High School Teachers

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Name: Sue Boyum
Title: Performing Arts K-12

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Since moving to Kona six years ago Sue has been very involved in the arts community. She started the award winning Performing Arts at Innovations Public Charter School where she introduced their FAME (Fine Arts Mentorship Experience) program which most recently produced "The Music Man Jr" at the Aloha Theatre. In the community she works with the Kona Music Society co-directing the Youth Chorus as well as preparing West Hawaii vocal students for All State Honor Choir. You've also likely seen Sue on the stage or her work behind the scenes with the Aloha Performing Arts Company. Most recently Sue directed "Alice in Wonderland, Jr.". Sue is very excited to share her knowledge and passion for the arts with the students of Hualalai Academy. She will be working closely with the elementary teachers and plans to incorporate their units of study into song, dance and drama for deeper meaning and to help her students see how everything is connected. In addition she'll work along with Holly Baker developing a theatre program for the middle and high school students culminating in a main stage show!

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Title: MS/HS Math and Science
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Donna has lived on both the East and West coast of the USA, but has resided on the Big Island since 1984. She is both a teacher and a professional biologist. Donna has accumulated over 13 years of diverse teaching experience including classroom teaching, home school, and field classes both on and in the ocean. She also has over 11 years of experience as an aquaculture biologist. Donna has a B.A in Experimental Psychology from the Univ. of Calif. at San Diego and a Masters of Science in Zoology form the Univ. of Rhode Island. She is an avid swimmer, SCUBA diver, outrigger canoe paddler and photographer.

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Title: MS/HS Math and Science
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John was born in Portland, Oregon and raised in California. He received his BA in History from Baylor University and completed a Master of Education degree at Portland State University. He is credentialed to teach Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics and Social Studies. John has taught high school math and science for the past 17 years, including three years at Mont Kiara International School in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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Title: MS/HS English
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Greg was born in Southeast Missouri and graduated from St. John's College in Santa Fe, New Mexico where he mastered an interdisciplinary curriculum based on the Great Books of Western Civilization. He moved to Hawaii from Karatsu, Japan where he ran an English School. He and his wife, Kumiko, are expecting their first child.

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Title: HS Math
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Eric taught math for over twenty-five years for the San Ramon Valley Unified School District. He received his A.A. degree from Brigham Young University and his B.A. from S.F. State University and a California Life Credential in Education. He has had a home in Kona for years and is originally from Apia, Western Samoa and is married with three children.

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Title: Chief Financial Officer and MS/HS Math
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Rick received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley and his B.A. from the University of Iowa. He has been actively involved with Hualalai Academy for 10 years, as a parent of a 9th grader that started in Kindergarten and as a past President of the Board of Directors.

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Title: 4-12 Spanish and Social Studies
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Nastia graduated with a BA in Sociology from the University of Nanterre in Paris, France. She has been teaching French and Spanish since 1993 on the mainland and the Big Island.

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Title: MS/HS Social Studies
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Adrienne is originally from Oxford, Ohio. She holds a BA in Political Science and a MAT in Secondary Social Studies Education from Miami University. Adrienne has lived in Luxembourg and Australia. She loves to travel and spend time with her family in Ohio, Canada, Wisconsin and Hawaii.