Student Services
Our Student Services division includes our counselors, deans, and social workers. Each student has an assigned counselor, who is part of a Pupil Support Services team, or PSS for short. The primary goal of the PSS team is to help students succeed in school academically, socially, emotionally, and behaviorally. Each PSS team includes the following:
- Three counselors: Address the academic, career, and social-emotional needs of students.
- Dean of students: Works with the student's family, counselor, teachers, and support personnel to assist students with behavioral issues, student conflicts, and any other issues that may interfere with the student's safety and success.
- School social worker: Provides individual student counseling on a short-term basis and facilitates student support groups.
Pupil Support Services (PSS) Teams
Click below to see the members of each PSS team and their contact information. The prefix for each extension is 708-434-XXXX.
- PSS Team 1: Counselors Ambrose, Cahill, and Hobson
- PSS Team 2: Counselors O'Keefe, Ojikutu, and Radziszewski
- PSS Team 3: Counselors Fuentes, Nixen, and White
- PSS Team 4: Counselors Hanson, Herbst, and Sherman
- PSS Team 5: Counselors Lynch, Medina, and Sponsler
PSS Team 1: Counselors Ambrose, Cahill, and Hobson
PSS Team 2: Counselors O'Keefe, Ojikutu, and Radziszewski
PSS Team 3: Counselors Fuentes, Nixen, and White
PSS Team 4: Counselors Hanson, Herbst, and Sherman
PSS Team 5: Counselors Lynch, Medina, and Sponsler
Wellness Workshops
We have instituted monthly wellness days, where team members go into classrooms and complete a lesson on various topics to help improve our students' social-emotional capacity. Click here for more information.
Additional Resources
NOTE: The prefix for each extension listed below is 708-434-XXXX.
Director of Student Services
Kris Johnson
x3258
kjohnson@oprfhs.org
Division Secretary
Gabrielle Van Zant
x3259
gvanzant@oprfhs.org
Enrollment and Registrar Manager
Gabriela Olivera
x3262
golivera@oprfhs.org
Registrar
Carmen Lopez
x3260
clopez@oprfhs.org
Prevention and Wellness Coordinator
Ginger Bencola
gbencola@oprfhs.org
x3729
504 Coordinator
Daniela Lukic Cole
x 3608
dcole@oprfhs.org
Community Outreach Coordinator
Tyrone Garland
x3008
tgarland@oprfhs.org
Trauma Informed Specialist
Curtis Diggs
x3286
cdiggs@oprfhs.org