School Address:

Freeway Shopping Center

1455 South Stapley Dr. Suite #20
Mesa, AZ 85204-5849

Fax 480-833-7480

Background & Experience:

First career in healthcare/Complementary Medicine.

• - Trained in Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine in England:
• - Operated and worked on teams at multidisciplinary clinics in the UK. Involved in PAC for Comp Med. In UK and US
• - Team member of Gandara Health Center in Springfield, MA - Mental health and Substance Abuse Treatment Services
  

Second Career: K-12 Education

• - 10 years track record in Education
• - Accepted first teaching position as Science teacher on the Navajo Nation, Shiprock Alternative Schools, Shiprock, NM.
• - Science Teacher for several years.
• - Transitioned to Administration in Shiprock.
• - Entered involvement in Charter Schools in 2000
• - Led a team to open and operate Meta Academy Charter High School in Tucson, AZ 2004 SY
• - Key Points/Areas of development:

• - NCA Accreditation Process
• - Discretionary and Entitlement Grants
• - Staff Development
• - Curriculum development

Special Interests: Latin dance, Languages

Background & Experience:

Over 15 years of experience in Office Administration and over 10 years of experience with Youth Development. She has spent the 7 years prior to joining the team at NSHS studying and training in youth relations and development. She has been a part of taking multiple groups of over 170 students on project, service and leadership oriented trips, retreats and camps. She has participated in a myraid of youth leadership training, comprehension and development workshops and seminars. It is my goal and focus to impact the lives of young people in an effort toward the realization of their potential, talents and abilities.

Special Interests: Passionate about youth and have a strong desire to contribute to and encourage their success.

Background & Experience:

• - Worked as a Receptionist / Administrative Assistant off and on since 1993.
• - Worked as an Assistant Manager for several retail stores

Special Interests: working with people especially youth, make cards, scrapbook, sew, cook, hike, camp, sing and take a good nap every now & then.

Mr. Daniel De Klerk

Subjects Taught: Mathematics / Electronics

Background & Experience:

• - 2 yrs of Research in MicroElectronics in Philips, Netherlands
• 30 yrs as Electrical Engineer
• - 3 yrs as Guest Lecturer in Electrical Engineering and Mathematics
• - 2 yrs as Mathematics Teacher at NSHS, Mesa, US

Special Interests: Astronomy

Mrs. Delmy L. Fierro

Subjects Taught: Entrepreneurship / Care Giver/ Health & Nutrition / Spanish / Career & Personal Development

• Education:
• - B.A. triple Major in Business Administration
• - Travel and Tourism Management
• - Hotel and Restaurant Management
• - Post graduate work in Health & Nutrition
• - International Marketing and Public Relations from BYU-HI
• - Teaching degree K-12
• - Diploma in Life Coaching

Background & Experience:

• - Worked as a teacher for K-University level for over 20 yrs and handled various subjects like Spanish, Care Giver, Entrepreneurship, Career & Personal Development and Languages.
• - Owned & Manage nursing homes since 1990 in Florida & Arizona.
• - Bilingual Nurse Instructor for the past 7 years
• - Independent Nutritional and Life coach trainner with Herbalife - International for the past 6 years
• - Native American National Motivator Speaker since 1996
• - Owned and operate Tours since 1980, to deferent parts of the world.

Other Highlights

• - Activities Director in LDS East Mesa Church
• - Multi-Lingual International Motivator speaker and Holistic Instructor
• - Native American and Fandango Dance Instructor for Dr Clarelyn Medino at Risk Group
• - Appointed RAINN Chairman for Hispanic Nursing homes and Business owners in AZ community.

Special Interests: Travel to different countries, multi-cultural dance, learn different languages, work with kids, enjoy outdoor & family activities, gardening

Mr. Steve Alvis

Subjects Taught: History, Geology, Government, Economics, Communication & Linguistics

Education:

• - Masters Degree in Humanities, University of California
• - Bachelors Degree in History & English from Chapman College
• - Secondary Certificate - ASU
• - Elementary Certificate - CSULB

Background & Experience:

• - Taught World History & US History for about 15 years
• - Owned a Secondary Academy
• - Taught the gifted program at Powell Jr. creating simulations for the Barbary wars and the trek west for his comprehensive course in American History
• - Created a popular class on war emphasizing diplomacy, stragtegy, tactics and national motivations
• - Supervised all electives and coached the Academic Decathlon

Other Highlights:

• - Have been writing as an Independent scholar over the last quarter century
• - Authored 18 non-fiction books and a screenplay
• - His creative non-fiction on the Revolutionary War in New Jersey is about to go into its second edition. His works amount to over 6500 pages
• - Have visited 24 countries on five continents on Chapman College's World Campus Afloat
• - Worked as a tour guide at the United Nations in New York City with the United Nations Pilgrimage for Youth
• - Participated in several district-wide and campus committees, including the Mesa city and school district Constitution Bicentennial committees
• - Served without pay as the President of the Mesa Professional Educators for 4 yrs in which role he appeared on PBS's Horizon Program

Mr. David Kortuem

Subjects Taught: Biology, Earth Science, Astronomy, Current Events

• Education:
  • - Bachelors in Biology
  • - Bachelors in Geography

Background & Experience:

• - Taught Science for over 10 yrs in a junior high school in Iowa
• - Owned & operated a pet store while teaching in Iowa
• - Worked in Solar Industry for a year
• - Taught Science for 28 yrs at Coolidge high School and Corona del Sol High Schools in Tempe
• - Been a mentor for the fresh science teachers for several years.
• - Been a Science Club sponsor for all the schools that he worked
• - Served as Head of the Department at Coolidge High School

Other Highlights:

He has got the Diablo award for effective teaching from Tempe High Schools.

Special Interests: rock collecting, tropical and marine fish, photography, video, bird watching, travelling

Mrs. Shellie Nielson

Subjects taught: Language Arts, Creative Writing, Yearbook

Education: Bachelors in English

Background & Experience: Over 10 yrs of teaching in a wide range of areas

Special Interests: literature, spending time with her husband and children

Mrs. Kalaivani Karunanithi

Subjects Taught: Web-design, Independent Study

• Education:
• - Bachelors in Computer Science
• - PG Diploma in Advanced Software Technology
• - Masters in Information Technology

Background and Experience:

• - Worked as Software Quality Assurance Analyst for 1 year
• - Worked as a corporate trainer in AS/400 for 6 months
• - Worked as a Computer Facilitator in an international school in India for 2 years
• - Working in NSHS as computer teacher for the past one year

Special Interests: cooking, listening to songs, chat with family