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

Paul deMena
Secondary Principal

Lida Penn
ECC + Elementary Principal

Landon Lampkin
Principal of Well-being

Dr. Harry Balusdan
Director of Teaching and Learning

Sally Li
HR Manager & Government Relations
Early Childhood teaching team

Lida Penn
ECC + Elementary Principal

Cami Ransom
Foundations

Sarah Li
Foundations

Lexi Conrad
Junior Kindergarten

Chris Hu
Junior Kindergarden

Grace Tu
Junior Kindergarten

Jill Lid-Ayan
Kindergarten

Tracy Gui
Kindergarten

Julia Huang
Kindergarten
Elementary teaching team

Lida Penn
ECC + Elementary Principal

Chien Ooi
Grade 1

Annie Liu
Grade 1

Elinor Crowe
Grade 2

Peter Gardalits
Grade 2

Isabella Zhan
Grade 2

Olivia Rose
Grade 3

Vicky Yin
Grade 3

Ellie Zhang
Grade 3

Joyceline Xu
Grade 4

Hanyoung Cho
Grade 4

Hannah Yan
Grade 4

Mia Rao
Grade 5

Jojo Xiao
Curriculum Coordinator

Andrea McCarthy
English Language Support

Raina Tong
English Language Support

Christina Watson
English Language Support

Ashlie Liu
English Language Support
Secondary teaching team

Paul deMena
Secondary Principal

Sarah Reese
Middle School English

Evan Nelson
Secondary Philosophy

Samuel Fennema
Secondary Philosophy

Lizzy Goddard
Secondary Social Studies + Drama

Elijah McCord
Secondary Social Studies

Regina Mitchell
Secondary English

Ethan Galindo
Secondary Science

Dr. Roman Abzhalov
Secondary Science

Isaac Lin
Science Assistant

William Lee
Secondary Math and Computer Science

Anthea Xu
Secondary Math

Doris Wu
Secondary Math

Linda Liu
College and Career Counselor

Allison Blank
English Language Support

Grayson Li
English Language Support

Jenny Xie
Learning Support Assistant
Specialist teaching team

Rochelle Cayetano
Athletics Director + PE

Davi Gomes
PE

Susie Xiong
PE

Emily Calder
Fine Arts

Waturi Ekirapa
Fine Arts

Mayra Duarte
Fine Arts

Tiffany Yang
Fine Arts

Michael Jackson
Educational Technology

Dr. Aldwin Lauron
Educational Technology

Lizzy Goddard
Secondary Social Studies + Drama

Anna Malchow
Graphic, Brand and Media Specialist + Journalism and Media Design
Chinese Language department

Catherine Tian
Chinese Language Support

Vicky Feng
Chinese Language Support

Flora Fu
Chinese Language Support

Mary Ming
Chinese Language Support

Molly Xu
Chinese Language Support
Student Services team

Landon Lampkin
Principal of Well-being

Yuri Quiaoit
Well-being Counselor

Doris Lauron
Learning Support

Ayka Gardalits
Office Administrator (Nursing Support)

Hannah Carter
Librarian

Susan Tang
Library Assistant

Andrea McCarthy
English Language Support

Raina Tong
English Language Support

Christina Watson
English Language Support

Ashlie Liu
English Language Support

Grayson Li
English Language Support

Allison Blank
English Language Support
Marketing, Admissions and Communications team

Elias Quan
Director of Marketing, Admissions and Communications

Hazel Bartlett
Admissions Manager

Anna Malchow
Graphic, Brand and Media Specialist + Journalism and Media Design

Agnes Liu
Registrar

Stella Zhang
Marketing, Admissions & Communications Liaison

Wilson Zhang
Receptionist
Operations team

Jessie Guo
Operations Director

Joyce Zhu
Facility Manager

Todd Wu
Cafeteria Manager

Chao Gao
Maintenance Technician

Yun Tian
Driver + Maintenance

Dezhou (Dingding) Liu
Chef

Zunhui Xu
Chef

Xinghai (Ahai) Peng
Chef

Jinfeng Xiao
Chef

Hui Liu
Janitor

Jinli Wang
Janitor

Lanxiu Wan
Janitor

Xiaomei Huang
Janitor

Mingzhu Zhang
Janitor
Support staff

Edith Li
Finance Manager

Elsa Shi
Accountant

Sally Li
HR Manager & Government Relations

Chloe Tang
HR Assistant

John Wen
IT Engineer

Ken Wang
IT Support

Carson Williams
PowerSchool Specialist
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