{"id":1872,"date":"2020-07-11T21:45:13","date_gmt":"2020-07-12T03:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amcs.e2tech.us\/?page_id=1872"},"modified":"2020-08-18T20:47:28","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T02:47:28","slug":"school-board","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.aliefmontessori.org\/?page_id=1872","title":{"rendered":"School Board"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Nancy Chieu<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Mrs. Chieu founded Alief Montessori Community School in 1998 as her lifelong mission to provide the best authentic Montessori education for children from disadvantaged backgrounds. Prior to founding and developing Alief Montessori Community School, she had her own private Montessori school, founded in 1981. Mrs. Chieu has a M. Ed from the University of Texas in Austin majoring in educational psychology. She is an AMS certified Montessori teacher for ages 3-6 and an AMI certified Montessori elementary teacher for ages 6-12. She also has extensive training and experiences in business administration and real estate matters. Mrs. Chieu and her whole school team are working diligently to reach out to more students through Montessori education.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Charmaine Constantine<\/h4><\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Ms. Constantine has served on our school board since 1999. She is the superintendent of Ser Ni\u00f1os Charter School and has been responsible for the development and growth for Ser Ni\u0148os since 1997. She has her Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Business Administration and MEd in Math Education from the University of Houston. Ms. Constantine had extensive and outstanding classroom experiences in math, science and social studies prior to taking over her leadership role at Ser Ni\u00f1o Charter School. She was the Teacher of the Year in 1992 from Anderson Elementary School of HISD.<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Sally Hseih<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Mrs. Hsieh is one of the founding members of the AMCS Board. She has served as the Treasurer of the Board since the school\u2019s inception in 1998. Mrs. Hsieh is a graduate of the University of Houston majoring in Accounting. She is a certified public accountant and a financial planner with over twenty years of experience in the energy industry. Mrs. Hsieh has volunteered as a CPA for many Houston community organizations and also served on various boards of directors.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Perpetua Socorro J. Salvatus Guerrero, Esq.<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Mrs. Salvatus-Guerrero joined AMCS Board in 2016 and has served as the new Board Treasurer. Mrs. Salvatus-Guerrero was trained in special education, accounting and law. She is a certified public accountant and has her own law firm in Houston, Texas. Mrs. Salvatus-Guerrero is actively volunteering as the Pro Bono Lawyer for Catholic Charities, defending children\u2019s right and woman empowerment. She loves reading, poetry, and creative writing.<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Erica McCready<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Ms. Erica McCready is concurrently the Superintendent and Special Education Coordinator of Houston Heights Charter High School. She joined the AMCS Board in 2020. Ms. McCready has a Masters of Education from Lesley University, Cambridge, MA and a bachelor\u2019s degree from Tulane University, LA. She has extensive experience in Special Education as a teacher, case manager and coordinator in HISD middle and high schools. As a parent, she also chose Montessori education for her children in their primary years in school and has been a supporter ever since.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Mrs. Smith is a retired, former AMCS teacher from SY 2013-2018. She joined the AMCS Board in 2020. She taught Upper Elementary for four years, finishing her teaching career at AMCS in 2018. Prior to that she taught 14 years in the Fort Bend, Houston, and Aldine ISDs. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Sam Houston State University and is certified to teach grades 1-12 in Texas. She previously worked as an administrative secretary at Cullen Bayou Place, the children\u2019s psychiatric and residential treatment program at DePelchin Children\u2019s Center. Mrs. Smith has volunteered with the AFS Intercultural Program, an international youth exchange organization, serving as a counselor and liaison to foreign students from many different countries, and has traveled extensively. She is a dedicated supporter of Montessori education.<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Ms. Constantine has served on our school board since 1999. She is the superintendent of Ser Ni\u00f1os Charter School and has been responsible for the development and growth for Ser Ni\u0148os since 1997. She has her Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Business Administration and MEd in Math Education from the University of Houston. Ms. Constantine had extensive and outstanding classroom experiences in math, science and social studies prior to taking over her leadership role at Ser Ni\u00f1o Charter School. She was the Teacher of the Year in 1992 from Anderson Elementary School of HISD.<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Mrs. Presillas is the current Superintendent of Alief Montessori Community School. She joined AMCS in 2007 as a lower elementary teacher before becoming the principal in 2013. She has a Master\u2019s Degree in Business Administration and a Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Public Administration. She trained with Region 4 ESC Teacher Trak for her Texas EC-4, ESL and Principal certifications. She is also certified in Montessori elementary and adolescent studies from Association Montessori Internationale (AMI). Before her career in education, she had extensive experience in government service, serving as a project development officer then as a planning director in government agencies and as a presidential management staff officer for the Office of the President, Philippines.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

amcs school board Nancy Chieu Board President Mrs. Chieu founded Alief Montessori Community School in 1998 as her lifelong mission to provide the best authentic Montessori education for children from disadvantaged backgrounds. Prior to founding and developing Alief Montessori Community School, she had her own private Montessori school, founded in 1981. Mrs. Chieu has a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aliefmontessori.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1872"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aliefmontessori.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aliefmontessori.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aliefmontessori.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aliefmontessori.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1872"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.aliefmontessori.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2238,"href":"https:\/\/www.aliefmontessori.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1872\/revisions\/2238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aliefmontessori.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}