Stockton Collegiate International Schools
public charters for Kindergarten through 12th grade
Stockton Collegiate Int'l Schools
P.O. Box 2286
Stockton, CA 95201
USA
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Phone: 209-390-9861
Fax: 209-390-9862
Next Regular Board of Directors Meeting:
Tuesday, August 31 at 6:00 p.m.
Downtown Stockton Alliance Conference Room
343 E. Main St., 1st Floor (map)
Stockton, CA 95202
Agenda for August 31
All board meetings are open to the public.
Stockton Collegiate International Schools Board of Directors
Charter By-Laws
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Scott
Takechi, Board President,
was born in Stockton and attended Stockton schools through high
school. He graduated with a B.S. in Business Administration
with
a concentration in Accounting from California State University,
Sacramento. He has held various management positions in
private
and non-profit companies that range from manufacturing to child
development issues. Scott and his spouse, Yvonne have two
children who currently attend Franklin High School's MYP and DP
programs. |
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Debi Estrada, Board Secretary, came from the River Delta area to attend the University of the Pacific in 1975. She graduated with a B.S. Degree in Voice Performance from the Conservatory. Debi worked for over 12 years with American Savings, leaving the workforce as an AVP to become a stay at home mom after her second child was born. A 25-year member of the Latin American Club, Inc. Scholarship Program and a member of the UOP Latino Alumni, Debi and her husband David have two children currently in the I.B. Program. |
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Scott Luhn is a native of Washington State and graduated cum laude in 1993 with a B.A. in Social Science from California State University, Stanislaus. He completed an M.A. in Education Administration in 2003. Scott primarily taught American Government, Economics, and US History at Stagg and Edison High Schools in Stockton Unified School District. He was a department chair and Assistant Principal at Stagg High School, before becoming Principal of Franklin High School in 2004. Scott and his wife Marlene, an elementary teacher in SUSD, have three sons all of whom attended SUSD schools. |
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Lisa Lee graduated from The Ohio State University in 1979 with a B.A. in English. She earned a Multiple Subject Teaching Credential with Supplemental Authorizations in English and Social Science from California State University, Stanislaus. Lisa has taught first through seventh grade in SUSD, including GATE students in a district magnet program. Lisa and her husband Bob, a native Stocktonian, have two children who attended SUSD schools from kindergarten through the IB program at Franklin. |
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Lisa Nicholson has taught every level of school K - Adults for over 27 years, both overseas and in North America. She received her degree from the University of California, Berkeley. For the past fifteen years she has been involved with both the International Baccalaureate Middle Years (MYP) and Diploma (DP) programs. Her expertise ranges from MYP classroom and coordination experiences at both middle and high schools, DP coordination, the past MYP representative for the IB Board in California (CAWS), the current MYP member on the International Baccalaureate America’s Middle Years Schools Quality Assurance Committee, current IBA workshop leader, site and evaluation visitor, application preparation, and much more. Her most recent opportunity with IBA has been in the facilitation of the global online training modules. Kids from every walk of life are Lisa’s passion. She believes that every student can learn and has the right to be educated with the very best teaching practices available no matter where they live. She is firmly committed to the philosophy and methodology of the International Baccalaureate Programs. |
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Nidya
Norma Fidler
is a native of Mexico and graduated from the University of the Pacific
in 1977 with a B.A. in International Studies with an emphasis in the
areas of English and Spanish. She holds a Life Single Subject
Credential in English, Spanish and a Bilingual Bicultural Certificate
of Competence. She taught English for one year at
San
Benito Joint Union High School District, was an integral part of the
formation and implementation of the year-round Bilingual Program at
French Camp from 1978-80, worked at Stagg High School as an ESL teacher
under the supervision of Merced County Office of Education and has
worked for Stockton Unified at Franklin High since l985. Her
roles have been many, including: Mentor Teacher, Teacher Trainer,
E.S.L. Teacher, Spanish Teacher, BTSA Support Provider, and Department
Chair for World Language. She has been teaching in the
International Baccalaureate Program since it began in the early
l990’s. Norma and her husband Dan have 3 children. |
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Chief Financial Officer Mimi Nguyen, a Stockton native, grew up attending schools within Stockton Unified before moving with her family into Lodi Unified School District, where she graduated from Bear Creek High School in May 2003. Throughout high school, she was a participant in Youth Council of Governments and Youth and Education Action Team Leadership Academy; she also served on the 2002-2003 Youth Advisory Commission which was responsible for the planning, designing, and funding of the Gary and Janice Podesto IMPACT Teen Center. Mimi is currently the Director of Economic Development for the Downtown Stockton Alliance. Prior to her work at the Alliance, Mimi was an intern in the City of Stockton’s Office of Economic Development and has also been employed in the City’s Parks and Recreation Department, the Stockton Asparagus Festival Office, and the Law Offices of Craig Lee Corren. Mimi holds a B.S. in Mathematics from UC Davis and an MBA in Finance from UC Berkeley and is the 2009 recipient of the Athena Young Professional Leadership Award. |
