. She began her career in District 15 in 1987 at Pleasant Hill School, and she taught at Kimball Hill and Willow Bend schools before moving into her current role at Gray M. Sanborn School.
Mrs. Matkovic holds a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Iowa State University, and two master’s degrees from Concordia University—one in curriculum and instruction, and the other in educational leadership. |
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Kristine Seifert
Mrs. Seifert began her career with District 15 at Central Road School, where she taught for seven years before becoming Pleasant Hill School’s assistant principal. She has held that position for the past three years.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Purdue University, and two master’s degrees—one in curriculum and instruction from Concordia, and the other in administration from Aurora University. |
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Joanna Shostachuk
Mrs. Shostachuk joined District 15 in 2001, and served as a fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade teacher at Winston Campus Elementary before becoming Virginia Lake School’s assistant principal in 2007.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Loyola University, and a master’s degree in administration from Roosevelt University. |
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