Alfonso has more than fifteen years of experience in grounds, landscape, and building maintenance and project management in various Bay Area companies and organizations. During his career, Alfonso has overseen many construction projects and has been an Operations Manager and an Account Manager for landscape and construction companies. Alfonso is fully bilingual in English and Spanish, and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice with option in Law 

Manon has been the Director of Admissions at EB since 2015. A French native from Paris, Manon moved to the East Bay in 1999 and has worked in preschools since 2001. Before joining EB, Manon was a preschool teacher, then the Site Director of Duck’s Nest Preschool in Berkeley for seven years. Manon has one daughter enrolled at EB Middle School, and one who just graduated from EB in 2020.

Richard is an educator with 17 years of experience as a teacher and administrator at the Middle School level. His multi-faceted experience of Middle School education gives him a unique understanding of the student experience both inside and out of the classroom. He has held various positions working with students in grades 4 to 8 as an English Language Development instructor, Choir Director, Humanities Teacher, Athletics Director, and most recently, as the Middle School Director of Tehiyah Day School in El Cerrito.

In addition to his campus experience, Richard holds a Masters of Arts in Educational Leadership from Mills College and obtained credentials in theology, history and music. He has also worked for many years in culturally diverse schools, teaching for five years at the American School of Guadalajara in Mexico, and for the last nine years at Tehiyah, a Jewish school. There, among many responsibilities, he was in charge of assisting with the organization of the 8th Grade trip to Israel.

Antoine is a French native and moved to the Bay Area in 1990.  He holds a “Maîtrise d’Administration Economique et Sociale” and has been with EB since 1992.  He has one child at EB in Elementary School.

Patricia Camacho is from Monterrey, Nuevo León, an industrial city in the north east of Mexico. She holds a B.A. in Mass Communication from Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, ITESM. Patricia worked as a journalist in her country, as well as a radio announcer, and voice-over actress. However, her real passion was education. She started working as a Mass Communication high school teacher at Instituto San Angel in Mexico City. In 1998 she moved to Berkeley where she got married and had a child, now in 8th grade. She worked at Berkeley Adult School as a bilingual test placement support; Centro Latino and Mesoamerica Institute in Berkeley as a Spanish teacher; and Chinese American International School in San Francisco as a middle school Spanish teacher. In 2002 she was hired at EB as middle school Spanish teacher. She is pursuing her MA in Applied Linguistic to Teaching Spanish as a Second Language at “Universidad Internacional Iberoamericana”. She loves reading, watching movies, and taking long walks with her daughter.

After an amazing year studying drawing and painting in Paris, Sue Campbell is excited to return as a sixth and seventh grade English teacher and eighth grade Visual Art teacher. Sue has been an independent school English teacher for twenty-seven years and held many position at the EB Middle School. She has taught English for all grades as well as Visual Art. She also has been a Curriculum Coordinator, Sustainability Coordinator, she had a leading role in creating the Middle School’s garden and annual Maker Faire. Before joining EB, she taught high school English literature and composition at Philips Andover in Andover, MA, the Punahou School in Honolulu, the Brooks School in North Andover, MA and Swiss Semester in Zermatt, Switzerland. Sue has a BA from Cornell University and a MA in English Literature from Middlebury College Bread Loaf School of English.

Ender Choo is originally from Malaysia. He was educated in a school system where Mandarin Chinese is the medium of instruction. Besides English and Chinese, he also speaks Malay and Cantonese. He completed his graduate program at Cal State East Bay and taught Chinese classes at several private schools before joining EB in 2006. He is currently teaching Mandarin Chinese and coding class. He also teaches badminton and leads a group of students doing fish tank maintenance at school during club time. He has two children: his daughter, Lisette, who graduated from EB in 2018, and his son, Ian who is in seventh grade. Ender enjoys music is currently leading singing worship in a church on a regular basis.

