2025-26 Faculty
Because of strong academic growth for all racial and cultural student groups, Washington has been recognized with the Title I Academic Achievement Award. Many of our teachers have won Prudential Teaching Awards for excellence and are trained in GLAD (Guided Language Acquisition Design), allowing them more skills to challenge every student at all levels.
Teachers can be reached using BUSD’s standard email address protocol with the first and last name of the person you would like to reach: firstlast@berkeley.net.
Office
Transitional Kindergarten (TK)
Shelby Johnson, Room 106
John DeSerio, Room 112
Kindergarten (K)
Ashleigh Talbott, Room 100
Hannah Margulis-Kessel, Room 104
Shireen Ali, Room 108
First Grade
Sara Ellberg, Room 211
Jamie Davidson, Room 212
Janine Waddell, Room 213
Second Grade
Luba Hancock, Room B2
Annelisa Hedgecock, Room B3
Lori Kasle, Room B4
Third Grade
John Tubbs, Room 110
Hilary Mitchell, Room B6
Sam Sambrone, Room B7
Fourth Grade
Dawn Bail, Room 200
Kris Mundera, Room 200
Oscar Zárate, Room B1
Ja’Mein Sanchez, Room B5
Fifth Grade
Riti Dhesi, Room 204
Laura Jokela, Room 208
Kris Kelly, Room 208
Cynthia Schafer, Room 210
Staff
Jane Adams, Instructional Assistant
Dahbia Bouaoud, Instructional Assistant
Leila Clark-Riddell, Math Intervention
Stephanie Diamond, Literacy Intervention
Alyssa Hudson, Special Education
Sacha Moustakas, Literacy Coach
Isa Strabala, Adaptive PE
Matt Willcox, School Campus Aide
Al Alves, Site Safety Officer
Bryson Brown, Special Education
Devon D’ Avanzo, Counseling
Miriam Driouch, Instructional Assistant
Sharondale King, Instructional Assistant
Brendan O’Brien, School Campus Aide
Hillary Trainor, Full Inclusion
Donald Arreola-Burl, Physical Education
Monique Burt, Special Education
Sian DeLuca, Occupational Therapist
Mina Duffy, Psychologist
Ella Knox, Special Education
Jackie Overlid, Librarian
Linh Truong, Counseling
Jillissa Bostic, Instructional Assistant
Jaya Chinnaya, Speech
Amarrah Dent, Instructional Assistant
Emily Hawkins, English Language Development
Beverly Mann, Instructional Assistant
Liz Scarboro, RTI Coordinator
Wendy Whiting, Literacy Coach