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Camille Unger retiring as Edgebrook School principal
by BRIAN NADIG
Camille Unger will be retiring as the principal of Edgebrook School, 6525 N. Hiawatha Ave., on Friday, Sept. 4, after nine years at the helm of the Northwest Side school.
Edgebrook assistant principal Kate Ramos has been named the interim principal.
“I am so glad that I will be here at the start of the school year to welcome our staff, students, and families back for the first few weeks before I begin my next chapter in Wisconsin to be closer to my family,” Unger said in an e-mail message to school families. “Stepping away from Edgebrook is a deeply emotional milestone. Leading this school has been one of the greatest privileges of my life, and I am profoundly grateful for the joy, warmth and love this community has extended to me every single day.”
Edgebrook Local School Council vice president Dean Alonistiotis said that the council plans to conduct a principal search during the upcoming school year. The council’s next scheduled meeting is set for 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 19.
“We appreciate Camille Unger’s nine years of service and are looking forward to the next chapter of Edgebrook School and working with Kate Ramos as interim,” Alonistiotis said, thanking Unger for her steady leadership.
“Looking back over the last nine years, I am immensely proud of what we have built together. Through our collective vision and dedication, we transformed our educational framework and created lasting opportunities for our students:
“We successfully aligned our curriculum from Pre-K through 8th grade, ensuring a seamless and rigorous academic journey for every child. Opening our Pre-K program allowed us to welcome our youngest learners into a supportive environment right from the start.
“We reimagined our middle school model, creating a dynamic environment that empowers our older students with greater independence, agency and choices in their learning paths.
“We expanded after-school programming and built a thriving drama program from the ground up, giving our students vibrant creative outlets to express themselves.
“Deepening our connection with you — our parents, neighbors and community members — has been central to our success.
Together, we forged meaningful partnerships with Facing History and Ourselves, the Anti-Defamation League and established our hands-on Sixth-grade Indiana Dunes outdoor experience, grounding our students in empathy, community history, and environmental stewardship,” Unger wrote.
Unger added that one of her goals has been to cultivate and elevate leadership within the school’s staff and that these efforts should help with the upcoming transition.
The school’s accomplishments were made possible by “our exceptional staff, our curious and talented students, and an unbelievably supportive parent community. Edgebrook is more than just a school; it is a true community bound by a shared commitment to raising thoughtful, kind and capable young people,” Unger wrote.
Unger replaced Chad Weiden as principal. Unger had previously worked as a teacher at several school and as an instructional leader for the Chicago Public Schools’ Network 1.
Before coming to Edgebrook, Ramos was a teacher at the Hawthorne Scholastic Academy and worked as an instructional support leader for Network 1.
Edgebrook ranks as one of the top elementary schools in the city and state.
In the late 1980s, more than 90 percent of its students lived outside its attendance area, but in the 1990s the school experienced a rapid growth in its local enrollment.
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