Our Faculty

Our School Leaders

Preeti Chadha

Head of School

“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.”

— Maya Angelou

 

Mrs. Preeti Chadha has been part of the Stratford School family for over 17 years. She has taught several elementary grades. Mrs.Chadha currently serves as the Head of School for Stratford Los Gatos campus and Stratford Los Gatos Belgatos Park campus.

Mrs.Chadha believes her role as an educator is to stimulate the natural curiosity in her students and ignite the love for learning. As a leader, she is committed to creating a positive learning environment for her students and strives to create close partnerships with families to offer support and guidance.

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Michelle Lee

ECE & Kindergarten Director

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”

– Nelson Mandela

 

Mrs. Michelle Lee brings genuine passion and thoughtful leadership to her role with 17 years of Stratford teaching experience, all of which have been at the Los Gatos campus! During that time, Mrs. Lee has taught Kindergarten and First grade, served as Preschool & Pre-Kindergarten floater, Kindergarten Curricular Lead and as a Kindergarten Specialist. With over 23 years of experience in education, encompassing early childhood and elementary age groups, Los Gatos is fortunate to have her with us as our ECE and Kindergarten Director.

Mrs.Lee believes that it is an educator’s job to instill a love of learning in her students.  This is best accomplished by inspiring and promoting a child’s natural curiosity for the world around them. When learning is fun, it leaves a lasting impact on the child’s academic journey. Mrs.Lee is excited to share this with the students at Stratford!

Mishell Pak

Assistant Director

” Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.”

– Aristotle

 

Mrs. Mishell Pak has taught several elementary grades with Special Education background.  Mrs.Pak currently serves as the Assistant Director at Stratford Los Gatos campus. She believes that Stratford community honors the humanity of each teacher and student. She also believes that the teamwork creates the environment of belonging and connection for LG families to engage and thrive with full potential.

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Our Faculty

Kim Aroz

Preschool Teacher

Shanmugapriya Balachandran

4th Grade Teacher

Daidre Brown

Office Adminstrator

Alexis Bylund

Kindergarten Teacher

Lillian Cruz

Office Adminstrator

Christine Dean

3rd Grade Teacher

Erika DeClerk

3rd Grade Teacher

Susan Elliott

Pre-Kindergarten Teacher

Bradley Fenichel

PE Teacher

Nicole Gadd

Kindergarten Teacher

Claudia Gadea

Preschool Teacher

Shannon Gartin

1st Grade Teacher

Cecilia Guerra

Before and Afterschool Care

Mayita Guerra

Before and Afterschool Care

Robin Hardy

1st Grade Teacher

Natjuree Hartwig

Before and Afterschool Care

Rene Hartwig

Kindergarten & First Grade P.E. Teacher

Jennifer Johnson-Ries

Kindergarten Teacher

Andrea Joyce

Pre-Kindergarten Teacher

Shikha Khandelwal

2nd Grade Teacher

Elaine Ko

Preschool Teacher

Wendy Lai

Before and Afterschool Care

Melinda Lee

3rd Grade Teacher

Sridevi Makaram

1st Grade Teacher

Emma Martinez

Pre-Kindergarten Teacher

Patricia Mendez

Spanish Teacher

Samantha Myers

4th Grade Teacher

Johanna Nichols-Johnson

Preschool Teacher

Shilpa Panchagnula

2nd Grade Teacher

Haritha Rejendiran

Computer Science Teacher

Noushin Roudpeyma

Kindergarten Teacher

Valli Santhanakirshnan

Before and Afterschool Care

Rita Sekab

Pre-Kindergarten Teacher

Tara Simons

4th Grade Teacher

Lindsay Smiley

Kindergarten Teacher

Erin Trimbell

1st Grade Teacher

Alejandra Villavicenci

3rd Grade Teacher

Wenjia Zhai

Music Teacher