RBHS welcomes new staff

Kirstin Blumberg is one of those seven on RB’s roster and newest to the Physical Education/Health department. A graduate with a Bachelor’s in Physical Education, Health Education, Master’s in Exercise Science, Blumberg hopes to show students and athletes alike a new perspective on Physical Education and the advantages of staying active. She is also a National Academy of Sports Medicine ce...

A recent graduate of Dominican University, Isai Hipolito is glad to join RB’s math department teaching freshman algebra this 2022-2023 school year.  Hipolito was a student teacher from August to December last year at Brooks Middle School. For Hipolito, this year is extra special since it’s his first year teaching, as well as being new to RB. Although the first year of teaching can be excitin...

Out of many new teachers this 2022-2023 school year, the applied arts team has a new teacher, Grant Lewis. Lewis teaches a variety of subjects, some of them being consumer economics, child development, and foods and nutrition. Applied arts courses are meant to provide necessary life skills for students that will prepare them for their life after high school. The foods and nutrition class teache...

Laura Turk, new to the Riverside Brookfield High School staff this year, is eager to get to know students and staff. Turk can be found teaching drawing, ceramics, and health classes as she begins her 13th year of teaching. Before coming to RB, Turk worked at Proviso East High School. Having known about RB for a long time, Turk is ready to be a part of the school community and make new connections...

Earl Baum was hired as an academic support aid at the beginning of the 2022-2023 school year, and hopes to help students while assisting in tech for RB’s plays and musicals. Although his role as an educator started this year, Baum has been a part of the school’s theater program since 2016, where he has held the position of auditorium manager.  “I was already a part of the RB community, ...

During the 2021-2022 school year, Steven Forsythe was a substitute teacher for the social studies department here at RB, but he has recently begun instructing academic support courses. Forsythe is an alumni from Eastern Illinois University with a major in history education, and he’s specializing in academic support classes here at RB.  “When you first walk in, my board is full of algebr...

Tricia Schroeder makes her return to Riverside Brookfield High School and hopes to help students in Special Education prepare for college life. Since Schroeder attended RB, she wanted to carry on with her career by teaching at the school that fostered her love of education. This is Schroeder's eighth year teaching and her first year at RB. Before starting at RB, she worked at both Hinsdale Central...