April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and as part of our ongoing campaign to equip staff, students, and families to prevent and confront sexual harassment and assault, we sit down with Assistant Principal Jeannette Ardell.


Mrs. Ardell currently serves as an assistant principal at Conant High School, a position she has held since 2016. During this school year, she has served as the school’s lead discipline administrator. Prior to her administrative position, she was a school psychologist at District 211’s Therapeutic Day School Academy North,  and also served as the District’s lead psychologist. Mrs. Ardell began her career in District 211 in 2002 as a school psychologist at Schaumburg High School, and also served one year as the school’s dean of students during the 2011-2012 school year. Mrs. Ardell earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Michigan State University in 1996, her master’s degree in school psychology from the University of Massachusetts-Boston in 1999, and a second master’s degree in educational administration from Northern Illinois University in DeKalb in 2012.