2026-2027
STAFF DIRECTORY 80 years of infinite possibilities
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SUPERINTENDENT/ HEAD OF SCHOOL Superintendent: Mrs. Liliana Jenkins ljenkins@amschool.org Assistant: Mrs. Gina Gómez g_gomez@amschool.org 2276-8400 Ext. 2712 PBX 2276-8400
SUPERINTENDENT/ HEAD OF SCHOOL
PRESCHOOL FACULTY Principal & Student Services N-5: Mrs. Claudia Pereira cpereira@amschool.org Secretary: Ms. Elena Larios elarios@amschool.org 2276-8400 Ext. 2732
PRESCHOOL FACULTY
NURSERY / PRE-KINDER A)
B) D) Ms. Nickole Díaz
Ms. Hildy Peñalva
ndiaz@amschool.org
Ms. Marisabel Cárdona mcardona@amschool.org
hpenalba@amschool.org
Ms. Pilar Perez
Ms. Gabriela Díaz gdiaz@amschool.org
pperez@amschool.org
Ms. Astrid Herrera
aherrera@amschool.org
KINDER B)
D)
A)
C) Ms. Carolina Matamoros
Ms. Ana Valeria Gámez
cmatamoros@amschool.org
agamez@amschool.org
Ms. Lindsay Galpin
Ms. Wendy Wills
lgalpin@amschool.org
wwills@amschool.org
Ms. Ana Paula Romano Ms. Ana Raquel Pavon apavon@amschool.org
aromano@amschool.org
Ms. Sylvia Castro
Ms. Mónica Balletta
mballeta@amschool.org
scastro@amschool.org
PRESCHOOL SPECIALS
Ms. Ettna López
Ms. Lilia Laitano
KINDER SPANISH llaitano@amschool.org
LIBRARY elopez@amschool.org
Ms. Gabriela Touché SPANISH ASSISTANT gtouche@amschool.org
Ms. Olivia Canadine
ART ocanadine@amschool.org
Ms. Daniela Tamashiro LIBRARY ASSISTANT dtamashiro@amschool.org
Mr. Brayan Torres
P.E. btorres@amschool.org
Ms. Talía Gómez
ART ASSISTANT tgomez@amschool.org
PRESCHOOL SPECIALS
Ms. Carmen Barahona
Ms. Victoria Hasbun
Ms. Fadya Kafati
SPECIAL SUPPORT vhasbun@amschool.org
COUNSELING/EVALUATION fkafati@amschool.org
Ms. Cynthia Guerra
BEHAVIOR SPECIALIST cguerra@amschool.org
Ms. Carol Girón
EVALUATION cgiron@amschool.org
Ms. Daniela Mejía
COMPUTERS dmejia@amschool.org
MUSIC cbarahona@amschool.org
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FACULTY Principal: Mrs. Lourdes Vides lvides@amschool.org Assistant Principal:
Mrs. Tania Kee Ham-Díaz tdiaz@amschool.org Secretary: Mrs. Ana Larios alarios@amschool.org 2276-8400 Ext. 2723
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FACULTY
FIRST GRADE B)
A)
D)
C)
Ms. Cinthia Chirinos
Ms. Alexandra Pasquier
cchirinos@amschool.org
Ms. María Elena Matamoros mmatamoros@amschool.org
Ms. Gina Girbal
apasquier@amschool.org
ggirbal@amschool.org
Ms. Roberta Ynestroza
Ms. Claudelle Aguilar Ms. Olga Erazo
oerazo@amschool.org
caguilar@amschool.org
Ms. Eunice Padilla
ecastejon@amschool.org
rynestroza@amschool.org
SECOND GRADE B)
A)
D) C)
Ms. Adela Nolasco
Ms. Natalie Argüello
anolasco@amschool.org
narguello@amschool.org
Ms. Daniela Gómez
Ms. Roberta González
dgomez@amschool.org
rgonzalez@amschool.org
Ms. Valeria Cruz
Ms. Belinda Ordóñez
bordonez@amschool.org