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Dr. Benjamin Morrison is a Family Practice Physician in Stockton and is committed to improving and serving our community. He grew up in the East Bay, and graduated from U.C. San Diego with a B.S. in Biochemistry/ Cell Biology, and a minor in Health Care/ Social Issues. He then went on to get his M.D. from the Medical College of Virginia, and completed his residency in Family Medicine at the Stanislaus Family Practice Residency Program in Modesto. It was there that he met his wife Susan. Desiring to continue their work in underserved medicine, in 2003 Ben and Susan took Attending Physician positions with Community Medical Centers in Stockton, where they have chosen to make their home and raise their children. Since arriving in Stockton, Ben has continued his work in providing healthcare to the homeless and uninsured/underinsured in our area, in addition to working with the San Joaquin General Hospital Family Practice Residency Program. |
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Judge William Murray earned his B.S. in Political Science and Economics from Frostburg State University in Maryland and his JD. from George Washington University in Washington, DC. He was appointed to the San Joaquin Superior Court in 1995 after ten years of service in the District Attorney’s Office. He is the immediate past presiding judge of the Superior Court and currently handles criminal matters and the Jury Service and Education Program. Judge Murray is widely recognized for his involvement in the innovative and award winning Court-Community Leadership & Liaison program and has been widely honored by many legal and civic organizations in Stockton and San Joaquin County. As the son of educators, Judge Murray believes strongly in the value of education. He is currently involved in the court’s youth outreach programs and speaks to youth at local schools. He is a past board member of the Stockton Boys and Girls Clubs and Humphreys College. |
Other Founding Members
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Dan Thiele
retired in 2005 after teaching 38 years for Stockton Unified School
District. He earned a B.A. in History from UOP and an M.A. in
Social
Sciences from Stanford University. He is currently a
consultant for
International Baccalaureate Americas (IBA). He assists
Diploma Program
(DP) applicant schools to complete the required authorization process
and serves as an IBA authorization site visitor and IBA examination
auditor. Dan was one of the founding teachers of the Franklin
High
School (Stockton) IB Diploma Program, teaching History and Theory of
Knowledge, and for the final seven years of his teaching career was the
DP Coordinator. He has also served on the executive board of
the
California Association of World Schools (formerly California IBO). |
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Erin Thiele was born in Stockton and attended SUSD schools from Kindergarten through 12th grade. She graduated from Stanford University in 1978 with a B.A. in English and French and earned an M.A. in Special Education and four teaching credentials (Multiple Subject, Single Subject in English, Learning Handicapped and Severely Handicapped) from University of the Pacific. Erin began teaching for Stockton Unified in 1983 and has taught students from infancy to high school and from severely handicapped to gifted. For the past several years, she has served as coordinator for Franklin's International Baccalaureate program, first for the Diploma Program and then for the Middle Years Program. Erin and her husband have six sons, all of whom attended SUSD schools, including the IB program at Franklin. She is passionate about providing a program of outstanding quality for the many capable students of Stockton Unified. |
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Ty
Pafford
is a central valley native and graduated from California State
University Fresno with a B.A. in English. Ty taught English for eight
years in Los Banos, CA and just completed his ninth year at Franklin
High School of SUSD for an aggregate of 17 years. He taught a total
of eight years in the Franklin International Baccalaureate Program with
the first four being in English and the last four in Theory of
Knowledge. He served as Diploma Program co-coordinator and
coordinator for four years. Ty and his wife Mary Ann, an elementary
teacher in SUSD,
have one daughter in pre-school and live in the Stockton Unified School
District. |
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Mary
Ann Pafford
is a central valley native and graduated from California State
University, Fresno with a B.S. in Recreation Administration.
She
holds a multi-subject credential in Elementary Education, retains a
Reading Specialist Credential and will complete her Masters Degree in
Education with a focus in Elementary Reading and Literacy in 2009.
She has taught at the K-6 level for 13 years and has also
worked
as a trained Reading Recovery teacher. She currently
resides in and is
employed by
Stockton Unified. She additionally works for San Joaquin A+
coordinating their 6th Grade Reading Ambassador program. |
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