Ms. Greer will be taking on the new role of Middle School Dean half of the time and will teach 6th grade Social Studies and a few International Track classes the other half of her time. As Middle School Dean, Ms. Greer will work closely with the student body, leading the student council and taking over coordination of the Middle School advisory program. Ms. Greer is a graduate of East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania, where she received her BS in Secondary Education and BA in History. During and after college, she spent eight summer seasons working in Switzerland and England with a variety of international schools, teaching outdoor education and running international summer camp programs. After graduating from college, she moved to Switzerland where she met her husband, who brought her to the beautiful Bay Area. They have one son who was born in 2019. She has spent the last eight years at Aspire Lionel Wilson College Preparatory Academy in Oakland, where she was a student culture lead, a mentor teacher, and a 6th through 11th grade humanities teacher. Ms. Greer was recognized as Oakland Unified School District Charter School Outstanding Teacher of the Year for the 2014-15 school year. In her free time, Ms. Greer enjoys musical theater, trail running, and games of all kinds! She is “thrilled to be joining the EB community” and is “looking forward to working alongside an outstanding team that strives to create an extraordinary middle school experience for EB students.

Emmanuel holds a Teaching credential from France (CAPES de Lettres Modernes) and has been teaching in France, in Réunion Island, in French Guyana and for the past nine year at Ecole Bilingue. At E.B., Emmanuel worked as Academic Technology Coordinator and Librarian (Emmanuel holds a CAPES de Documentaliste too). Over the past 6 years Emmanuel has been a chaperon for the trip in France with the 5th graders. Emmanuel knows the students well and the students know him well too!

Thibaut is from Toulouse in the south of France and holds a Master in Management from Bordeaux Business School. He has been teaching for several years in France at different levels from kindergarten to grade 5. Thibault’s approach to pedagogy is one in which the child is an actor of his learning through activities or projects that interest, involve and stimulate him or her. He recently moved to the San Francisco Bay Area and is passionate about outdoor activities like biking, hiking, traveling, literature and cinema.

Maikel (pronounced Michael) is a US Army veteran with degrees in mechanical engineering from Alexandria, Egypt, and Diablo Valley College in the United States. For the last four years, he has specialized in teaching math to small groups. A native Arabic speaker, Mr. Masoud comes highly recommended with a reputation for bringing math to life for young learners. He will be teaching 7th-grade math to the International Track this coming year.

Originally from Philadelphia, Heather started her teaching career at the International School of Luxembourg before moving to Paris to teach English. In 1990, she moved to San Francisco and has been teaching english at the French American International School for 28 years. Heather holds a Bachelor of Science in Early Childhood Education from Boston’s Wheelock College and an MA in Second Language Education from McGill University in Montreal. She is fully bilingual and lives in Berkeley with her Quebecois husband and daughter. 

Corinne is originally from the Aquitaine region in France. She holds an engineering degree in Fluid Mechanics and has worked in defense electronics before moving to the Bay Area in 1994. When Corinne joined EB as a Math in French and Computer teacher in 1997, she taught fourth through eighth grade, which allowed her to watch her students grow into young adults. Since 2013, she’s been exclusively at the middle school as the Math in French teacher and as the technology coordinator. Corinne has two daughters, both who graduated from EB. Clémence, her oldest, is a Boston University graduate with a degree in advertising and works for this industry in San Francisco. Aurélie will graduate in 2018 from McGill University with an Electrical Engineering and Computer Science degree. When not at school, Corinne trades her compass and protractor for dance shoes. Most weekends, she can be found on a dance floor as she is part of a salsa company and performing in various events around the Bay Area and nearby regions.

Emma Ragot is originally from the Western region of Vendée in France. She studied psychology and education and taught at the elementary level for nine years in the south of France. In 2002, she and her family moved to Berkeley to start a new adventure. Two years later, she was hired at EB to teach in Preschool, and then in K and most recently, in 1st and 2nd grades. Emma has three children who have all gone through EB, two of them have graduated and are now at Cal and St Mary’s College High School and the youngest one, Eliott, is in Grade 3. Besides spending time with her family and teaching, Emma enjoys reading, cooking, camping, attending to her vegetable garden and her chickens!