vcruz@amschool.org
Ms. Ana Paola Lizano Ms. Nadia Maldonado
nmaldonado@amschool.org
alizano@amschool.org
THIRD GRADE B)
D)
A)
C) Ms. Cynthia López
Ms. Gabriela Simon
clopez@amschool.org
gsimon@amschool.org
Ms. Ina Martínez
inamartinez@amschool.org
Ms. María Reneé de León mdeleon@amschool.org
Ms. Isabella Vásquez Ms. Emma Aguiluz
eaguiluz@amschool.org
ivasquez@amschool.org
Ms. Blanca See
Ms. Karla Velarde
kvelarde@amschool.org
bsee@amschool.org
FOURTH GRADE B)
D)
A)
C) Ms. Janice Bueso
Ms. Ana Martínez
Ms. Ana Kathyna Inestroza
apmartinez@amschool.org
ainestroza@amschool.org
jbueso@amschool.org
Ms. Kevin Pineda
kpineda@amschool.org
Ms. Marcela Pineda
Ms. Lorenza Lara llara@amschool.org
mpineda@amschool.org
Ms. Fabiola Herrera Ms. Julia Bulnes
jbulnes@amschool.org
fherrera@amschool.org
FIFTH GRADE B)
D)
A)
C) Ms. Paola Argüello
Ms. Josette Bendeck
parguello@amschool.org
jbendeck@amschool.org
Ms. Rebeca Leary
Ms. Gisela Flores
rleary@amschool.org
gmfloresp@amschool.org
Ms. María Fernanda Irureta Ms. Lyana Kuan
lkuan@amschool.org
mirureta@amschool.org
Ms. Liliam Ordóñez
Ms. Luciana Paz
lpaz@amschool.org
lordonez@amschool.org
ELEMENTARY SPECIALS
Ms. Michelle Corrales SSL
Ms.Heydee Quiñónez
Ms. Michelle Guerrero
GR. 1 & GR. 2 SPANISH hquinonez@amschool.org
Ms. Daniriam Ortiz
GR. 2 & GR. 3 SPANISH dortiz@amschool.org
Social Studies Teacher GR. 5 mguerrero@amschool.org
Ms. Berenisse Rubio
Ms.Vania Leon
Ms. Fátima Banegas
Social Studies Assistant fbanegas@amschool.org
mcorrales@amschool.org
GR. 2 & GR. 5 SPANISH vleon@amschool.org
Ms. Ruth Arita
GR. 4 SPANISH rarita@amschool.org
GR. 4 & 5 SPANISH ASSISTANT brubio@amschool.org
ELEMENTARY SPECIALS
Ms. Olivia Canadine
Ms. Carmen Barahona
GR. 1 & 2 MUSIC ART ocanadine@amschool.org Ms. Adelayda Ordonez cbarahona@amschool.org Ms. Anna Román ART/CHARACTER ED SOCIAL STUDIES (SPANISH) aordonez@amschool.org aroman@amschool.org
Ms. Talía Gómez
Ms. Anissa Ruiz
GR. 3, 4, & 5 MUSIC ART ASSISTANT aruiz@amschool.org tgomez@amschool.org Ms. Pamela Hernandez Ms. Nancy Amador ART/CHARACTER ED ASSISTANT PERMANENT SUB & SCIENCE COORDINATOR phernandez@amschool.org namador@amschool.org
ELEMENTARY SPECIALS
Ms. Ettna López
Mr. Luis Arrazola
P.E. larrazola@amschool.org
LIBRARY elopez@amschool.org
Ms. Martha León Gómez
ENRICHMENT PROGRAM Ms. Daniela Mejía mleongomez@amschool.org GR. 1 & 2 COMPUTER SCIENCE dmejia@amschool.org
Ms. Any Quiñónez
Ms. Daniela Tamashiro Mr. Brayan Torres
P.E. btorres@amschool.org
LIBRARY ASSISTANT dtamashiro@amschool.org
Ms. Sandy López
ENRICHMENT PROGRAM aquinonez@amschool.org
GR. 3, 4 & 5 COMPUTER SCIENCE slopez@amschool.org
ELEMENTARY SPECIALS
Ms. Carol Girón
DIAGNOSTICIAN cgiron@amschool.org
Ms. Maria Fernanda Ramos Ms. Carolina Jakobsen SPECIAL SERVICES mramos@amschool.org SPECIAL SERVICES Ms. Fadya Kafati cjakobsen@amschool.org
