Our Staff
Sonoma Charter School is led by professional and resourceful staff dedicated to the education and safety of your children. Our Principal, Paula Hunter, strives to achieve higher levels of academic excellence by building meaningful and effective relationships between students, teachers, staff and administrators.
SCS staff creates an educational environment that respects each student’s learning potential and cultural heritage. The staff has an active voice in the operations of the school, and is represented on the Governing Board. Each staff member is also expected to take on extra responsibilities beyond their classroom assignments.
Administrative Staff
The administrative staff conducts daily school operations in support of the school director, teachers and students. They manage the school office and interactions with parents and the community. If you need to contact our administrative staff, please call the main phone number at 707-935-4232 or via email directly.
Paula Hunter, Director phunter@scs.k12.ca.us
Molly Koler, Office Manager mkoler@scs.k12.ca.us
Laurie Kaiser, Account Tech lkaiser@scs.k12.ca.us
Teaching Staff
All core academic teachers must possess or be working towards a California teaching credential. Using current methods of instruction, the teaching faculty identifies student capacities and individual learning styles to enable each student to reach high performance goals.
Rachel Cisneros, Grades K-1, rcisneros@scs.k12.ca.us
Kristy Grindle, Instructional Aide
Darice Dekker, Grades K-1, Extension 4#, ddekker@scs.k12.ca.us
Jantze Trotta, Instructional Aide
Julie MacDonald, Grades 1-2, Extension 7#, jmacdonald@scs.k12.ca.us
Cassie Oaks, Instructional Aide
Cynthia Podesta, Grades 2-3, Extension 3#, cpodesta@scs.k12.ca.us
Mary Oakes, Instructional Aide
Judy Moses, Grades 2-3, jmoses@scs.k12.ca.us
Karin Gare and Dana Keeton, Instructional Aides (job share)
Bob Edmondson, Grades 4-5, Extension 9#, redmondson@scs.k12.ca.us
Burch Owens, Instructional Aide
Helén Johansson, Grades 4-5, hjohansson@scs.k12.ca.us
Julien Bell, Instructional Aide
Michael Luque, Grade 6 Homeroom, Science, social studies, language arts, Extension 10#, mluque@scs.k12.ca.us
Christine Velarde, Instructional Aide
Jim Caruso, Grade 7 Homeroom, 7/8 math and science, jcaruso@scs.k12.ca.us
Christine Velarde, Instructional Aide
Jason Page, Grade 8 Homeroom, 7/8 social studies and language arts, jpage@scs.k12.ca.us
Christine Velarde, Instructional Aide
Nadine Harmon, Cluster 3 Math, nharmon@scs.k12.ca.us
Lynda S. Allen, Physical Education and Health Tech, lallen@scs.k12.ca.us
Elizabeth Dekker, Visual Arts, etashman@scs.k12.ca.us
Dan Saski, Drama Teacher, dansaski@gmail.com
Teaching Support Staff
Instructional Aides (IA) are present in the classroom with the lead teacher and act in their support in a variety of functions: daily classroom set up, student help and supervision, grading, paper work, and organization of field trips. They are vital to the work we do with providing a smaller adult to student ratio so that we can meet the needs of all students at SCS. The IA also supervise lunch and recess, the children refer to them as “yard duties” when they are in that role.
Teacher & Classroom Information – for specifics about each teacher and up-to-date information about your child’s classroom
