Mission, Vision, Values and Academic Excellence
What matters at University PrepFaculty
Our faculty includes world class Ultimate Frisbee players, professional musicians, improvisational comics, published authors, bikers, working artists, and mountain climbers. U Prep teachers are experts in their subject matter and provide the highest quality of instruction while promoting collaboration and cooperation. They encourage their students to embrace all aspects of learning, to consider multiple perspectives, to think creatively and analytically, and to pursue the best in themselves.
Most of all, our faculty is committed to supporting the students of University Prep. Visit our campus and you will see teachers meeting with students before school, after school, during lunch, and during their planning periods. You'll see them coaching, conducting, directing, and advising. They are mainstays at students' sporting events, plays, and concerts and partner with parents in setting developmentally appropriate academic and co-curricular goals. In short, University Prep's faculty works hard to meet the school's mission of developing each student's potential to become an intellectually courageous socially responsible citizen of the world.
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English Department
Fine Arts Department
General Studies
History Department
Language Training Department
Languages Department
Mathematics Department
Physical Education Department
Science Department
- Nell Brewer, English Teacher
- Catherine Nelson Civjan, English Teacher
- Alec Duxbury, English Teacher and Department Head
- Carl Faucher, English Teacher
- Judy Ghavamian, English Teacher
- Susan Patella, English Teacher
- Christina Serkowski, English Teacher
- Eli Yim, English Teacher
- Dana Bettinger, Fine Arts Teacher
- Paul Fleming, Fine Arts Teacher
- Rebekka Goldsmith, Fine Arts Teacher
- Jess Klein, Fine Arts and Physical Education Teacher
- Thane Lewis, Fine Arts Teacher
- Iris Taboh, Fine Arts Teacher
- Ty Talbot, Fine Arts Teacher (on leave)
- Ethan Thomas, Fine Arts Teacher
- Marisa Vitiello, Fine Arts Teacher (long-term substitute)
- Meleesa Wyatt, Fine Arts Teacher and Department Head
- Andrew Barker, Academic Technology Coordinator
- Molly Mitchell, Director of Diversity and Community and General Studies Department Head
- Dan Perreten, Publications Teacher
- Laura Caldwell, History Teacher
- Mosby Cogswell, History Teacher
- Mark Cullen, History Teacher
- Richard Fulton, History Teacher
- Patrick Grant, History Teacher
- Scott Herrick, History Teacher
- Abigail Hundley, History Teacher
- Karen Natorp Anderson, History Teacher and Department Head
- Connie Blair, Language Training Teacher and Department Head
- Carol Kross, Language Training Teacher
- Katherine Pananen, Language Training Teacher
- Alma Andrade, Spanish Language Teacher
- Yayoi Brown, Japanese Language Teacher and Asian Languages Department Head
- Bradley Gosche, French Language Teacher and Romance Languages Department Head
- Juei-Chuan Hung, Mandarin Chinese Language Teacher
- Mario Juves, Spanish Language Teacher
- Adria Katka, Japanese Language Teacher
- Paloma Martinez-Carbajo, Spanish Language Teacher
- Anne Saliceti-Collins, French and Chinese Language Teacher
- Natalie Stamper, French Language Teacher
- Elena Tello Portoles, Spanish Language Teacher
- Daniel Chestnut, Mathematics Teacher
- Jerry Gallaher, Mathematics Teacher
- Tammi Howe, Mathematics Teacher and Department Head
- John Jewitt, Mathematics Teacher
- Ian McInerney, Mathematics Teacher
- Ragini Narasimhan, Science and Mathematics Teacher
- Sarah Peterson, Mathematics Teacher
- Elizabeth Sadler, Mathematics Teacher
- Amado Toribio, Mathematics Teacher
- David Crabb, Physical Education Teacher
- Jess Klein, Fine Arts and Physical Education Teacher
- Kyle Lawhead, Physical Education Teacher and Department Head
- Nathan Whitney, Physical Education Teacher
- Terra Yara, Physical Education Teacher
- Jessica Hanson, Academic Dean and Science Teacher
- Alan Hargus, Science Teacher
- Devin Howard, Science Teacher
- Ragini Narasimhan, Science and Mathematics Teacher
- Matthew Palubinskas, Science Teacher and Department Head
- Mikayla Patella-Buckley, Science Teacher
- Patti Phillips, Science Teacher
- Moses Rifkin, Science Teacher (on leave)
- Brent Slattengren, Science Teacher
- Karen Slon, Science Teacher
- Michael Town, Science Teacher (long-term substitute)
Puma Pride:
“I always appreciated the challenges put forth at University Prep. There was always the expectation of success.” Ben, Class of 2006
