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Academic Resource

Overview

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Overview
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Menlo-Atherton offers an amazing special education program that supports over 300 M-A students. Our Academic Resource team includes 17 highly qualified teachers, 33 Paraeducators and Instructional Associates, 2 School Psychologists, and 2 Speech and Language therapists. We work collaboratively with each other, fellow general education teachers, and the administration to provide the most positive high school experience for our students.
 
Menlo-Atherton has four (4) specialized education programs. Each program is designed to support students and their particular needs.  
 
Here are the specialized programs provided at M-A.
  • Resource Specialist Program (RSP)
  • STARS - Successful Transition Achieved with Responsive Support
  • Independent Living Skills (ILS)  
  • Social Academic Class (SAC)
 
 
Academic Resource Teachers

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Academic Resource Teachers
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Name

Subjects

Classroom

Email

Benbow, James (Pres)

Study Skills and Co-Teach World Studies

D-9

jbendbow@seq.org

Cristerna, Art

Study Skills & Co-Teach English IV

D-8

acristerna@seq.org
Fakahau, Jacinta  Study Skills & Social Academic Class (Co-Chair) D-4 jfakahau@seq.org

Gittes, Julia

Study Skills & Co-Teach Chemistry

D-7

jgittes@seq.org

Kirk, Scott

Study Skills, STARS

H-2

skirk@seq.org

Komure, Jaimie

Study Skills & Co-Teach Biology

D-9

jkomure@seq.org

Lorenzo, Valeria

Study Skills & Co-Teach Int.Math (Co-Chair)

E-6

vlorenzo@seq.org

Malele, Matt

STARS
H-3

mmalele@seq.org

Milia, Cary

Study Skills & Co-Teach Algebra I

D-7

cmilia@seq.org

Molieri, Mike

STARS & Study Skills

H-1

mmolierie@seq.org

Nevels, Mike

Study Skills and Co-Teach US History

E-6

mnevels@seq.org

Nocedal, Elisa

Study Skills & Co-Teach English III

E-5

enocedal@seq.org

Odette, Amanda

Dept Chair, Study Skills

D-9

aodette@seq.org

Price, Susan

Independent Living Skills

E-25

sprice@seq.org

Soto, Alex

Study Skills & Co-Teach Algebra I

E-5

asoto@seq.org

Soto, Christy

Independent Living Skills

E-26

csoto@seq.org

Stuart, Andrew

Study Skills, & Co-Teach Gov/Econ

P-5

astuart@seq.org

Winnen, Allison 

Study Skills & Co-Teach Ethnic Studies

D-8

awinnen@seq.org

 

 
School Psychologists

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School Psychologists
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Name

 Title

Locations

Email

Ahn, Ted 

 School Psychologist

G-3

 tahn@seq.org

Downey, Cynthia

 School Psychologist

G-3

 cdowney@seq.org

 

 
Speech and Language Pathologists 

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Speech and Language Pathologists 
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Name

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Locations

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 Lee, Josephine 

 Speech and Language Pathologists 

B-8

 jolee@seq.org

 Villalobos, Emily

 Speech and Language Pathologists 

 B-8

 evillalobos@seq.org

 

 
Resource Specialist

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Resource Specialist
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Resource Specialist (RSP)
 
The RSP program at M-A is designed to provide academic support to students with special needs, provide access to the general education curriculum, and focus on supporting individual student needs. There are a total of twelve RSP teachers and fourteen paraeducators in the program.m.
STARS - Therapeutic Resource Program

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STARS - Therapeutic Resource Program
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The STARS program at M.A. is designed to provide academic and social/emotional support for students with special needs. There are two teachers and four instructional associates that support the program.

Teacher

Scott Kirk

Mike Molieri

Matthew Malele
Independent Living Skills

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Independent Living Skills
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The ILS program is designed to support students with more intensive special needs. The classes are designed to provide academic life skills to students with varying disabilities. All academic classes, along with driver’s education, and adaptive and modified P.E. are taught in this program. There are two teachers and fifteen paraeducators and instructional associates. 

Teacher
Susan Price

Christy Soto

Social Academic Class

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Social Academic Class
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The SAC program is primarily designed to assist and support students with high functioning autism, Asperger’s Disorder, PDD-NOS, and other social pragmatic concerns. The program is intended to aid students in developing social pragmatic skills in both the public and private spheres. Students learn about the importance of how social skills, critical thinking skills, and independence skills can positively impact their lives throughout high school and beyond. There is one teacher and one paraeducator for the SAC. 

Teacher
Jacinta Fakahau-RSP
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