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Faculty
Cambrian Academy generally hires
experienced teachers with Master or Doctorate degrees, a passion for teaching, and a track record of personal achievement as well as proven student success.
Ariel Orozco, Spanish and Physical EducationMr. Orozco comes to us from Colombia, the country in which Spanish is spoken best! He is an excellent teacher for teens and an outstanding tutor for adults learning Spanish or English. He considers it his mission to preserve and protect "correct" Spanish.
His training and professional experience in politics and international diplomacy provide intriguing insights for those he teaches.
He enjoys soccer, basketball, and watching Juan Pablo Montoya racing stock cars.
E-mail: aorozco@CambrianAcademy.org
John Gee, Mathematics
After receiving his Master's Degree in Mathematics from the University of California at Berkeley, Mr. Gee served our country in the Army for four years. He has taught mathematics at the college level for many years, and he continues to do so, in addition to teaching from Algebra to AP Calculus here at Cambrian Academy.
E-mail: jgee@CambrianAcademy.org
Dr. Peter Rainow, AP US History, AP US Gov, AP World HistoryDr. Rainow has twenty years of successful experience in education: teaching, tutorship, and curriculum development in the United States and Europe--and an excellent track record in the academic field, with more than 70 publications, including 6 books and textbooks in the United States, England, Italy, Russia, and Ukraine. He received his MA. in History, Social Studies, and Education at the University of Odessa, Odessa, Ukraine, in 1983 and his Ph.D. in History at the University of Kiev, Kiev, Ukraine, 1987. He has taught as an Assistant Professor at the University of Odessa, and recently as an AP instructor for another private high school in California. He has taught AP and regular U.S., World, and European History as well as World Culture and Geography, History of Classical Music, and International Relations.
E-mail: prainow@CambrianAcademy.org
Mara Leonard, French, Composition, ESL, Art, World History
Mrs. Leonard has studied the evolution of the English language including extensive study in Old English and Proto-IndoEuropean. Her extensive studies in the romance languages such as French and Spanish (particularly French) as well as German, Gaelic and Old English allows her to better understand and teach the nuances and irregularities inherent to and adopted into English that gives it the richness, the layers and the ability to be intricate, complex, versatile and poetic.
Anthropology, archeology, ancient history, language and culture have been her life-long passions. In particular she has a love for language of all forms in so much that she has studied a variety of them from Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphics to modern Japanese.
"My love of language and culture has taken me around the world from Hawaii where I grew up to places such as France, Italy, Ireland, England, the Dominican Republic and Israel. I plan to bring my experience of the world and my love of life-long learning to the classroom."
E-mail: mleonard@CambrianAcademy.org
Dr. Angelo Delegeane - Digital Photography, Videography, Biology, Chemistry Owner of Alpha Video Services, Angelo is an expert in digital media who has big plans to take our fine arts classes to a new level and into the 21st century.
He also happens to hold a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from USC.
E-mail: adelegeane@CambrianAcademy.org
Donna Molaie, AP PhysicsDonna Molaie received her degree in Neuroscience from UCLA and holds a research position at Stanford University. Previously she was a research assistant at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. We are fortunate that her schedule allows for her to teach our AP Physics class in the mornings. Her ability to quickly assess student knowledge and her previous experience tutoring students for the AP Physics exam make her an ideal teacher in our seminar-style setting.
E-mail: dmolaie@CambrianAcademy.org
Phoenix Coverley, ESL, AP English, Psychology
Ms. Coverley earned her degree in Fine Arts from UC Davis and her Masters in Education from San Jose State University. She has seven years experience teaching English at the secondary school level. Her wide range of skills, including painting, photography, journalism, and curriculum creation are great assets to Cambrian Academy.
E-mail: pcoverley@CambrianAcademy.org
Donna Wood - English and ESL Ms. Wood has degrees in psychology and cross-cultural studies and a certificate in Teaching English as a Second Language from U.C. Berkeley. She taught ESL in local colleges, in Silicon Valley businesses, and spent two years teaching in Japan.
Her interests include reading, traveling, baking, archery, writing teen fiction stories, and painting wildlife and landscapes.
E-mail: dwood@CambrianAcademy.org
Helen Conklin, British LiteratureHelen Conklin holds degrees from Michigan State University and CSU. She received both her TSEL and CLAD certifications with Honors from UC Extension, Santa Cruz. She has experience in teaching English/Literature, Business, French, Art History, US Government, and Drama classes-and has worked at Del Mar High School, De Anza College, and the Fremont Union High School District. Her prior experience as a Senior Technical Writer for local software firms has motivated her to teach students to write with clarity and precision.
E-mail: hconklin@CambrianAcademy.org
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Kay Kim, International Director
Kay is a veteran Silicon Valley high-tech executive, and she knows the value of a good education. During the last decade, her emphasis has changed to helping others become well educated and well organized--key attributes needed by the world's future leaders. Her expertise in the student visa process helps students from countries all over the world to obtain a Cambrian International Academy education. [more]
E-mail: kkim@CambrianAcademy.org
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David Delgado, College Preparatory Counseling, a graduate of UC Berkeley, brings us over 18 years of private school management experience. His experience includes various levels of administration, school development and organization, multi-campus accreditation, quality assurance, curriculum development, teacher selection and training, student assessment, student counseling, teaching, and problem solving. [more]
Member:
· Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
· National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP)
· Saratoga Rotary Club
E-mail: ddelgado@CambrianAcademy.org
Associate Faculty
Coach Tom Miller, Golf Program AdvisorCoach Tom Miller played 3 sports at the University of Louisiana-Monroe, including being an all-conference selection in golf in 1967. He was elected to their Athletic Hall of Fame in 1983. In 2000, Tom was selected by Birmingham-Southern College (BSC) to start its NCAA Division I men's and women's golf programs. At BSC, he was named 2003 Women's National Coach of the Year for Independent Colleges and Universities. His men's and women's teams produced numerous tournament victories and individual medalists' awards, including three all-conference players, two NCAA Division I All-America Scholars, one ESPN Academic All-American and one Big South Conference Freshman of the Year. Tom has traveled all over the country watching and recruiting college golfers and is an invaluable resource to our students.
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