Faculty & Staff
Meet the Administration
Andy Leathwood
Interim Head of School
leathwooda@marist.ac.jp
Derek Lipp
Head of Upper School
lippd@marist.ac.jp
Stephanie Hanamura
Head of Lower School
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
Assistant Teacher
Jessica Hanan
CH2 Homeroom Teacher
Tracy Khorana
Assistant Teacher
Tina Mathers
CH1 Homeroom Teacher
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
P.E.
Tom Stang
Physical Education/Health
Elementary Activities Coordinator
P.E.
Mark Pilgrim
Physical Education/Health
Venus Yoon
Upper school & specials teachers
Rebecca Carter
Visual Arts
Zachary Carter
Social Studies
Mark Deyss
Social Studies (Dept. Head)
MUN Moderator
Jason Duck
Music
Band Director
Matthew Akitani
Director of Guidance
Yo Ikenishi
Japanese
Bradley Jones
Mathematics (Dept. Head)
Science
Junya Kobo
Mathematics
Athletics Director
MAA Moderator
Elizabeth Neill
English/ELL
Student Council Moderator
Daniel Raffa
Science
James Ranni
Social Studies
Mio Ranni
Japanese (Dept. Head)
NHS Moderator
CAS Coordinator
David Lynch
Religious Education/Business
Musical Director
Diploma Programme Coordinator
Jason Mejia
Science (Dept. Head)
David Neill
English (Dept. Head)
Elbert Shitamoto
Teacher Librarian
Chris Spaulding
English
Casey Staack
Mathematics
Yumiko Takagi
ELL (Dept. Head)
Miho Tempesta
Japanese
Stewart Whitney
English/ELL
Rachel Wang
Science
Cameron Caldwell
Librarian
Allen Timola
Brother
Staff
Yoko Abe
Business Manager
Hirokazu Akamatsu
Maintenance/Building Manager
Kazuya Imamura
Finance Officer
Mayumi Yoshikawa
Secretary
Admissions Officer
Yuki Ponce
IT Officer
Shin Tatebe
Health Officer
Mika Inada
Secretary