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Mr. Timothy Hicks – Principal
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Tim enjoys travel and through his international teaching experience has had the opportunity to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro in Africa, visit Angel Falls in Venezuela, and explore Easter Island. He is looking forward to new experiences in Asia. -
Ms. Catherine Chen – Office Manager
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Ms. Laura Yeh – Secretary
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Mr. Alex Wang – Accounting
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Mr. Eric Chen – Information Technology Specialist
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Mr. Martin Long – Science Educator
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In 2015, he gained his Post Graduate Certificate in Education from the University of Nottingham. He has been teaching science courses in Taiwan ever since.
When he’s not teaching, he enjoys the great outdoors, hiking and trail running. He loves to travel, and he has a keen interest in digital photography. -
Mr. Aaron Hunter – Science Educator
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Mr. Javier Fernández – Science Educator
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He has been working at HIS for several years already and when he is not in school, he likes to spend quality time with his family, watch classic movies, practice martial arts, tinker with his computer, and play old-school video games.
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Mr. Alex Fishman – Language Arts Educator
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My teaching style is direct and decisive, yet flexible in responding to constantly changing demands of the teaching profession. During my career, I have had the opportunity to teach a diverse group of students, thus enhancing my teaching techniques and instructional methods. As a result, I have developed superior interpersonal and leadership skills. In addition, I have become proficient in motivating my students by developing engaging lesson plans and using alternative assessment strategies to accurately gauge my students’ performance. In addition to quizzes, exams, and standardized tests, my assessments incorporate a variety of performance-based measures and portfolio opportunities.
I believe one of my greatest strengths as a teacher is instilling a love for learning. Achieving that goal means helping students to understand, organize, and retain information in order to become confident, lifelong learners. It also means respecting each student’s background, culture, and learning style and holding high expectations that all children can and will learn.
Before embarking on a teaching career, I was a practicing attorney for over twenty years in the U.S. After passing the bar, I was admitted to practice law in the following jurisdictions: NY, NJ, PA, and FL. The pinnacle of my legal career was working on an appellate brief and arguing a case before the US Supreme Court in 2000. -
Ms. Michelle Slabbert - Language Arts Educator
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Mr. Colin Cochrane - Language Arts Educator
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Ms. Liling Chang - Math Educator
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Ms. Jessie Lei - Math Educator
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She has her both Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees from the University of Hong Kong (HKU), in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and in Mathematics, respectively.
She has enjoyed teaching in Mathematics and Computer Programming. When she is not teaching, Ms. Lei enjoys spending time with her family reading, watching movies, and playing table tennis. -
Mr. Dimitris Kanellopoulos - Art Educator
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Jim grew up in the beautiful country of Greece. From the small city near Athens that he was born, he moved to the Greek capital to study Art. It was there that he worked as a teacher and a professional artist, occasionally the previous two at the same time and, not so occasionally, over and above the humane man-hours. Soon, he found that life is too short to be living in one place and he decided to give himself a new perspective of life. Along with his family, he moved to Taiwan in 2010.
At the time of writing, this is his sixth year in Hsinchu International School where he teaches Drawing and Painting, 2D Design, 3D Design and Digital Arts. Taiwan and HIS have given him memorable experiences and working alongside HIS students and staff whom he trusts and respects is exciting.
His hobbies include making art, taking care of his dogs, annoying his wife by playing drums out of beat, playing Magic: the Gathering, working out, cooking, moviegoing and playing video games that actually require skill and strategic thought. -
Mr. Hank Hsieh - Music Educator
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Mr. Donovan Robus - Social Studies Educator
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After leaving the United Kingdom, he moved to Taiwan “for just one year” but has now been living here for quite some time. His desire to work as an educator in a multicultural, international environment filled with students, parents, and educators from all over the world brought him to HIS in 2014. -
Mr. Harold Seymour - Social Studies Educator
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Mr. Laurence Dean - Social Studies Educator
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Laurence enjoys traveling and exploring new places in South East Asia with his lovely wife and two children. Together, they have explored the many different countries where sightseeing, tasting new food, scuba diving or reading on the beach is a must on any vacation. Laurence also enjoys watching the latest movies or going out to any new restaurant in Taiwan.
Laurence loves the environment here at Hsinchu International School where a genuine love of learning is fostered in a warm atmosphere of friendship. Here teachers are constantly awakening a natural curiosity of education. Laurence is excited to work with the highly skilled and professional staff as well as the very enthusiastic and passionate students in grades 7,8 and 9. He looks forward to a very prosperous and productive year. -
Mrs. Veronica Edwards - ESL / Spanish Educator
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Outside of school, she keeps busy with her family but she does enjoy traveling, going to the theatre, cinema, concerts venues and going out to eat. Shopping is one of her favorite past times. She loves all things jewelry and collecting handmade items. -
Ms. Sophie Su - Chinese Educator
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“Learn in order to practise.” is her goal for her students, she develops different ways to help her students understand and master Chinese easily. She always encourages students not to be afraid to make mistakes, because mistakes will help them learn better. And she is always willing to help them get better.
In her spare time, she loves to spend time with her family and friends, travel, read, and play with her two lovely dogs- xiao guai and feeble, or be a photographer when her husband skates. -
Mr. Jeff Liu - Physical Fitness Educator
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Prior to finding his passion in teaching, Jeff was a professional chef of French and Japanese cuisine. He also has an Associate's degree in Culinary Arts from Orange Coast College in his hometown. He enjoys cooking and playing guitar in his free time. -
Ms. Peggy Wen - College Counselor
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Mrs. Joanne Kaufman - School Nurse
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Since her time in the O.R., Joanne has been a personal professional caregiver for young children while raising a family of her own. Eager to rejoin the workforce, Joanne decided to combine her love for medicine and children and found a perfect match here at HIS. Joanne enjoys traveling and cooking as well as a good movie. She cherishes family and friends above all and is eager to help those in need. She is grateful to have joined such a great staff and team at HIS as the school nurse.