Whittier Elementary School is a Community of Learners who believes and supports each other as we all stretch and grow to meet the needs of ALL of our children on a daily basis.
We are grouped into three families.
4K, 5K, and 1st Grades – Explorer Family
2nd and 3rd Grades- Adventure Family
4th and 5th Grades- Trailblazer Family
| Position / Grade | |||
| Explorer Family – 4K, 5K, and 1st Grades | |||
| Mrs. Yvonne Cook | 4K AM/PM | ycook@kusd.edu | |
| Mrs. Emily Lawler | 4K AM | ealawler@kusd.edu | |
| Mrs. Ellen Goratowski | EC | egoratow@kusd.edu | |
| Ms. Tammy Clark | Speech Impact | tclark@kusd.edu | Mrs. Clark’s Website |
| Mrs. Judy Hutchins | 5K | jhutchin@kusd.edu | |
| Mrs. Maggie Jagel | 5K | mjagel@kusd.edu | |
| Mrs. Judy Wynstra | 5K | jwynstra@kusd.edu | |
| Mrs. Tanya Cornell | 1st Grade | tcornell@kusd.edu | |
| Mrs. Kelly Gehrke | 1st Grade | kgehrke@kusd.edu | |
| Mr. Tim Mattner | 1st Grade | tmattner@kusd.edu | |
| Adventure Family- 2nd and 3rd Grades | |||
| Mrs. Valerie Quintero | 2nd Grade | vquitnter@kusd.edu | |
| Mrs. Christine Vasarella | 2nd Grade | cvasarel@kusd.edu | |
| Mrs. Susan Tenuta | 3rd Grade | stenuta@kusd.edu | |
| Mrs. Marianna Alho | 3rd Grade | malho@kusd.edu | |
| Trailblazer Family- 4th and 5th Grades | |||
| Mr. Matt Dahl | 4th Grade | mdahl@kusd.edu | |
| Mrs. Keri Galley | 4th Grade | kgalley@kusd.edu | |
| Mrs. Kathy Prozanski | 4th Grade | kprozan@kusd.edu | |
| Mrs. Diane Knudtson | 5th Grade | dknudts@kusd.edu | |
| Mrs. Jennifer Olsen | 5th Grade | jlolsen@kusd.edu | |
| Mrs. Rada Preston | 5th Grade | rpreston@kusd.edu | |
| Specialty Area Teachers | |||
| Mrs. MaryBeth Braun | Art | mbraun@kusd.edu | |
| Mrs. Amy Dollar | Art | adollar@kusd.edu | |
| Mr. Michael Clements | Physical Education | mclemen@kusd.edu | |
| Mrs. Elisa Jeffson | Music | ejeffso@kusd.edu | |
| Mr. Jeremy Kriedeman | Band | jkriede@kusd.edu | |
| Mr. Andrew Modory | Library | amodory@kusd.edu | Library Website |
| Mrs. Lindsay Pytel | Orchestra | lpytel@kusd.edu | |
| Specialized Student Services | |||
| Mrs. Elizabeth Beere | Special Education | ebeere@kusd.edu | |
| Mrs. Catherine Schmitz | Special Education | cschmit@kusd.edu | |
| Mrs. Christine Slawson | Special Education | cslawson@kusd.edu | |
| Mrs. Jessica Danko-Meyer | Occupational Therapist | ||
| Mrs. Molly Casarsa | School Nurse | mcasars@kusd.edu | |
| Mrs. Rebecca Clements | Instructional Coach | rclement@kusd.edu | |
| Mrs. Heidi Dryer | Guidance/Social Worker | hdryer@kusd.edu | |
| Mrs. Becky Grundy | Physical Therapy | bgrundy@kusd.edu | |
| Mrs. Cassandra Harris | Psychologist | charris@kusd.edu | |
| Mrs. Angelina Hollingsworth | Deaf/Hard of Hearing | ahollin@kusd.edu | |
| Mrs. Therese Jensen | Vision | tjensen@kusd.edu | |
| Mrs. Heather McKay | Speech | hmckay@kusd.edu | |
| Mrs. Naomi Padjen | Vision | npadjen@kusd.edu | |
| Mrs. Carolyn Preston | Technology Specialist | cpresto@kusd.edu | |
| Mrs. Malorie Schmit | Language Assistance | mschmit@kusd.edu | |