Coach Rodriguez was born in Salinas, California, raised in Castroville and graduated from the California State University at Chico (Chico State). He holds a BA degree in Social Science and a minor in Physical Education with a Professional Clear California Teaching Credential for both subjects. He is accredited to teach Preschool-12th grade but is especially passionate about middle school sports. Coach has worked as a Physical Education Teacher at Ecole Bilingue de Berkeley since 1992. His EB Jaguars Sports Teams have won 53 East Bay Independent Athletic League Championships. He loves spending time with family and friends, rooting for the Raiders, Warriors and Giants, playing softball and wine tasting.

George Speckman comes from St. Monica School in San Francisco, where he began teaching middle school science in 2016. During summers from 2015-2018, he taught Physics to incoming 9th graders at Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep. He values hands-on scientific exploration in his science classes and has a history of establishing working relationships with other local science communities such as the USF Chemistry Department, the Golden Gate Audubon Society, and Point Reyes’ Science at the Seashore. George has a Bachelors of Arts in Philosophy and Master of Arts in Theology.

Lorelei holds a Masters in Education and studied cinematography before spending a year abroad in Australia. Throughout her career, Lorelei had an extensive educational experience in Preschool. Her goal as a teacher is to make the students feel good about coming to school. She really enjoys working on projects that bring the students together and engage them in their learning.

Sylvie Thomas-Droz holds a Masters of Science in chemical engineering and spent 12 years working as Senior Chemical Engineer at Membrane Technology and Research in Menlo Park, CA. During her time there she felt drawn to the field of education and in 2016 began as a math and science tutor at Mountain View High School. In 2017 she enrolled at San Jose State University and completed her requirements for her teaching credential this spring. This past year she taught at Lincoln High School in San Jose as a high school chemistry teacher. She looks with enthusiasm towards pairing with Ms. Pluche next year as they work together to build upon the high standards for math education at EB.

Hannah has been teaching 3rd grade English at EB for many years, and is also part of the Student Support Team as an English Support Specialist.

Originally from Philadelphia, Heather started her teaching career at the International School of Luxembourg before moving to Paris to teach English. In 1990, she moved to San Francisco and has been teaching english at the French American International School for 28 years. Heather holds a Bachelor of Science in Early Childhood Education from Boston’s Wheelock College and an MA in Second Language Education from McGill University in Montreal. She is fully bilingual and lives in Berkeley with her Quebecois husband and daughter. 

Gaëlle is a dual citizen from France and USA. Originally born in New York, she has lived in both the United States, Europe and Mexico. She obtained her Bachelor's of Arts in Political Science at Smith College in 2010. She has worked for the Consulat Générale de France à Boston as an intern to the Cultural Attachée, and worked at the Alliance Française de San Francisco to support their communications, events and academic teams. She has also worked in other non-profits in the Bay Area, coordinating events, tutoring kids, and fundraising campaigns. Gaëlle has worked as a Development Coordinator at EB since 2019. She loves kayaking, rock-climbing, dancing, trivia and spends time with her bearded dragon at home. 

Noelle immigrated to the United States from Laos in 1979. She graduated from Fresno State University with a B.S. degree in Business with an emphasis in International Business. Noelle joined EB in 2000 as the Business Office Assistant. Noelle has one son, Brandon, who is an EB alumnus and started college in 2017. In her spare time, Noelle find joys in giving back to the community by volunteering her time and services with the Jai Lao Foundation, a humanitarian organization that takes her to Laos every year. Noelle loves to cook, bake, make exotic desserts, knit, travel, and walk her dog.

Lilia grew up in Algeria where she studied biology before moving to America in 2013. She is now studying biotechnology at Berkeley City College. She started working in the aftercare program at EB in 2018 and worked in the mini camp at Le Camp d'Été as a Teacher's Assistant. In her free time Lilia enjoys spending time with her husband, Nassim, exploring new places, running, reading science books, she also loves to cook and bake. Lilia loves helping children grow and learn and watching them enjoy their childhood and school experience. She is looking forward to bringing her passion of working with children to the EB team.

Jano Porter has been part of EB since 2013 overseeing lunch in the preschool, as well as after school.