Faculty and Staff
Rafael Amaral
High School Teacher,
Music Teacher Grade 1 – MS
Lindsay Bilezekian
Early Childhood Assistant Teacher
Emma Castro
Grades Teacher
Clementine Chamberlin
Early Childhood Assistant Teacher
Stacey Collins
Director of Marketing and Communications
Natasha Davies
Early Childhood Assistant Teacher
Margaret Degenhardt
Early Childhood Assistant Teacher
Meilani Dela Cruz
Interim Head of School
Sophie Evans-Voight
Grades Teacher
Edward Kepa Freitas
Director of Facilities
Elizabeth Galea-Philpott
Grades Teacher
Kara Gibson
Early Childhood Assistant Teacher
Ayaka Hong
Institutional Advancement Officer
Silvia Jaimes
Spanish Language Teacher, Grades 1-8
Kevin Jorgensen
Movement Teacher, Grades 1-8
Madison Keown
Health Coordinator,
Director of Athletics
Anna Kern
Early Childhood Assistant Teacher
Kamuela Klemmer
Handwork Specialty Teacher, Grades 1-8
Mie Kojima
Japanese Language Teacher, EC – Grade 8
Jovanka Koshiba
Early Childhood Lead Teacher
Phoebe Lain
Parent Child Teacher
Angelique Metta
Grades 1-5 Pedagogical Mentor,
Interim Learning Specialist
Yuka Otaka-Bryce
Grades Teacher,
Grades 1-6 Division Director
Christine Philibotte
Parent Hui Chair
Marcy Polack
EC – MS Pedagogical Mentor,
Grades Teacher
Vanessa Rodriguez
Director of Admissions,
Business Administrator
Mary Elizabeth Ryan-Kern
Grades Teacher
Ingrid Schloesser
Early Childhood Assistant Teacher
Noel Sen
IT Assistant
Michele Shetland
Early Childhood Lead Teacher
Mieke Simonse
Early Childhood Lead Teacher
Cindy Sydow
Early Childhood Pedagogical Mentor
Tiffany Torre
Early Childhood Lead Teacher
Verna White
Front Office Administrator
Kathryn Mahealani Wong (Kumu Wong)
Hawaiian Studies and Hula Teacher
Sara Wu
Early Childhood Assistant Teacher
Tiffany Vasquez
Early Childhood Lead Teacher
Ulrike (Ulli) Zuckerman
Early Childhood Lead Teacher