Oak Elementary School

Introduction

If you would like to email a specific teacher, the email convention is now FirstInitialLastName@lasdschools.org.

For example, a teacher named Jane Doe would have email address jdoe@lasdschools.org.

2025/2026 Staff:

Principal: Nikita Shah

Secretary: Lee Yazdani

School Clerk: Samar Wahba

Psychologist: Alyssa Hines

Nurse: Monica Sidher

Day Custodian: Ricardo Aguilar

Night Custodian: Juan Aguilar

Teachers

Transitional Kindergarten: Allison White

Kindergarten: Talya Brinkman, Samantha Pelstring

1st Grade:  Teresa Alapat, Jill Webster

2nd Grade: Kim Bain, Kerrin Seymour

3rd Grade: Alex Magnuson, Sara Quigley

4th Grade: Laura Kliewer, Monica Morosin

5th Grade: Arlene Bautista, Nina Hokeness

6th Grade: Heather Cavanagh, Julia Pressman

Support

TK Aide: Samantha Alapat

Kindergarten Aide: Sandi Elefant, Jen Oku

Resource Specialist: Fiona Graham

ELL Program Specialist: Agnes Chang

Literacy Aide: Nancy Wong

Speech Therapist: Leah Wiesner

PE: Matthew Ramil

Music: Joe Chan, Cruz Gonzales, Juhye Lee, Joanna Marçal

Computer Science: Alex Schroeder

Technology Specialist: Masi Azad

Library: Celia Forrest

Instructional Assistant: Pilar Ballesteros-Cordero, Michelle Ruweler

Lunch: Anthony Moules (Lead), Rose Li