Ms. Natalia Santos
Ms. Linda Vinelli
SPECIAL SUPPORT lvinelli@amschool.org
COUNSELING fkafati@amschool.org
SPECIAL SERVICES Ms. Magda Vallecillo Ms. Dulce Orellana nsantos@amschool.org COUNSELING SPECIAL SERVICES mvallecillo@amschool.org dorellana@amschool.org
Ms. Laura Miralda
SPECIAL SUPPORT lmiralda@amschool.org
MIDDLE SCHOOL FACULTY Principal: Mr. Eric O’Bryant eobryant@amschool.org Assistant Principal: Mr. Roque Padilla rpadilla@amschool.org Secretary: Ms. Yessi Cáceres ycaceres@amschool.org 2276-8400 Ext. 2718
MIDDLE SCHOOL FACULTY
MIDDLE SCHOOL FACULTY
Ms. Lucy Wynn
Ms. Gracia Pavón
ENGLISH lwynn@amschoool.org
ENGLISH gpavon@amschool.org
Ms. Christy Barton
ENGLISH cbarton@amschool.org
Ms. Guisela Riedel
Ms. Dilcia Montes
SPANISH dmontes@amschool.org
SPANISH griedel@amschool.org
Ms. Daniela Vega
SPANISH dvega@amschool.org
MIDDLE SCHOOL FACULTY
Mr. Javier Hernández
Ms. Gracia Hernandez
MATH jhernandez@amschool.org
MATH ghernandez@amschool.org
Ms. Karen Hesse
SCIENCE khesse@amschool.org
Ms. Emily Joy
MATH ejoy@amschool.org
Ms. Raquel Molina
SCIENCE rmolina@amschool.org
Ms. Maricí Girón
SCIENCE merrazuriz@amschool.org
MIDDLE SCHOOL FACULTY
Ms. Claudia Casanova
Ms. Dunia Tomé
SOCIAL STUDIES dtome@amschool.org
Mr. Walter Arita
FINE ARTS warita@amschool.org
Ms. Gabriella Rey FINE ARTS grey@amschool.org
SOCIAL STUDIES ccasanova@amschool.org
Ms. Michelle Lagos
COMPUTER SCIENCE mlagos@amschool.org
Mr. Eduardo Jimenez
PHYSICAL EDUCATION ejimenez@amschool.org
Mr. Miguel Gómez
COMPUTER SCIENCE mgomez@amschool.org
MIDDLE SCHOOL FACULTY
Ms. Ana Waleska Burgos Ms. Marielos Quesada COUNSELOR mquesada@amschool.org
Ms. Gracia María Cerrato PERMANENT SUBSTITUTE gmcerrato@amschool.org
Ms. Isabella Castillo SPECIAL SERVICES icastillo@amschool.org
Ms. Florencia Agüero LIBRARY aburgos@amschool.org LIBRARY / MEDIA SPECIALIST faguero@amschool.org
Ms. Elka Moncada
SPECIAL SERVICES emoncada@amschool.org
Ms. Ana Paula Alvarado SPECIAL SERVICES aalvarado@amschool.org
HIGH SCHOOL FACULTY
Principal: Mr. Blake Swanson bswanson@amschool.org Assistant Principal: Mr. Roque Padilla rpadilla@amschool.org Director of Student Services (6-12)/ IB Coordinator: Mr. Dan Dobbe ddobbe@amschool.org Secretary: Mrs. Angélica Lezama alezama@amschool.org 2276-8400 Ext. 2717
HIGH SCHOOL FACULTY
HIGH SCHOOL FACULTY
Ms. Dulce Nolasco
Ms. Esther Claros
Ms. Rebecca Kooijman
ENGLISH eclaros@amschool.org
ENGLISH rkooijman@amschool.org
Ms. Laura Ramirez
ENGLISH dnolasco@amschool.org
ENGLISH lramirez@amschool.org
Ms. Suyapa Baltodano
Ms. Yillian Izaguirre
Ms. Merny Chirinos
SPANISH m_chirinos@amschool.org
SPANISH yizaguirre@amschool.org
Ms. Yessika Menjivar
SPANISH ymenjivar@amschool.org
