Community

Faculty

Administration

Head of School

David Hague

  • BA New England College, NH
  • M.Ed. Castleton State College,
  • VT M.Ed. Harvard University,
  • MA Ed.D/ABD Vanderbilt University, TN

Email: dhague@saklan.org

Admissions & Marketing Director

Debbie Parish

  • BS Northeastern University Boston, MA

Email: dparish@saklan.org

Business Officer

Maria Puckett

  • MA Moscow State Civil Engineering University BA CSUS

Email: mpuckett@saklan.org

Middle School Dean

Kim Parks

  • BA and Teaching Cred. San Francisco State University

Email: kparks@saklan.org

Lower School Head Teacher

Carol Schofield

  • BA UC Berkeley
  • UC Berkeley Graduate Study and Teaching Credential

Email: cschofield@saklan.org

Office Manager and Assistant to Head

Emoke Veres

Email: everes@saklan.org

Early Childhood Director

Karen Catanzarite

  • BA University of San Francisco
  • CRED San Francisco State University

Email: kcatanzarite@saklan.org

Director of Communications and Education Technology

Adrian Bica

  • BA Technical Military Academy, Bucharest
  • San Jose State University (CRED)
  • MLIS San Jose State University (pending)

Email: webmaster@saklan.org

Extended Day & Summer Camp Director

Kim Parks

  • BA and Teaching Cred. San Francisco State University

Email: kparks@saklan.org

 

Early Childhood Teachers and Assistant Teachers

PreSchool Teacher

Maria Puno

  • BA in Psychology in the Philippines
  • Master Teacher Permit ( pending) - DVC ECE Professional Development Plan

Email: mpuno@saklan.org

PreKindergarten Teacher

Karen Catanzarite

  • BA University of San Francisco
  • CRED San Francisco State University

Email: kcatanzarite@saklan.org

PreKindergarten Teacher

Melissa Wright

  • Associate Teacher Permit - CA

Email: mwright@saklan.org

Pre-School Teacher Assistant

Joelle Sager

Email: jsager@saklan.org

PreKindergarten Teacher Assistant

Amanda Smith

Email: asmith@saklan.org

PreKindergarten Teacher Assistant

Jennifer Miller

Email: jmiller@saklan.org

ECE Assistant

Martha Marquand

Email: mmarquand@saklan.org

 

Elementary School Teachers

Kindergarten Teacher

Amy Burnett

  • BA UC Santa Cruz MA / CRED.
  • Dominican College

Email: aburnett@saklan.org

First Grade Teacher

Lisa Mitchell

  • BA / CRED. Madonna College

Email: lmitchell@saklan.org

First Grade Teacher

Carol Held

  • B.S. in Education - Central Missouri State University

Email: cheld@saklan.org

Second Grade Teacher

Carol Schofield

  • BA UC Berkeley CRED.
  • UC Berkeley Graduate Study

Email: cschofield@saklan.org

Third Grade Teacher

Catherine Corso

  • BS Eastern Connecticut State University

Email: ccorso@saklan.org

Fourth Grade Teacher

Marianne Haesloop

  • Clear CLAD Multiple Subject Teaching Credential State of California
  • B.A. New College of California, San Francisco
  • Certificado de Estudios Hispanicos, Colegio de España, Salamanca, Spain
  • Diplôme d'Études Françaises, Université de Tours, France
  • Faehigkeits-Zeugnis fuer Primarlehrer, Kanton Zuerich, Switzerland

Email: mhaesloop@saklan.org

Fifth Grade Teacher

Sharon Reichow

  • Bachelor of Music/Education - Southern Illinois University
  • California Teaching Credential - California State University - Los Angeles

Email: sreichow@saklan.org

 

Middle School Teachers

Science Teacher

Victoria Obenchain

  • BS Elon University
  • MA Montclair State University

Email: vobenchain@saklan.org

Humanities/Language Arts

Sam Prestianni

  • English/Writing B.A. - University of Maryland

Email: samprestianni@saklan.org

Humanities/Language Arts

Kim Parks

  • BA and Teaching Cred. San Francisco State University

Email: kparks@saklan.org

Math Teacher

Steve Narin

  • BS U.C. Riverside
  • Secondary Teaching Credential U.C. Riverside
  • MA U.C. Santa Barbara

Email: snarin@saklan.org

 

Specialists

Art Teacher

Anne Brooks

  • BS Wilson College MA Massachusetts College of Art

Email: abrooks@saklan.org

Music Teacher

Grace Chaffey

  • B.M. Butler University Certificate of Music Studies University of Sydney
  • M.A. Music Ed. San Francisco State (pending)

Email: gchaffey@saklan.org

Physical Education Teacher

Terrance O'Kelley

  • BA CSU Hayward (pending)

Email: tokelley@saklan.org

Computers Teacher

Adrian Bica

  • BA Technical Military Academy, Bucharest
  • CRED. San Jose State University
  • MLIS San Jose State University (pending)

Email: abica@saklan.org

Science

Victoria Obenchain

  • BS Elon University
  • MA Montclair State University

Email: vobenchain@saklan.org

Spanish

Lori Castillo

Email: lcastillo@saklan.org

French

Stephanie Guillon

Email: sguillon@saklan.org

Mandarin

Beatrice Tao

Email: btao@saklan.org

Extended Day

ECE Extended Day Teacher

Marta Rocha

Email: mrocha@saklan.org

MS and LS Extended Day Teacher

Kim Parks

  • BA and Teaching Cred. San Francisco State University

Email: kparks@saklan.org