A Message from Assistant Principal Zaffar
Dear Families & Friends,
Welcome back for the 2025-2026 school year! I look forward to working and learning with all of you to support our students this year with innovative, intentional, and responsive approaches to teaching and learning for and from our diverse community.
Our caring and dedicated staff and students make Washington a nurturing and brave space to grow academically, socially, and emotionally inside and outside the building. I am so excited to be a part of the Wildcat community!
You are an important part of Washington. Please don't hesitate to reach out to me with any questions, comments, or concerns. Together, we make Washington a space to grow, inquire, and achieve success without boundaries.
Your Partner in Education,
Sania Zaffar
Assistant Principal
szaffar@emsd63.org
About Assistant Principal Zaffar
Washington Assistant Principal since 2024, Ms. Zaffar joined D63 in 2023 as a Special Education Teacher at Nelson School. She previously held special education teacher positions with District 116’s Yankee Ridge Elementary and Urbana High School, as well as TrueNorth Educational Cooperative 805’s North Shore Academy Elementary.
Assistant Principal Zaffar holds masters degrees in education policy and leadership from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and educational specialist from National Lewis University. She earned her B.A. in special education from Loyola University.