Ms. Edwards

6th-8th Grade Science Teacher

Who was your favorite teacher? Dr. Devor my kinesiology professor at Ohio State. He was dynamic, knowledgeable, helpful, and was able to take a challenging subject and break it down so that all students, regardless of major, could understand and utilize the content.

What did Prescott students do that made you proud last year? When students ini 6th-8th grade planned and participated in a peaceful protest. This was student-led and teachers provided minimal assistance. The students wrote to Mr. Roche, made signs, organized peers and gave up their valuable recess time in order to stand up for an important message. It was touching to be on the sidewalk with them as they received so much support from people passing by their demonstration. This was such a proud moment as the students have taken all of our discussions surrounding human rights, current events and SEL and applied them to a real-life situation.

What are your hopes and dreams for your students? My hopes and dreams for my students are that they are always seeking to answer questions and solve problems. I hope that all of my students will continue to grow social-emotionally and be able to navigate through the middle school years as they prepare for high school.

What do you hope to accomplish as an educator? To continue to create a rigorous and interesting science curriculum that helps students to fully and completely understand the three strands in science and continue to grow a love (or at least a strong like) for science and engineering.

For my students this year, I promise… to be patient, to listen to you, to believe in you, to challenge and encourage you to be your best self.

For my colleagues this year, I promise… to be flexible, to listen and to be helpful.

Mr. Phillips

6th-7th Grade Math Teacher

Ms. Hall

6th-7th Grade Math Teacher

Bio pending

Ms. Showalter

6th-7th Grade Language Arts Teacher

My name is Tayler Showalter, and I teach 6/7 grade English Language Arts (ELA). I grew up in Columbus, Ohio, and moved to Chicago post-graduation to teach. I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Middle Childhood Education, and a Master’s Degree in Teacher Leadership. This is my fifth year at Prescott, and my tenth year teaching. As a teacher of middle school students, I hope to cultivate a joyous classroom environment that marries intentional instruction with building a lifelong love for books. Students will be asked to read (a lot!), and work collaboratively to interpret, analyze, and discuss text. My hope is that students learn more than they thought they could, and have fun while doing so! When I am not teaching, I enjoy spending time with my husband and friends, trying new restaurants, and traveling.

Mr. Schiffern

6th-8th Grade Social Studies Teacher

I am from Idaho Falls, Idaho. I went to Colorado State for my undergraduate degree in Speech Communication and Theater. I attended Depaul University for my Masters in Teaching and Learning. I have lived in Chicago since 2000. I have two siblings, one brother, who is older and one sister, who is younger. I am married to my wonderful husband, Rick. We have two cats (Jane and Justin,). My family takes up most of my free time, but some hobbies that I enjoy are running, traveling, seeing live theater, reading books, watching movies and true crime shows on TV. I teach social studies to 6th, 7th and 8th grade. This is my 18th year teaching and I am really excited for another awesome year at Prescott!

Ms. Lohman

7th-8th Grade Math Teacher

My name is Julie Lohman, and I teach 7/8 grade Math. I grew up in Bettendorf, Iowa, and moved to Chicago in the middle of high school and graduated from Jones College Prep. I went to The University of Nebraska-Lincoln where I was on the Women’s Bowling Team (Go Big Red!!) and I later transferred to UIC. I have a Bachelor’s degree in Teaching of Mathematics. This is my third year teaching in CPS, and my first year at Prescott. I started teaching at the high school level and was able to see what math concepts students need to know before entering high school. This is my first year teaching middle school and I am so excited for this change and to help the middle school students at Prescott learn as much as they can before graduation! I am passionate about every student maturing socially, emotionally, and academically. I hope to create a fun, creative, safe, and adventurous classroom environment for all of my students. I am looking forward to a great school year at Prescott!

Ms. Choi

7th-8th Grade Language Arts Teacher

Hello Families!

I was so excited to join the Prescott family in 2022 and teach 7th and 8th grade! I hold a Bachelors in English and a Masters in Education. This will be my 13th year teaching middle school English Language Arts (ELA). 

I am passionate about every child learning and growing both academically and emotionally. I strive to create a fun and safe learning environment where students make meaningful connections between their lives and reading and writing.

I look forward to partnering with you to make sure your child has a happy and successful school year.