New Glenbrook South assistant principal named

Aracely Canchola was named Glenbrook South's new assistant principal for student services at Monday's Glenbrook High School District 225 board meeting.

Currently dean of students at Evanston Township High School, Canchola will start at Glenbrook South on July 3. Her starting salary is $164,901.

She succeeds Lara Cummings, who will become the district's director of student support.

Canchola has been at Evanston since the start of the 2006 school year, and as a social worker until the end of the 2016 term, according to her LinkedIn page. She moved into the high school's lead social worker position and, in August 2016, was named department chair for student services.

As department chair, Canchola led a team of 50 staff members including counselors, psychologists, nurses, social workers, interns, support staff and academic interventionists, District 225 officials said.

She became a dean of students in October 2021.

Canchola, of Skokie, listed her undergraduate degree in social work from Loyola University. She has master's degrees in social service administration from the University of Chicago, and school leadership from Olivet Nazarene.