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Faculty Directory

Mrs. Polly Wagner

Mrs. Polly Wagner

Job Title: Librarian

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Ext: 2319

Website: https://sites.google.com/stphils.com/stphilomenalibrary/home

Mrs. Wagner has taught at St. Philomena since 1998-99 as a kindergarten aide and in the STEM Center and school library.  She is from Peoria and earned a degree as a Paraprofessional.  Mrs. Wagner is married and has one daughter and one son.  She loves to garden and became a Master Gardener in 2016.   She also enjoys being involved in the school plays as a stage manager. To purchase new books for our library, visit Mrs. Wagner's and Mrs. King's library wish list by clicking here. 

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Miss Taryn Watkins

Miss Taryn Watkins

Job Title: Art Teacher

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Ext: 2317

Miss Watkins began teaching at St. Philomena in 2017-18.  She teaches art to kindergarten through eighth grade students.  Miss Watkins is from Sycamore, IL and received a degree in Fine Art from Illinois State University.  She enjoys Russian arts, walking pilgrimages, reading, and Carmelite mystics.

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Mrs. Andrea Whalen

Mrs. Andrea Whalen

Job Title: Junior High Language Arts & 8th Grade Homeroom

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Ext: 2335

Mrs. Andrea Whalen began her teaching journey in 2019, spending four years in fourth grade at Ridgeview. She joins the faculty of St. Philomena School in 2023-24 as an English Language Arts teacher in junior high. She says, "While I may not have taught middle school before, I'm so anxious for the opportunity to be at St. Philomena!" Andrea attended Bradley University, where she received a degree in Elementary Education with an ESL Endorsement. Currently she is working on her Masters from Western Illinois University in Curriculum & Instruction. Mrs. Whalen lives with her husband and three children: Lillian, Olivia, and Lincoln. They also have a German Shepherd dog, Oden and a black cat named Griz. In her spare time she loves to run and read. When asked about her hometown, Andrea had this to say, "This is a loaded question! I was born in Miles City, Montana but moved around a lot growing up. I spent a lot of my childhood in Seattle Washington but came to Illinois from Texas." 

 

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Mrs. Jen Williams

Mrs. Jen Williams

Job Title: PK4 Classroom Teacher

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Ext: 2401

Mrs. Jen Williams transitioned to the PreK4 program in 2022-23, having been the first teacher for our parish's PreK3 program in 2017-18. She has been teaching since 2009 and has experience in kindergarten, first grade, and PreK3 in a variety of schools including in Lombard, Delavan and St. Jude. Mrs. Williams graduated from Bradley University with a bachelor’s degree in elementary education and a minor in Spanish. She then attended Benedictine University where she completed her master’s degree in literacy and instruction. Jen is married to Michael and they have four kids Nora, Aidan, Emma and Benny, and a family dog, Bradley. Fun fact: Mrs. Williams was born in Cork, Ireland and moved to the United States in grade school settling in the Chicago suburbs.

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