Leadership

Jolene Pruyt Headmaster of Sunridge University of Phoenix – M.Ed. Westminster College – Double B.S. Jolene earned her Master of Education degree in administration from the University of Phoenix and her Bachelor of Science degree in elementary education and early childhood education from Westminister...full bio

Annette Sooper Associate Director University of Massachusetts – B.A. Annette earned her Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where she majored in elementary education. She worked in the Henderson International School’s pre-school program...full bio

Staff

April Bradshaw Administrative Assistant, Sunridge Park Campus Institute of Medical and Dental Technology – Certified Medical Assistant April started at the Henderson International School in 2007. She has ten years of experience as an assistant teacher in special education. She has taught pre-school and post secondary students. She or...full bio

Rochelle Christensen Office Manager Rochelle started at the Henderson International School in 2007. She has ten years of experience in assisting organizations with their administrative duties. She began her career at Wells Fargo Bank in...full bio

Sandra Kehl Director of Library Mrs. Kehl began her teaching career in Hawaii and has continued teaching for more than 30 years at Tuscaloosa Academy in Alabama, The Benjamin School in Florida, and The Presbyterian School in Texas. ...full bio

Rose Pierce Administrative Assistant, Sunridge Park Campus College for Foreign Language Correspondents Rose has worked at the Henderson International School since November 2005. She is a German native and speaks English and German fluently.

Pre-School Teachers

Krystle Armstrong Pre-School Teacher University of Nevada, Las Vegas – B.S. Krystle started at the Henderson International School in 2007. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in education from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She started her career teaching ch...full bio

Shari Bacco Pre School Teacher Shari has been at the Henderson International School since 2006. She started her career in teaching at the Clark County School District as a substitute teacher. She holds a Nevada State Substitute Tea...full bio

Tani Carlson Pre School Teacher California State University, Bakersfield – B.A. Tania started at the Henderson International School in 2007.

Celena Cortez Pre-School Aide/Librarian Celina has worked at the Henderson International School since 2003. She came from San Diego where she worked at Warren-Walker and cared for students in the after care program. Celina speaks both Spani...full bio

Kristi Fritz Pre-School Teacher Kristi is originally from Indiana and moved to Las Vegas in 2000. Her interest in teaching was sparked while instructing youth and adults at her church. She began her teaching career three years ago a...full bio

Lindsay Greenspan Pre-School Teacher University of Nevada, Las Vegas – B.A Lindsay began at the Henderson International School in 2007. She has enjoyed working with the pre-school and aftercare program. She is currently working on earning her Bachelor of Arts in early childh...full bio

Anne Hickey Pre-School Teacher University of Nevada, Las Vegas – M.Ed. Michigan State University – B.A. Anne has been working with pre-school students since 2006. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in theatre with an emphasis in dance from Michigan State University. She is currently enrolled in a master’...full bio

Cheryl Hunting Pre-School Teacher Cheryl is a proud Pre-School teacher at the Sunridge Park Campus. She decided that her calling in life was to be a Pre-School teacher while she was raising her own two children in Gremantown, MD. Afte...full bio

Laura Lundquist Pre-School Teacher Sonoma State University – B.A. Laura has worked at the Henderson International School since 2006. She most recently came from working at the Estes McDoniel Elementary School where she worked with children in 3rd through 5th grade a...full bio

Anna Mora-Meza Pre-School Teacher Pan American University – B.S. Anna earned her Bachelor of Science degree from Pan American University where she majored in physical education. She has spent the past twelve years teaching pre-school, and kindergarten through 3rd g...full bio

Teresa Myro Pre-School Teacher University of Nevada, Las Vegas – M.Ed. (to be expected) California State University, Dominguez Hills – B.A. Teresa started at the Henderson International School in 2007. She began her career in teaching at the Trinity Lutheran Church Pre-School in Manhattan Beach, California. She then went on to gain experi...full bio

Illeana Nelson Pre-School Teacher Ileana started at the Henderson International School in 2006 as a substitute teacher. Currently, she works with pre-school students. Before her career in teaching, she worked at Reiss Corporation as a...full bio

Pam Pridham Pre-School Teacher College of St. Francis – B.A. Pam started at the Henderson International School in 2006. She has concentrated her career on teaching pre-school students.

Michelle Rabenhorst Pre-School Teacher University of Nevada, Las Vegas – M.Ed. Washington State University – B.S. Michelle earned her Master of Education degree form University of Nevada, Las Vegas and Bachelor of Science in speech and language from Washington State University. She has been at the Henderson Inter...full bio

Joana Remine Pre-School Teacher Joana has been at the Henderson International School since 2006. She began her career with children at Saint Pancratius Parish School in Lakewood, California as an extended day care assistant. She the...full bio

Natsuko Richardson Pre-School Teacher Hokkaido University of Education, Sapporo – B.A. Natsuko started at the Henderson International School in 2005. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in music from Hokkaido University of Education in Sapporo, Japan. She also holds three Japanese teaching ...full bio

Carrie Roszell Pre-School Teacher Louisiana State University – A.A. Carrie started at the Henderson International School in 2006. She has taught children aged two through five. Carrie worked with autistic children as a counselor. She has designed her curriculum to inc...full bio

