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

Joshua Heideman, Principal

510.644.4525

Lois Jones, School Administrative Assistant

510.644.6310

 
 

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