Faculty & Staff
April Wuest, Head of Elementary School
Marijana Munro, Head of School
Derek Lipp, Head of Upper School
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
Helen Atkinson
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
Karen Carriker
Homeroom Teacher
4th Grade
Catherine Churchward
Homeroom Teacher
5th Grade
Tom Stang
Homeroom Teacher
Elementary Activities Coordinator
6th Grade
Cristal Buchanan
Homeroom Teacher
Student Council Moderator
6th Grade
Matthew Writer
Homeroom Teacher
P.E.
Mark Pilgrim
Physical Education/Health
Upper school & specials teachers
Katie Allen
Physical Education/Health
David Bradley
Science/Mathematics
Rebecca Carter
Visual Arts
Zachary Carter
Social Studies
Mark Deyss
Social Studies (Dept. Head)
MUN Moderator
Jason Duck
Music
Band Director
Regina Edwards
Director of Guidance
Yo Ikenishi
Japanese
Bradley Jones
Mathematics (Dept. Head)
Science
Junya Kobo
Mathematics
Athletics Director
MAA Moderator
David Lynch
Religious Education/Business
Musical Director
Jason Mejia
Science (Dept. Head)
Brian Munro
Diploma Programme Coordinator
TOK
David Neill
English (Dept. Head)
Elizabeth Neill
English/ELL
Student Council Moderator
Daniel Raffa
Science
James Ranni
Social Studies
Mio Ranni
Japanese (Dept. Head)
NHS Moderator
CAS Coordinator
Elbert Shitamoto
Teacher Librarian
Chris Spaulding
English
Annabelle Staack
ELL
Casey Staack
Mathematics
Yumiko Takagi
ELL (Dept. Head)
Kyoko Tanaka
Japanese
Miho Tempesta
Japanese
Stewart Whitney
English/ELL
Staff
Yoko Abe
Business Manager
Hirokazu Akamatsu
Maintenance/Building Manager
Sayaka Caldwell
Secretary
Junko Inada
Library Assistant
Kazuya Imamura
Finance Officer
Yuki Ponce
IT Officer
Shin Tatebe
Medical Officer
Mayumi Yoshikawa
Secretary
Admissions Officer