SPANISH sbaltodano@amschool.org
HIGH SCHOOL FACULTY Mr. Angel Ullóa
Mr. Franclin Perez
MATH aulloa@amschool.org
MATH fperez@amschool.org
Mr. Jose Reyes
Ms. Elisa Guardiola
MATH jreyes@amschool.org
MATH eguardiola@amschool.org
Mr. Steve McDowell
Ms. Virginia Espinoza
SCIENCE vespinoza@amschool.org
SCIENCE smcdowell@amschool.org
Ms. Arianne Oseguera Mr. Javier Tamashiro
SCIENCE jtamashiro@amschool.org
SCIENCE aoseguera@amschool.org
HIGH SCHOOL FACULTY
Mr. Juan Carlos Aguilar Ms. Ali Swanson
COMPUTER SCIENCE jaguilar@amschool.org
COMPUTER SCIENCE adobbe@amschool.org
Ms. Andrea Caballero
Mr. Alvaro Irias
COMPUTER SCIENCE airias@amschool.org
Ms. Pamela Callejas
Mr. Marco Ferrera
FINE ARTS maferrera@amschool.org
COMPUTER SCIENCE acaballero@amschool.org
Mr. Jorge Montoya
FINE ARTS PHYSICAL EDUCATION pcallejas@amschool.org Ms.Geovinettsa Izaguirre jmontoya@amschool.org FRENCH gizaguirre@amschool.org
HIGH SCHOOL FACULTY
Ms. Carla Rodriguez
Ms Shannon Fetzner SOCIAL STUDIES sfetzner@amschool.org
SOCIAL STUDIES crodriguez@amschool.org
Ms. Mary Kimani
Mr. Sully Marshall
SOCIAL STUDIES smarshall@amschool.org
Ms. Gracia María Cerrato
SOCIAL STUDIES marykimani@amschool.org
Mr. Gustavo Zambrana PERMANENT SUBSTITUTE SOCIAL STUDIES - HH/CIVICA gmcerrato@amschool.org Mr. Roy Nelson Ms. Giselle Poujol gzambrana@amschool.org TECH. COORDINATOR/REGISTRAR SOCIAL STUDIES rnelson@amschool.org gpoujol@amschool.org
HIGH SCHOOL FACULTY
Ms. Stephanie Moreno
Ms. Ana Waleska Burgos
Ms. Florencia Agüero
LIBRARY / MEDIA SPECIALIST faguero@amschool.org
LIBRARY aburgos@amschool.org
Ms. Dulce López
SPECIAL SERVICES dmlopez@amschool.org
Ms. Yolanda Aviles
COUNSELING Ms. Angie Pamela López yaviles@amschool.org SPECIAL SERVICES alopez@amschool.org
SPECIAL SERVICES smoreno@amschool.org
Ms. Patricia Girón
COUNSELING ASSISTANT Ms. Elizabeth Hernández pgiron@amschool.org COUNSELING ehernandez@amschool.org
BUSINESS OFFICE
Business Manager: Mrs. Beatríz Cotrina bcotrina@amschool.org Mrs. María Teresa Cerella - Accountant Mr. Oswaldo Oyuela- General Services Manager Mrs. Carmen Zapata- Human Resources Coord. Mr. Gerardo Cerrato – Accounting Assistant Ms. Gina Elvir- Accounting Assistant Ms. Lauren Salazar – Accounting Assistant Mr. José Eduardo Flores- Treasurer Ms. Jenny Salinas- Receptionist/ Secretary Mr. Ricardo Paz - SAP Coordinator
Tel: 2276-8400 EXT. 2710
LEGAL OFFICE
Legal Secretary: Mrs. Katherin Barahona kbarahona@amschool.org Legal Assistant: Mr. Fernando Pineda fpineda@amschool.org 2276-8400 EXT. 2720
The Legal Office works closely with the Honduran Ministry of Education and other Honduran educational entities to make sure we are abiding by Honduran law at all times. The legal office is in charge of all of our student’s legal documentations.
