FACULTY & STAFF FUN FACTS

SASKIA CHAN, SCHOOL NURSE I have an ever- expanding collection of eccentric garden gnomes...stop by the health office to ask me about my collection!

REENIE CHARRIERE MIDDLE SCHOOL ART SPECIALIST I love climbing ladders!

RASHIDA BLADE KINDERGARTEN TEACHER I grew up with a mother who is a musician, so a lot of the time I sing when I speak. My students find this amusing, curious, and sometimes annoying.

ELAINE CHAN FIRST GRADE TEACHER I have an obsession with jackets and coats. I own over 50 pieces of outerwear!

LINDA OWOLABI THIRD GRADE ASSOCIATE TEACHER

I love spending time at airports, I will happily get to the airport 4 hrs before my flight to grab a bite to eat while I people watch.

KASEY WOOTEN LOWER SCHOOL SCIENCE TEACHER

I am an avid forager who loves a good treasure hunt in the wilderness, whether I’m collecting mushrooms, berries, seaweed, or memories.

RAMIRO ORTA MANAGER OF TECHNOLOGY

I am an avid vinyl enthusiast and music lover. I own over 2000 vinyl records with a large selection being classic jazz albums from the 60s and 70s.

NICOLE MACARAEG, MIDDLE SCHOOL SEL TEACHER I have names for all of my house plants. My favorites are Jonathan Plant Ness, Kamala, and Phoebe.

SPENCER HAWLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL MATH TEACHER

I love watching videos of people doing magic tricks for monkeys.

CLAIRE YEO UPPER SCHOOL ASSISTANT DIVISION HEAD

RACHEL DAWSON

DEBORAH SNYDER LOWER SCHOOL MATH SPECIALIST I used to be a professional pastry chef, and I still stress-bake.

SANDY CHANG MIDDLE SCHOOL WRITING TEACHER

I worked as a legislative writer for two US Senators while attending grad school and rode the elevator up to my office with Teddy Kennedy many mornings.

LIZA RAYNAL UPPER SCHOOL DIVISION HEAD

I’ve felt really lucky to have traveled with students to nine different countries and three different states.

WES CHAO UPPER SCHOOL COMPUTER SCIENCE TEACHER

I’ve been bungee jumping, even though I’m deathly afraid of heights.

The four cities where I’ve lived are all dynamic port-towns with amazing histories: Sydney, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, and San Francisco.

MIDDLE AND UPPER SCHOOL ART TEACER

I love researching genealogy! Recently, I traced my father’s side all the way to Charlemagne, William the Conqueror, and the Plantagenets.

JASON MCEUIN, MIDDLE SCHOOL PE TEACHER I am a 4th degree black belt in taekwondo.

ANNA LYON MIDDLE SCHOOL WRITING TEACHER

HELEN WICKS LOWER SCHOOL ART SPECIALIST I love to walk on my hands. As a youngin’ I would walk on my hands directly after dinner… every night.

JUDITH WORRALL MIDDLE SCHOOL WRITING TEACHER

I volunteer weekly, including feeding and taking feral cats to vets for neutering and health care with Coastside Feral Care.

I was in the 2012 Guinness world record for the largest gathering of natural redheads. The record has since been broken.

SABRINA GARCIA MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE ASSOCIATE TEACHER I lived in France and Alaska while conducting subtidal research.

EMMA SAMEROYNINA

FOURTH GRADE TEACHER

ANDREW ALEXANDER UPPER SCHOOL MATH TEACHER I have seen both Andean and California condors in the wild.

ANA CECILIA ALVAREZ MIDDLE SCHOOL HUMANITIES TEACHER Soy chilanga! Meaning, I am from Mexico City.

I studied at the School of American Ballet and performed with the New York City Ballet in The Nutcracker, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and many more.