Faculty & Staff
Meet the Administration
Andy Leathwood
Interim Head of School
leathwooda@marist.ac.jp
Derek Lipp
Deputy Head of School
lippd@marist.ac.jp
Stephanie Hanamura
Head of Lower School
Digital Skills
hanamuras@marist.ac.jp
What makes a great faculty? Some might say it is professional credentials - we have that, in fact, the majority of our teachers have a Master's Degree. Some might say it is experience that counts most - we have that, too, with an average of 15 years' classroom experience per teacher. We would argue that a great faculty is built over time - not only do our teachers have experience, they have it here, at MBIS. On average, our teachers have been at our school for 12 years (not including time some have spent as students here!). There's a simple reason for this - it's a great place to work with a wonderful, supportive community of people.
Meet our faculty and staff:
Montessori
Miyuki Asai
Montessori Assistant
Julie Sugiuchi
CH2 Homeroom Teacher
Tracy Khorana
Montessori Assistant
Tina Mathers
CH1 Homeroom Teacher
Emi Lipp
Montessori Assistant
Elementary school
1st Grade
Sherrie Ito
Homeroom Teacher
2nd Grade
Yuka Zaiki
Homeroom Teacher
3rd Grade
Annabelle Staack
Homeroom Teacher
4th Grade
Aaron Geddes
Homeroom Teacher
5th Grade
Matthew Writer
Homeroom Teacher
6th Grade
Cristal Buchanan
Homeroom Teacher
Student Council Moderator
6th Grade
Kristen Kuhl
Homeroom Teacher
P.E.
Tom Stang
Physical Education
Health
Mathematics
P.E.
Mark Pilgrim
Physical Education/Health
Venus Yoon
Teaching Assistant
Upper school & specials teachers
Rebecca Carter
Art
Zachary Carter
Social Studies / Film Studies
Mark Deyss
Grade 8 Homeroom Teacher
Social Studies (Dept. Head)
MUN Moderator
Jason Duck
Music
Band Director
Matthew Akitani
Director of Guidance/Character Education
Yo Ikenishi
Japanese / Art
Bradley Jones
Mathematics (Dept. Head)
Physics
Junya Kobo
Mathematics
Athletics Director
MAA Moderator
Elizabeth Neill
English/ELL
Yearbook & Journalism
Upper School Student Council Moderator
Daniel Raffa
Grade 11 Homeroom Teacher
Science
James Ranni
Social Studies
Psychology
Theory of Knowledge
Mio Ranni
Japanese (Dept. Head)
NHS Moderator
MHS Moderator
CAS Coordinator
David Lynch
Grade 12 Homeroom Teacher
Religious Education/Business
Musical Director
Diploma Programme Coordinator
Jason Mejia
Science (Dept. Head)
David Neill
English (Dept. Head)
Elbert Shitamoto
Teacher Librarian
Cameron Caldwell
Library Assistant
Chris Spaulding
English
Casey Staack
Mathematics
Computer Science
Yumiko Takagi
ELL (Dept. Head)
Miho Tempesta
Japanese
Mie Suzuki
Japanese
Stewart Whitney
Grade 9 Homeroom Teacher
English/ELL
Theory of Knowledge
Elementary Art
Rachel Wang
Science / Elementary Art
Allen Timola
Religious Studies
Glen Emslie
Mathematics
Science
Staff
Yoko Abe
Business Manager
Hirokazu Akamatsu
Maintenance / Infrastructure Manager
Kazuya Imamura
Finance Officer
Mayumi Yoshikawa
Secretary
Admissions Officer
Yuki Ponce
IT Officer
Shin Tatebe
Health Officer
Mika Inada
Secretary