CURRICULUM OFFICE
Curriculum Director: Mrs. Anahí Vargas de Paredes aparedes@amschool.org Assistant: Mrs. Janina Aguilar jeaguilar@amschool.org 2276-8400 Ext. 2756
The Curriculum Office oversees curriculum design and development at AST to ensure our students are equipped with 21st century skills. The entire Nursery-grade 12 curriculum is housed online and is reviewed every year. The office also coordinates the internal testing calendar and teachers’ professional development.
DEVELOPMENT OFFICE
Advancement Director: Mrs. Victoria Díaz devo@amschool.org 2276-8400 EXT 2721 MS / HS Activities Coordinator & TES/ STUCO Advisor: Mr. Carlos Corrales ccorrales@amschool.org 2276-8400 Ext. 2724 PS / ES Activities & Extracurriculars Coordinator; Mrs. Sthefany Hasbun shasbun@amschool.org 2276-8400 Ext. 2761 Administrative Assistant Ms. Lizzethe Jaar ljaar@amschool.org
The Development / Advancement Office opened its doors 20 years ago to channel donations geared to our school’s growth, both academically and in infrastructure. The office runs the school’s co-curricular and extracurricular programs as well as ALUMNI relations, school communication and summer camps. Come visit this fun loving crew, ready and able to help in whichever way they can.
Social Media and Marketing Coordinator Ms. Paulina Gomez-Ibarra pgomez-ibarra@amschool.org Communications and Alumni Coordinator: Mr. Ricardo Frías americanschoolalumni@amschool.org / rfrias@amschool.org
ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT
Athletic Director: Mr. Wilmer Miralda miraldaw@amschool.org 2276-8400 Ext. 2760 Administrative Assistant: Mr. Jorge Mejía jmejia@amschool.org Technical Assistant: Mr. Rony Martínez rmartinez@amschool.org Sports Coordinators: Mr. Carlos Santos Basketball
Mr. Oscar Díaz Soccer
Mr. Eduardo Jiménez Track & Field
PERFORMING ARTS CENTER DEPARTMENT
PAC Manager: Ms. Ariela Pineda adpineda@amschool.org 2276-8400 EXT. 2772 Assistants: Ms. Majelle León-Gómez mleon@amschool.org Mr.Rafael David rdavid@amschool.org Mr. Fernando Guevara fguevara@amschool.org Our Performing Arts Center Department has been working all summer long to improve and create new events for our school that can project the beauty of art and our beautiful theater.
I.T. DEPARTMENT
IT Manager: Mr. José Manuel Mendoza jmendozahon@amschool.org 2276-8400 EXT. 2730 Assistants: Mrs. Sindy Arteaga Mr. Oscar Vallecillo Mr. Isaias López 2276-8400 EXT. 2763
Powerschool: Mr. Roy Nelson
rnelson@amschool.org 2276-8400 EXT. 2743 Our I.T. Department has been working all summer long updating and servicing our computers. They are available throughout the school year for any of your technology needs: Wifi, Internet Access, Chromebooks, Eagle Cards, Web Page, Software and Hardware maintenance, etc.
EAGLE SUPPLY STORE
Bookstore Manager: Mrs. Lourdes Tabora ltabora@amschool.org Assistant: Ms. Edith Barrientos 2276-8400 Ext. 2729 Visit our online store: https://astonline.store/
Our Eagle Supply Store has all the equipment necessary for our students to be ready and prepared for school. Uniforms, books, pens and many more things you can find in our Eagle Supply Store! SERVICE HOURS Monday – Friday 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM
GENERAL SERVICES
CHIEF OF GENERAL SERVICES: Mr. Oswaldo Oyuela osoyuela@amschool.org 2276-8400 Ext. 2714
DINING HALL
CAFETERIA MANAGER: Angélica Díaz del Valle adiaz@amschool.org 2276-8400 Ext. 2767
INFIRMARY DOCTORS: Dra María Inés Ramos Dra. Fabiola Castro, Dra Glenda Mejía Dra. Victoria Elías Nurses: Enfermera Margarita Castro Enfermera Paty López enfermeria@amschool.org Preescolar: 2276-8400 Ext. 2751 Primaria: 2276-8400 Ext. 2719
2026-2027
STAFF DIRECTORY 80 years of infinite possibilities