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Teacher Spotlight: Mrs. Rice

Teacher Spotlight: Mrs. Rice

Sofia Rappa, Webmaster March 21, 2025

Mrs. Rice is one of the main Media Arts pathway teachers and has been since the pathway’s creation in 2018. She covers the entire graphic design sphere of the pathway, teaching the classes Digital Imaging...

Staff Spotlight: Mrs. Cindy

Staff Spotlight: Mrs. Cindy

Miles Davis, Writer March 20, 2025

Mrs. Cindy is Atherton’s library clerk, and has been here at Atherton since 2014. Growing up, she always loved the library and reading. She even served as a student aide in her own high school library....

Ms. Green (Forensic Science, Principles of Biomedical Science, Medical Interventions).

Teacher Spotlight: Ms. Green

Caroline Row, Writer March 20, 2025

Ms. Green is a member of the Health Science pathway, teaching classes such as Principles of Biomedical Science, Medical Interventions, and Forensic Science. She loves to give her students lab-based assignments...

Teacher Spotlight: Mr. Ellard

Teacher Spotlight: Mr. Ellard

Abbygail Milburn, Writer March 20, 2025

Mr. Ellard has been working at Atherton for 18 years. He teaches AP World, AP Government, and WW2. He began teaching history because he has always liked true stories. Mr. Ellard also coaches Girls Soccer....

Teacher Spotlight: Mrs. Watkins

Teacher Spotlight: Mrs. Watkins

Zoe McNerney, Writer March 12, 2025

Mrs. Watkins is one of our foreign language teachers. Throughout the day she teaches 4 classes: French 1, French 2, French 3, and IB French. She is located in the world language hallway in room 207. She...

Teacher Spotlight: Ms. Slucher

Teacher Spotlight: Ms. Slucher

Miles Davis, Writer March 7, 2025

Ms. Slucher teaches Biology at Atherton High School, both at the freshman and IB level. Slucher decided that she wanted to be a teacher in the 5th grade after discovering her talent for helping others...

Señora Suarez

Teacher Spotlight: Señora Suarez

Abbygail Milburn, Writer March 3, 2025

Señora Suarez is one of the teachers who has been at Atherton the longest. Joining the 2002-2003 school year, Señora Suarez has been teaching Spanish all these years. Suarez has also been in the same...

Teacher Spotlight: Mr. Dizdarevic

Teacher Spotlight: Mr. Dizdarevic

Sofia Rappa, Webmaster February 24, 2025

Mr. Dizdarevic, primarily known as ‘Mr. D’, is one of the main faces of the Engineering Pathway. He is a lifelong math and tech enthusiast with a deep passion for science and engineering. He currently...

Teacher Spotlight: Mrs. Purlee

Teacher Spotlight: Mrs. Purlee

Abbygail Milburn, Writer February 12, 2025

Ms. Purlee is a favorite teacher of many students at Atherton, mainly with the freshman. She teaches Freshman Academy, working with the freshman and preparing them for the next 4 years in high school. When...

Teacher Spotlight: Sensei Kluemper

Teacher Spotlight: Sensei Kluemper

Callie Thornton, Writer February 12, 2025

Atherton offers a variety of languages for students to take, Japanese being one of them. Sensei Kluemper teaches Japanese 1, 2, 3, and IB Japanese. Students who take the Japanese class learn to speak,...

Teacher Spotlight: Mr. Smith

Teacher Spotlight: Mr. Smith

Caroline Row, Writer February 12, 2025

Mr. Smith is a beloved teacher in Atherton’s history department. He balances teaching Civics, year one and two of IB History of the Americas, and Dual Credit U.S. History. He enjoys providing his students...

Teacher Spotlight: Ms. Bell

Teacher Spotlight: Ms. Bell

Caroline Row, Writer February 12, 2025

Ms. Bell has been teaching at Atherton for the past 14 years. In room 110, she teaches Algebra II and both years of IB SL Analysis and Approaches. In her class, she explores topics from introductory functions/quadratics...

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