Our staff
Receive the highest-quality education from world-class teachers using the latest and leading standards, practices and innovations.
School leadership team
Dr. Christopher Rehm
Head of School
Lida Penn
ECC + Elementary Principal
Paul deMena
Secondary Principal
Sandra Carpenter
Principal of Student Well-being
Amanda Thornton
Academic Principal of Teaching and Learning
Lily Huang
Director of Human Resources + Government Relations
Early Childhood teaching team
Lida Penn
ECC + Elementary Principal
Julia Huang
EC3
Grace Tu
EC3
Cami Ransom
EC3
Donnalee Quiaoit
EC4
Lexi Conrad
EC4
Chris Hu
EC4
Jill Lid-Ayan
EC5
Sarah Li
EC5
Tracy Gui
EC5 Teacher
Elementary teaching team
Lida Penn
ECC + Elementary Principal
Doris Lauron
Elementary Support
Amber Shen
English Language Support
Christina Watson
English Language Support
Ashlie Liu
English Language Support
Grayson Li
English Language Support
Chien Ooi
Grade 1
Peter Gardalits
Grade 1
Ellie Zhang
Grade 1
Vicky Yin
Grade 1
Britta Fennema
Grade 2
Elinor Crowe
Grade 2
Isabella Zhan
Grade 2
Raina Tong
Grade 2
Olivia Rose
Grade 3
Annie Liu
Grade 3
Hanyoung Cho
Grade 3
Hannah Yan
Grade 4
Joyceline Xu
Grade 4
Harry Balusdan
Grade 5
Mia Rao
Grade 5 Teacher
Jojo Xiao
Elementary
Secondary teaching team
Paul deMena
Secondary Principal
Suzanne Johnson
English Language Support
Julia Roehrkasse
English Language Support
William Lee
High School Math and Computer Science
Evan Nelson
High School Philosophy
Sarah Reese
Middle School English
Samuel Fennema
Secondary Philosophy
Ethan Galindo
Secondary Science
Regina Mitchell
Secondary English
Isaac Lin
Science Assistant
Anthea Xu
Secondary Math
Doris Wu
Secondary Math
Elijah Mccord
Secondary Social Studies
Lizzy Goddard
Secondary Social Studies + Drama
Dr. Roman Abzhalov
High School Science
Specialist teaching team
Rochelle Cayetano
Athletics Director + PE Teacher
Lizzy Goddard
Secondary Social Studies + Drama
Michael Jackson
Educational Technology
Dr. Aldwin Lauron
Educational Technology
Emily Calder
Fine Arts
Waturi Ekirapa
Fine Arts
Mayra Duarte
Fine Arts
Tiffany Yang
Fine Arts
Anna Malchow
Graphic, Brand and Media Specialist + Journalism and Media Design
Davi Gomes
PE
Susie Xiong
PE Teacher
Chinese Language department
Vicky Feng
Chinese Language Support
Flora Fu
Chinese Language Support
Catherine Tian
Chinese Language Support
Mary Ming
Chinese Language Support
Molly Xu
Chinese Language Support
Student Services team
Sandra Carpenter
Principal of Student Well-being
Linda Liu
College and Career Counselor
Hannah Carter
Librarian
Susan Tang
Library Assistant
Ayka Gardalits
Office Administrator (Nursing Support)
Yuri Quiaoit
Well-being Counselor
Nicole Goff
Special Education
Marketing, Admissions and Communications team
Elias Quan
Director of Marketing, Admissions and Communications
June Lei
Communications Manager
Anna Malchow
Graphic, Brand and Media Specialist + Journalism and Media Design
Hazel Bartlett
Graphic, Brand and Media Specialist
Stella Zhang
Receptionist
Kay Lin Lee
Admissions Manager
Agnes Liu
Registrar
Support staff
Elsa Shi
Accountant
Todd Wu
Cafeteria Manager
Dezhou (Dingding) Liu
Chef
Zunhui Xu
Chef
Xinghai (Ahai) Peng
Chef
Yun Tian
Driver + Maintenance
Joyce Zhu
Facility Manager
Edith Li
Finance Manager
Chloe Tang
HR Assistant
Sally Li
HR Manager & Government Relations
John Wen
IT Engineer
Ken Wang
IT Support
Hui Liu
Janitor
Jinfeng Xiao
Chef
Jinli Wang
Janitor
Lanxiu Wan
Janitor
Xiaomei Huang
Janitor
Mingzhu Zhang
Janitor
Chao Gao
Maintenance Technician
Jessie Guo
Operations Director
Carson Williams
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