Four newly minted teachers will be among the 28 new teacher faces when District 161 students return Aug. 12.
For Jillian Jendra and Shakina Washington the pandemic threw a curve to the traditional student teaching routine, but Haley Erlandson and Miranda Quinn taught children at school.
Here’s a look at these new faculty members:

Jillian Jendra, kindergarten teacher at Heather Hill
“I actually went all through (Andrew High School) saying I don’t know…