Laurie Rutley Pre-School Teacher University of Phoenix – M.Ed. Carleton University – B.A. Laurie started at the Henderson International School in 2006. Before coming to Sunridge, she worked at Nichinara High School in Yachiyodai, Japan. She taught English conversation to large classes, pre...full bio

Sara Toledo Pre-School Teacher Los Angeles Mission College - Child development certificate specializing in pre-school Guerrero State Agricultural University – B.S. Sara has worked at the Henderson International School since November 2005. She studied science at Guerrero State Agricultural University where she earned an equivalent to a Bachelor of Science degree....full bio

Jeanne Whited Pre-School Teacher St. Mary’s College – B.A. Jeanne started at the Henderson International School in 2007. Currently she teaches four-year-olds in the full-day program. She was born in Bossier County, Louisiana and was raised in Maryland. She st...full bio

Christine Yamane-Kennedy Pre-School Teacher Christine began her career in teaching in 1999 at Imprints Day School where she worked as an elementary school teacher. While working there, she designed her class curriculum, implemented a new projec...full bio

April Yost Pre-School Teacher Valencia Community College – A.A. April started at the Henderson International School in 2007. She began her teaching career in 1994. She has worked in both public and private schools and in pre-school through 4th grade. April studied...full bio

Kindergarten Teachers

Melanie Brown Kindergarten Teacher Marymount University – M.Ed. Virginia Tech – B.S. She started working at the Henderson International School in 2003. Melanie started teaching over ten years ago at Buzz Aldrin Elementary School in Reston, Virginia. She earned a Bachelor of Science de...full bio

Yvette Clark-Turner Kindergarten Teacher Arizona State University, B.A. Phoenix Community College – A.A. Ms. Clarke-Turner began teaching at the Sunridge Park Campus in 2005. She is originally from Phoenix, Arizona, but has resided in Las Vegas since 1995. She attended Arizona State University where she ...full bio

Chris Senef Director of Developmental Kindergarten Portland State University – M.Ed. Oregon State University – B.A. Reading Chris earned her Master of Education degree from Portland State University and Bachelor of Arts degree in reading from Oregon State University. She has been with the Henderson International School for...full bio

Kimberly Venable Kindergarten Teacher Northern Illinois University – B.S. Kimberly started at the Henderson International School in 2007. She earned a Bachelor of Science in child development. She currently works with students in pre-school and kindergarten. She served as a...full bio

First Grade Teachers

Allison Greenspan-Lewis 1st Grade Teacher Regis University – M.Ed. University of Nevada, Las Vegas – B.S. Allison started at the Henderson International School in 2006. She has over 10 years of experience being an educator and is thrilled she chose it as her career. She started teaching in the Clark Count...full bio

Val Wagner 1st Grade Teacher Glendale University – B.A. Valda has worked at the Henderson International School since 2006. She has been teaching for more than 20 years and most of her experience has been gained in private schools. Before coming to Henderso...full bio

Second Grade Teachers

Laurel Olvera 2nd Grade Teacher Regis University – B.A. Laurel started at the Henderson International School in 2007. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in liberal studies with a minor in elementary education. She has taught kindergarten through 2nd grade. She ...full bio

Suzanne Wilhelm 2nd Grade Teacher Western New Mexico University – B.A. Suzanne earned a Bachelor of Arts in elementary education with a language arts endorsement from Western New Mexico University where she graduated on the dean’s list. She has experience teaching langua...full bio

Third Grade Teachers

Jeff Fuller 3rd Grade Teacher University of Nevada, Las Vegas – B.S. Jeff started at the Henderson International School in 2007. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in education from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He started his career in the St. Lucia County...full bio

Cristine Hanna 3rd Grade Teacher Montana State University, Billings – B.A. Cristine started at the Henderson International School in 2007. She has extensive experience in teaching elementary school children. Before coming to the Sunridge Campus, she served as a title one tea...full bio

Fourth Grade Teachers

Ann Mabeus 4th Grade Teacher Jones International University – M. Ed. (to be expected) Lewis-Clark State College – B.A. Ann started at the Henderson International School in 2007 and currently teaches 4th grade. She is originally from Soldotna, Alaska and has experience teaching both 3rd and 4th grades. She has a Bachel...full bio

Disciplines

Art

Bonita Matta Art Teacher Carlow University – B.A. Bonita started at the Henderson International School in 2005. She earned a Bachelor of Art in art education from Carlow University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Upon graduating from Carlow, she pursued...full bio

Music

Concetta Solomine Music Teacher The American University of Rome, Italy – B.A. Concetta has been teaching at the Henderson International School since September of 2007. She instructs pre-school students through 6th grade. She was born in the United States although she spent most...full bio

Athletics

Andy Corridori PE Teacher Lacrosse University – B.S. Andy received his Bachelor of Science degree from Lacrosse University in physical education. For the past 19 years, he has coached football, baseball, and basketball while teaching P.E. to students. ...full bio

Mimi Hall P.E. Teacher San Diego State University - M.Ed. New Mexico State University – B.S. Mimi is currently teaching P.E. at Sunridge and coaching the girl’s varsity softball team on the Upper Campus. She graduated from New Mexico State University with a Bachelor of Science in physical edu...full bio

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