Academic Resource

 

Overview

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

ame	Subjects	Classroom	Email
Benbow, James (Pres)	Co-Chair, Study Skills and Co-Teach World Studies	D-9	jbendbow@seq.org
Connors, John	Study Skills and Co-Teach US History	D-6	jconnors@seq.org
Flores, Karina	Study Skills	E-6	kflores@seq.org
Kirk, Scott	STARS	H-2	skirk@seq.org
Komure, Jaimie	Study Skills & SAC	D-4	jkomure@seq.org
Lorenzo, Valeria	Study Skills & Co-Teach Algebra 1	E-6	vlorenzo@seq.org
Malele, Matt	STARS	H-3	mmalele@seq.org
Martino, Tatiana	Study Skills & Co-Teach Ethnic Studies	D-6	tmartino@seq.org
Milia, Cary	Study Skills & Co-Teach Chemistry	D-7	cmilia@seq.org
Nevels, Mike	STARS	H-1	mnevels@seq.org
Nocedal, Elisa	Study Skills & Co-Teach English III	E-5	enocedal@seq.org
Odette, Amanda	Co-Chair, Study Skills	D-9	aodette@seq.org
Price, Susan	Independent Living Skills	E-25	sprice@seq.org
Roberts, Emily	Study Skills & Co-Teach English IV	D-8	eroberts@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 Biology	D-8	awinnen@seq.org

 

School Psychologists

Name	Title	Locations	Email
Moeller, Joyia	School Psychologist	G-3	jmoeller@seq.org
Downey, Cynthia	School Psychologist	G-3	cdowney@seq.org

 

Speech and Language Pathologists 

Name	Title	Locations	Email
Lee, Josephine	Speech and Language Pathologists	B-8	jolee@seq.org
Villalobos, Emily	Speech and Language Pathologists	B-8	evillalobos@seq.org

 

 

Resource Specialist

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

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

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

The Social Academic Class 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
Jaime Komure