Faculty & Staff - Intermediate
Mr. Ronald Brusa | Intermediate and junior high math teacher
Mr. Brusa joins the St. Isaac Jogues teaching staff and comes to us with 31 years of experience teaching Math and Science most recently at Buffalo Grove High School. In addition to experience as a Math and Science teacher, Mr. Brusa also served as the Math/Science Division Chair for Buffalo Grove High School. He holds middle school through high school certification in Math and Science. Mr. Brusa was also a successful Cross Country coach for Buffalo Grove High school. He looks forward to his coaching debut in the area of Cross Country and Track and Field for St. Isaac’s.
Ms. Jaclyn Martin | Intermediate religion and Science Teacher
Ms. Martin teaches fifth and sixth grade science. A graduate of Loyola University Chicago, she holds a degree in Elementary Education, a Reading Minor, and endorsements in Science and Language Arts. Ms. Martin is also a graduate of St. Isidore School in Bloomingdale and St. Francis High School in Wheaton. She has attended Catholic schools during her entire academic career, and she truly believes in the main message of the faith: to serve others selflessly. She hopes to instill this drive in her students during their time at St. Isaac’s. In addition, Ms. Martin has experience teaching the dramatic arts to elementary, middle, and high school students. She is currently the director of the summer musical at St. Francis High School.
Mrs. Mary Schumacher | Intermediate and junior high Religion Teacher
Mrs. Schumacher was born in Pittsburg, PA. and was raised in Baltimore, MD. She attended the Universtiy of Ljublana and Delavska Univerza in the former Yugoslavia. She graduated from Towson University and did some graduate work at the University of Illinois. She has four children, all of whom have graduated from college. Mrs. Schumacher has been teaching since 1985, but took some years off to raise her children during three expat years in Belgium. Before teaching at St. Isaac Jogues, she taught for nine years at St. Michael’s School in Wheaton. She is delighted to be in her fifth year at St. Isaac’s.
Mrs. Elizabeth Henry | Intermediate religion and Social Studies Teacher
Mrs. Henry is the K-8 Literacy Coordinator, as well as a sixth grade Language Arts teacher. She has worked at St. Isaac Jogues School for the past 12 years. Mrs. Henry graduated from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana with a B.S. in Elementary Education and a M.A. in Curriculum and Instruction from North Central College, Naperville, IL. She is also a member of the National Council of Teachers of English and is a former participant (2015) of the National Writing Project. Mrs. Henry is currently coordinating the K-8 writing program, as well as assisting the Reading Specialist with the school-wide literacy testing initiative. In addition she is the co-coordinator of the Navigator’s program for improving the fluency of our kindergarten through second grade students.
Mrs. Henry resides in Naperville with her husband, two of her three children and her two dogs (Millie and Hank) and the cat (Sheldon).
Mrs. Henry resides in Naperville with her husband, two of her three children and her two dogs (Millie and Hank) and the cat (Sheldon).
Mr. William Maurer | Intermediate Language Arts Teacher
This is Mr. Maurer’s 5th year teaching Language Arts & Reading at St. Isaac Jogues. Following close to 20 years in the business side of the healthcare industry he re-dedicated himself to becoming the best elementary teacher within the Catholic community. He remains on that journey and has never looked back. Mr. Maurer truly believes in the mission of Catholic schools. His two children completed their Catholic education and he must say that he and his wife have never second guessed that decision. The Catholic schools do teach more.
Mr. Maurer has a B.S. in Biology from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana and a MAT from National Louis University. His background is science and he loves it; he enjoys history and practices his Catholic faith religiously, but he teaches literacy because it is important and he wants to make a difference. During a recent college trip an admissions director said, “Let’s face it, the engineers of today no longer pass along their proposals to English majors”. Yes, becoming a strong reader, writer, listener and speaker will make a difference.
Mr. Maurer has a B.S. in Biology from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana and a MAT from National Louis University. His background is science and he loves it; he enjoys history and practices his Catholic faith religiously, but he teaches literacy because it is important and he wants to make a difference. During a recent college trip an admissions director said, “Let’s face it, the engineers of today no longer pass along their proposals to English majors”. Yes, becoming a strong reader, writer, listener and speaker will make a difference.
