Woodside School District

 

  Lisa Dayeh was born and raised in San Mateo, CA. She has worked in the Child Development field since 1996 and earned her BA in Child and Adolescent Development from San Jose State University. Lisa joined Woodside Preschool in 2000, and has had the opportunity to work with many wonderful families and staff members over the years. Lisa taught in all three preschool programs at Woodside, before becoming Head Teacher in the preschool class in 2004, and Head Teacher in the Preschool and Pre-K classes in 2012. She currently lives in Sunnyvale with her husband and two young children.

 

 

 

   Edith grew up in El Salvador in a family of ten children. Before she moved to the United States, she taught Algebra in a public school. In the United States she discovered her real vocation, working with young children. She got her BA and later her MA focusing in Early Childhood Education from San Francisco State University. Edith began working at Woodside Preschool in 1998 and enjoys teaching science to preschoolers. With simple science activities, she observes how they scaffold themselves and learn about the three states of matter. During her free time, she enjoys walking and trying new cooking recipes. 

 

 

     Kem was born and raised in the Bay Area and is a mom to twin boys. She has been a Pre-K Teacher at Woodside Preschool since 2002. She has her Associate's degree in Early Childhood Education from Canada College and a Bachelor's degree in Human Development with a focus in Child Development from Cal State Hayward. Kem enjoys setting up the manipulative area, working with children in blocks, leading small group activities, documenting their ideas and assessing their development. Outside of school, Kem enjoys travel, music and the outdoors. 

 

    Sandra was born in Coronado, California and grew up in Palo Alto, Menlo Park and Cupertino. She studied Early Childhood Development at De Anza College in Cupertino, and also completed a Child, Family, and Community course through Canada College. She joined the staff here at WES in March of 2007. Additionally, she served as a para-educator with the kindergarten class during the 2010-2011 school year. Before coming to WES, she worked over eleven years as an office manager for a pediatric dental office in Redwood City and one year as a Toddler Teacher at the Wonder Years Preschool in Palo Alto. Sandra is deeply passionate about working with children, and thoroughly enjoys her position working along side the teachers in helping to support them and your children in their daily activities. Outside of her work here, she and her husband own and operate a family business building and restoring early model vehicles. They delight in going to car shows and events and relish any time they have the chance to go camping and boating. Sandra lives in Redwood City with her husband, son, and family dog.